You will find a wide range of resources for children and teens of all ages, from picture books to chapter books, stories on CD to movies on DVD, magazines, multimedia packs, and information books. Children are welcome to join the library themselves as long as a parent/grandparent is happy to be their Guarantor. This will start them on their own library journey and library services will support them all the way through to their senior years of schooling, and beyond!
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge runs every year from February to September and is available for all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 9, in government, independent, Catholic and home schools.
The Challenge aims to encourage in students a love of reading for leisure and pleasure, and to enable students to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely.
JUNIOR FICTION
Our Junior Fiction collection is full of fun and exciting reads, and we’re always adding exciting new items to the collection. You can browse all the new additions to the collection in our New Junior Fiction lists:
Summer 2025
Autumn 2025
Winter 2025
Spring 2025
Summer 2026
Spring 2026
TEEN FICTION
Our Teen Fiction collection is always being updated with new and highly reviewed stories for teens and young adults. To help you keep up with our latest items and to entice readers, we offer these New Teen Fiction lists:
May-June 2023
July 2023
August 2023
September 2023
October/November 2023
December 2023
September 2024
Summer 2025
Autumn 2025Â
Winter 2025
Spring 2025
We also offer our YA LGBTQ Fiction Lists:
Junior Fiction Genre Guide
The aim of this guide is to empower children with greater autonomy in selecting their own reading material, based on genres they enjoy.Â
Each entry in the guide includes suggested age ranges, Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) information and the call number to help children locate books independently.Â
Access the guide here: Junior Fiction Genre Guide
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Create your own adorable paper squishy with this fun and easy craft! Ages: 5 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our Sept-Oct school holiday program. See […]
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Using pop sticks, paint, and other materials make your own barnyard creations. Ages: 5 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our Sept-Oct school holiday program. See […]
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Create farmyard fun with a Paddle Pop Chicken Coop and animal puppet friends. Ages: 3-5 years Bookings essential. This event is part of our Sept-Oct school holiday program. See more […] |
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Giddy up! Create your very own farmyard hobby horse to ride home. Get creative with colours, decorations and plenty of imagination as you design your perfect pony pal! Ages: 6 […]
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Join Aunty for a special storytime event at your local library. Have fun with books, songs, dancing and craft. All ages are welcome. Bookings not required. This event is part […]
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Join us for an engaging family workshop exploring one of our region’s most important native species. Ages: 5 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our Sept-Oct […] |
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Come along to Wauchope Library and make your very own farmyard Pom-Pom Sheep. What colour will you choose? Ages: 4 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of […]
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Join us for an engaging family workshop exploring one of our region’s most important native species. Ages: 5 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our Sept-Oct […]
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Join Aunty for a special storytime event at your local library. Have fun with books, songs, dancing and craft. All ages are welcome. Bookings not required. This event is part […] |
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Have fun creating and decorating a puppet chick that will waddle and dance as you move the strings! Ages: 6 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of […]
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Join Aunty for a special storytime event at your local library. Have fun with books, songs, dancing and craft. All ages are welcome. Bookings not required. This event is part […] |
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Calling all mini biology enthusiasts and question askers! Have you ever wondered what cells are? How our lungs work? Or why we need sleep? Learn all about this and more […] |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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The Early Bird, Early Literacy program at the Port Macquarie Hastings Library is a literacy program for parents and their babies, 12 months and under. The program is designed to […] |
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Come along and enjoy this special Storytime session of stories, songs, and craft for preschoolers. The session will feature stories read in Indonesian, Nepali, and Greek by local volunteers. Bookings […]
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Calling all mini biology enthusiasts and question askers! Have you ever wondered what cells are? How our lungs work? Or why we need sleep? Learn all about this and more […] |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer.
Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Join us at your local library for some wonderful stories and great fun. Suitable for ages 3-5 years, with parent/carer. |
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Calling all mini biology enthusiasts and question askers! Have you ever wondered what cells are? How our lungs work? Or why we need sleep? Learn all about this and more […] |
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THE PORTAL
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3D Printing
Discover, print and share in 3D. We’ve printed prototypes, phone holders, fidget spinners, spaghetti measurers, drone parts, and much more! What can you find to print in 3D?