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Our Dare to Explore website is back! Take on fun challenges and encourage your tamariki to read a little every day. You and your whānau may remember the Dare to Explore programme from the summer holidays! Our reading programme was designed and created by children's librarians and educators to support reading and ongoing learning over the summer break. It's been endorsed and supported by Auckland schools, teachers, school librarians and parents across Auckland! The fun activities have been updated to reflect our current environment and take into consideration learning from home and physical distancing, whilst continuing to encourage creativity, thinking outside the box, and creating opportunities for self led entertainment. Fill in Tuatara’s reading trail by reading a little every day! This helps maintain reading levels and allow tamariki to stretch their reading skills at their own pace Download and print activity sheets from the original book - just adjust as app...

Goodbye to eBook waitlists! Our ‘Guaranteed Available’ OverDrive collections offer you immediate access to the cream of the crop and a whole swathe of new titles. This service guarantees you immediate access to a selection of popular eBook titles - with no waiting for the reader ahead of you to return their copy! Just keep reading We have unlimited access to a selection of acclaimed novels and quality non-fiction. These lists will hold a special attraction for book clubs who read the same book, as it guarantees every member a copy at the same time! Check them out: Book club favourites 2020 - 2021 A selection of classics Classics for kids Listen to unlimited eAudiobooks Borrow selected unlimited eAudiobook titles from Borrowbox , thanks to Bolinda.

Anzac Day service, 1922 - 1929. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 755-ALB18-02-3 On our national day of remembrance, Auckland Libraries will commemorate those who served and lost their lives for our country. Although our libraries are closed, we have plenty of resources you can use to learn more about Anzac Day. Events New Zealanders at war - a national webinar series hosted by Auckland Libraries, in association with Ancestry 20 – 24 April   New Zealand’s leading historians, military, and family history experts give free live presentations online to the public during Anzac Day week 2020. Join us each day at 11am, from Monday 20 April to Friday 24 April 2020.   Learn more and make a booking to receive a link via email .   Stand at Dawn   Saturday 25 April, 6am With public Anzac Day services cancelled due to COVID-19, the RSA and the New Zealand Defence Force have invited New Zealanders to ‘Stand at Dawn’ to pay respect an...

Hi. My name is Andrea, and my nine year old daughter and I have been immersed in all things Harry Potter lately.  This series by J. K. Rowling does not need an introduction - this book series has sold the most copies ever at 500 million sales. You can find Harry Potter in many languages and just about all its possible formats (hardback, graphic novel, audiobook, DVD, eBook, eAudiobook etc.) at Auckland Libraries , although it is currently most accessible from our OverDrive website . You can even find quite a few titles about the Harry Potter series! I remember when Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone first came out in 1997. I was working in a primary school library and thought the book looked good, but much too difficult to be of interest to most of the pupils. How wrong I was! As the hype began to set in, our only copy became incredibly popular - if only as a status symbol to be seen with. Ngā Pātaka Kōrero - Auckland Libraries · Two-minute reviews: Harry Pot...

This list of Auckland Libraries family history resources will help you progress your research during lockdown. Our expert family history librarian Seonaid has provided great tips for getting the best results for your records from home. Auckland Libraries family history research guides Our family history research guide can help you get started if you are a beginner, or assist you with questions like: What resources are available to help with finding records of births, deaths, and marriages?  What research resources are available for New Zealand specific research? When ordering an electronic printout of a birth, death and marriage, what information can I expect to receive for a birth that happened after 1875? Our guides also cover further New Zealand resources , immigration records , international resources and more. Historic births, deaths and marriages The Department of Internal Affairs'   Historic Births, Deaths and Marriages are usually one of the first port...