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Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

June 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our newsletter for ages 0 to 12.

Highlighting library resources and fun events for babies, preschoolers, and kids.

 

Staff List

New For You - Children's - June 2025

A selection of new fiction and nonfiction for older children.

 

Featured magazine: Discovery Box

“Discovery Box is a children's magazine targeted at children from 7 to 14 years old. It covers topics about science, animals, current events, nature, history and the world. It also includes games and quizzes.” 

 

Library events for kids

Website

Christchurch Pride: March 2026

Christchurch Pride events for teens include book clubs, gaming, and a Beat Saber Tournament.

Event

Teddy Bear Sleepover

Feb 24th | 11:00am - 12:00pm

South Colombo

Bring along your favourite soft toy to have a sleepover at the library! All soft toys are welcome!

More kids' events
 

New books

Board books

"Maisy's Race Car" by Cousins, Lucy, 1964-
"Let's Go Home, Baby T. Rex" by Búzio, Carolina
"This Little Bunny" by Arrhenius, Ingela P., 1967-
"Flowers for Mother Bunny" by Bruna, Dick, 1927-2017
"Let's Go Home, Baby Chick" by Búzio, Carolina
"Feed your Dinosaur" by Milbourne, Anna
"Let's Go Home, Baby T. Rex" by Búzio, Carolina
More board books

Picture books

"Dinosaurs in the Supermarket" by Knapman, Timothy
"The Forever Bear" by Fraser, Lu
"Grandad's World" by Foreman, Michael, 1938-
"Say Peekaboo!" by Forni, Anne
"How Many Animals Can Fit in This Book?" by Yaskina, Natalia
"Cat's Christmas" by Murray, Alison (Illustrator)
"The Forever Bear" by Fraser, Lu
More picture books

Non-fiction for kids

"Minecraft Magical Bite-size Builds" by Stone, Tom (Writer on Minecraft)
"Where's the Baby Unicorn?" by Moran, Paul (Illustrator)
"The Amazing Generation" by Haidt, Jonathan
"I Have A Dream" by King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
"The Mighty Mechanics' Book of Amazing Farm Machines"
"Where's Snoopy?" by Shaw, Natalie
"Where's the Baby Unicorn?" by Moran, Paul (Illustrator)
More non-fiction

Fiction for kids

"The Legend of Chocolate Hills" by Stilton, Gerónimo (Fictitious character)
"StormClan's Folly" by Hunter, Erin, pseud
"The Smurfs Tales" by Peyo, pseud., 1928-1992
"Pesky Pets and Parties (hopefully)" by Pichon, Liz, 1963-
"The Smurfs" by Peyo, pseud., 1928-1992
"Sweet Valley Twins" by Andelfinger, Nicole
"StormClan's Folly" by Hunter, Erin, pseud
More fiction
 

Featured posts

Blog Post

The NZCYA Book Awards feature four finalists from Ōtautahi

The finalists in this year's national awards for children's and young adults books have been announced with some familiar names featuring.

Blog Post

The Wonderful Stranges: Wild weather and kindness

Missbeecrafty reads a New Zealand picture book about tolerance and kindness.

 

Beamakids+

All the best films for your kids in one place. With the option to apply Beamakids+ filter to keep kids safe.

 
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