Sutherland Shire Libraries News

Fairydust was sparkling all around Engadine Library this week with a visit by the Library Fairy who graciously agreed to be guest presenter for the special Fairy Tales Storytime.

Here she is with two of our happy fairy assistants helping her to spread the magic around.

Sutherland Shire Libraries hold many other regular and special activities for our young customers. Come and join the fun.

With the school holidays coming to an end it's time to get your books read for the Summer Reading Club. Bring your reading logs in to the Library by Sunday February 3 to get your entries in to the major prize draw. Thanks to our major sponsor, The Tradies, there are some great prizes to be won this year so don't delay!

Major Prizes
1 to 4 years - a suitcase filled withs books, games and DVDs
5 to 8 years - a portable DVD player
9 to 12 years - a digital camera

The major prize for the Teen Reading Program (13-16 years) is also a digital camera.

Once the Summer Reading Club is over and school goes back we go back to our regular Storytime program. In 2008, however, our very popular Rhymetime program is bigger and better. We are introducing Rhymetime to Sylvania Library on Mondays at 2pm. We are also adding an extra Rhymetime session at Sutherland Library on Tuesdays at 11am.

We will be taking bookings for our Lapsit Program for February - June 2008 from Monday 26th November 2007. This 4 week program is held at Engadine Library on Wednesday at 11am and Sutherland Library on Friday at 11am.

Do you remember the rest of this rhyme? Do you remember any other rhymes from your childhood? Do you take care of a baby or toddler?


Rhymes are an easy and portable way to entertain your child – they can be sung in the car on a long trip, in a waiting room or they can become part of a morning or evening ritual – basically, anywhere, anytime! Best of all, you are doing something good for your child – the repetition and rhythm of childhood rhymes help lay the foundation for childhood literacy.

At Menai Library we have just the program for you. Rhymetime is a drop-in activity held every Wednesday afternoon at 2pm (except during school holidays). It is conducted by a trained staff member and is absolutely FREE.

Each week we have great fun with rhymes, songs, puppets and simple board books. So, if you have a little one that keeps you company drop into Menai Library, make some friends and make books and libraries part of your child’s life – they’ll love you for it!

Rhymetime is held throughout the Shire – You can find all the details on our Rhymetime page.

Deborah @ Menai Library