Download things to do

Visit the national Summer Reading Club website to where you can download an activity booklet full of things to do. Booklets are available for three different age groups:

• Preschool
• Primary school
• Secondary school

Take part in our school holiday activities

Our January school holiday activities are now taking bookings and there's lots of fun to be had. If you'd like to take part, you will need to book a place.

Here are some of the great activities available:

• Come along to a performance from award-winning musician Andy Mason
• Watch the Going Ballistics science show
• Listen to author Oliver Phommavanh – through the power of the Internet, Oliver will talk to kids aged 10+ at a number of libraries around Australia, and they will be able to ask questions
• Watch a movie screening of The Secret of Moonacre then ask questions of one of its producers, Monica Penders.
•  Write a story with author Pat Flynn – Pat was shortlisted in the 2011 COOL Awards (Canberra’s children’s choice book awards) for his book The Tuckshop Kid
•  Create a memory of your holidays in a scrapbooking
• Draw cartoons at our beginners workshop with local cartoonist Andrew Hore
• Join puppeteer Marianne Mettes for her very popular PuppetOOdle puppet show, as well as a puppet manipulation workshop, and a paper puppet making workshop
• Meet a marine biologist and learn about sea creatures

Click here for a full list of activities and to book a place.

It's almost time for "The Amazing Read"

It's almost time for the Summer Reading Club. Whether you're staying in Canberra, or traveling somewhere else, children of all ages can participate.

Keep checking back on this blog from mid-December for things to do and books to read during the school holidays.