Summer Stars runs from Tues 4 June to Sat 31 August. Get Reading! Now that school is over you can still spark your imagination, join in activities and take part in our exciting Summer Stars challenge.
Spooktacular reads at Ballymun Baby & Toddler Book Club
The Baby and Toddler Book Clubs at Ballymun Library hosted Hallowe’en themed story sessions on Tuesday 25 October. Everyone dressed up for the occasion and had a ‘spooktacular’ time! At the baby session, the book Spot’s Spooky Fun by Eric Hill was read. This is a lovely story where Spot has the difficult task of deciding which costume to dress up in for Hallowe’en.The toddlers heard the story Usborne Noisy Spooky Book. This picture book has an attached sound panel which brings an interactive element to the storytelling. It was a big hit with the toddlers who loved the ghoulish sound effects that accompany the story! The groups learned spooky Hallowe’en rhymes and the children received goody bags.The toddler book club enjoyed seeing a witch reading Usborne Noisy Spooky Book. Some spooky characters who turned up at the Ballymun Toddler Book Club this Halloween! We are back from Midterm break next Tuesday, 8 November. Join us for more fun stories and songs as we’ll be reading What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson with the Baby Book Club and What’s the Time, Mr Wolf? Illustrated by Annie Kubler with the toddlers.See you then!!P.S. Check out some of the other books read by Baby Book Club and books read by Toddler Book Club.Ballymun Library contact details | Ballymun Library Book Clubs for Babies and Toddlers.
In conjunction with ‘Rathmines Roar’ Community Information Day, 17th May, Rathmines library invited children to write a short story about their favourite book and to dress up as a character from the book. The winners were presented with their prizes at Rathmines library on Friday 30th May.View a slideshow of the competition winners and runners up.WinnersKate Heffernan for the 6 – 9 year old age group. Kate's story was inspired by her favourite book, 'I won't go to China' by Enda WyleyÉriu Dalton for the 10 – 12 year old age group. Ériu's story was drawn from her favourite book, 'The Emerald Atlas' by John StephensThe winners were presented with a €25 book token.Runners Up:Molly Gorby who chose 'Paddington visits the Toy Shop' by Michael Bond as her favourite bookYuan Sree Kandru whose favourite book is 'Stink and the Ultimate Thumb-Wrestling Smackdown' by Megan McDonaldLucie Walsh picked 'The Tale of the Sea', which Lucie herself wrote.
How do folktales and history intertwine? Pick up a school reader from the 1940s, 50s, or 60s in Ireland and you’ll see. Every book from Reading Time, Fact and Fancy, The Educational Readers, The Emerald Readers to Young Ireland Readers presented folktales, and hundreds of these school books were donated to the Dublin City Library and Archives on Pearse Street.