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Activities and Services for Children

Activities and Services for Children

The Kwinana Public Library hosts regular programs and events for children and families, and offers a wide range of physical and online resources for families to use at home and in the library.

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Programs and Events

​​​​Regular programs and events for children and families are held at the Kwinana Public Library, during term time and school holidays. Check out the City's What's On pages for current activities.

Story Dogs

Because every child deserves the confidence that comes with reading.

Story Dogs pairs a child with a gentle dog and volunteer handler for weekly one-on-one reading sessions tailored to the child’s level throughout the school year. With no pressure, no judgement, and plenty of encouragement, children build skills, confidence, and a love of books one page at a time.

See when Story Dogs are visiting the Library on our What's On

Learn more about volunteering with Story Dogs

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Toy Library 

Kwinana Public Library members may borrow up to three toys at a time from the Toy Library. Toys include costumes, construction toys, puppets, musical instruments and sporting equipment to support children to learn, explore and spark their imagination.

The Toy Library is currently open at the following times:

  • Monday: 10am to 11am 
  • Tuesday: 10am to 11am
  • Wednesday: 3pm to 4pm
  • Thursday: 3pm to 4pm
  • Friday: 10am to 11am
  • Saturday: 10am to 11am

eResources for Children

eBooks and eAudiobooks

Hoopla

Hoopla Digital offers a Kids Mode to safely browse ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, comics, and television series.

LOTE4Kids

Help your kids learn a language and engage with reading. Choose from thousands of picture books in 50+ languages.
Every book is fully animated, with English or LOTE subtitles and fully-voiced narration. New books and languages are added every week!

OverDrive Kids' eReading Room

An ebook collection especially for children.​

Online Learning

Busythings​

Busythings is an online resource for the early years that includes 115+ fun learning activities that help children learn important skills in the key learning areas of creative development, problem solving, reasoning, numeracy, communication, language and literacy and knowledge and understanding of the world.

Dr Sarah and the Village of Mystery

In this retro-style game players navigate exciting challenges within the Village of Mystery. It's an addictive adventure that combines problem solving, sentence building and story-telling. Players create their own story which can be read or listened to as they progress. Dr. Sarah is a fun way to help kids develop skills in literacy, problem solving,  story-telling and STEM.

Books and Authors

Who next...?

When children ask: “Who can I read next?” or “Who writes like my favourite author?”, the answers are here in 'Who Next…?'  Writers of children’s fiction are listed with suggestions of other authors who write in a similar way, together with key book and series titles. 

Good Reading for Young Adults

Good Reading for Young Adults features author interviews, independent book reviews, student book reviews and short stories, sneak peeks inside books, extracts and podcasts about books for young adults from 12+. Read this online.

Good Reading for Kids

Good Reading for Kids features author interviews, independent book reviews, sneak peeks inside books, extracts and podcasts about books for kids from 0-11 years of age. You'll also find fun book related activities and teachers' notes to download. Read this online.

Film and Video

Story Box Library​

A place where the wonderful world of Australian Children's Literature is on permanent exhibit in an online 'reading room'. Connects children with literature through the complementary medium of film, providing the audience with a vibrant, interactive experience via a diverse range of storytellers, each sharing past and present book titles.

Kanopy Kids

Kanopy Kids highlights films and TV series that inspire and inform, helping children develop empathy, mindfulness, and self-esteem through entertaining and educational videos. Kanopy Kids categories include TV series, learning languages, animated storybooks, anime favourites, classic films, and movies for the whole family.

Better Beginnings Family Literacy Program

Kwinana Public Library is proud to partner with the State Library of Western Australia to deliver the Better Beginnings program to families with children aged 0 to 5 in Kwinana.

Better Beginnings is a Western Australian family literacy program that connects families with books through free reading packs. Our goal is to improve literacy and learning outcomes for all WA children by encouraging families to read, talk, sing, draw and play with their child every day.

Baby Book Box: Every baby in Western Australia receives a free Better Beginnings Baby Book Box. Reading to babies from birth is one of the best things you can do to build their early language skills and gives them an early love of books that will support their future success as readers. Your Community Child Health Nurse can give you a free Better Beginnings Baby Book Box when you visit with your baby for their eight-week health check.

Preschool Book Box: Children aged 2 to 5 may receive a Preschool Book Box through a visit from the Kwinana Public Library at their Kindergarten class, early childhood education or care service, or at community events. Kwinana Public Library regularly visits local schools, services, and community events to encourage families to read, talk, sing, draw and play every day! Families can also receive the Preschool Book Box from their Community Child Health Nurse at their two-year health check. Haven't received a Book Box through your school, service, events, or health check? You can also ask at the Library if one is available to take home. 

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