New Zealand Musician, Craig Smith will delight and entertain children with a range of songs, including the Wonkey Donkey Song which is the APRA, NZ Children's Song of the year 2008! Come along and join in.

• 24 November 2008, 9:30am - 10:00am at Upper Riccarton Library, Christchurch, NZ

Come along to your local library to have a chat with Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker The Mayor is hosting a series of events to meet the residents of Christchurch and talk about the issues that are important to you. The Mayoral Forums are starting soon at a community library near you.
Also at Central 5th Dec 2pm

• 26 November 2008, 2:00pm at New Brighton Library, Christchurch, NZ

In conjunction with the Canterbury Reading Association, Christchurch City Libraries welcome you to Fendalton Library for this popular fun annual event. Come and hear about the year's best and worst endeavours in children's literature for 2008. Speakers this year include: book designer Kim Dovey, teacher Heather Orman and children's librarian Louise Easter.

• 26 November 2008, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
• Fendalton Library, Christchurch, NZ

New Zealand Musician, Craig Smith will delight and entertain children with a range of songs, including the Wonkey Donkey Song which is the APRA, NZ Children's Song of the year 2008! Come along and join in.

• 27 November 2008, 10:00am - 10:30am at Linwood Library, Christchurch, NZ

Come along to your local library to have a chat with Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker The Mayor is hosting a series of events to meet the residents of Christchurch and talk about the issues that are important to you. The Mayoral Forums are starting soon at a community library near you.

• 5 December 2008, 2:00pm - at Central Library, Christchurch, NZ

Every month we have a guided tour through Central Library highlighting the huge range of resources and services available.

• 11 December 2008, 2:00pm - 3:00pm at Central Library, Christchurch, NZ

Use your imagination to create some original pieces of music and copy your musical masterpiece to a CD or memory stick to take home. Then design an interesting and colourful cover for your personal CD case.

• 12 January 2009, 10:00am - 12:00am
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 5-8 years

Use your imagination to create some original pieces of music and copy your musical masterpiece to a CD or memory stick to take home. Then design an interesting and colourful cover for your personal CD case.

• 12 January 2009, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 5-8 years

Not sure what blogging is??? Blogging is basically a webpage on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs and web pages. Learn how to create your own blog using Blogger.com.

• 13 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:30am
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 13-15years

Everyone knows about movie trailers but have you ever heard of a book trailer? Come along to the Learning Centre and create your own book review in digital form using Movie Maker or Photostory3. Once completed you could share the review by emailing it to friends or uploading it to your favourite social networking site or blog.

• 13 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 10-14 years

Bring your holiday snaps to life using digital effects, recorded narration and music. Take your completed Photo Story home on disc to share with friends and family.

• 13 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12.00, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 9 and up

Dragons, monsters, critters and creatures. Come to this fun workshop where you will create your own creature using a computer painting programme. Then insert your creature into a holiday background of your choice. Where will your creature be taking it's holiday???

• 14 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 8-12 years

Glogster is a new tool that let's you create really awesome looking posters that you can share online. The posters can include sound, video and animations!

• 14 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 13-15 years

Come and explore 5 new Web tools: Woodle, Voicethread, Voki, Glogster, Cool Text

• 14 January 2009, 1:00pm - 3:30pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 8-12 years

Everyone knows about movie trailers but have you ever heard of a book trailer? Come along to the Learning Centre and create your own book review in digital form using Movie Maker or Photostory3. Once completed you could share the review by emailing it to friends or uploading it to your favourite social networking site or blog.

• 15 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12, bookings required
• Limit; 12, Ages: 10-14 years

Learn the ancient art of Chinese lantern making. Personalise your lantern with photographs, artwork and text. Choose to display your lantern in the library or even enter your lantern into a competition during the amazing Lantern Festival.

• 15 January 2009, 1:00pm - 3:30pm & 16 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00pm
• South Library, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12.00, bookings required
• Limit:12, Ages: 7-10 years

Come and explore 5 new Web tools: Woodle, Voicethread, Voki, Glogster, Cool Text

• 15 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6.00, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 8-12 years

Doing the Summertime Reading Log? Want a chance to meet with other readers and share your books? This is intended as the first two weeks of an on-going group which will grow in its own direction: to have a shared blog, contribute reviews to the library kids' website, the members will decide. It will also lead into the Reading Crusade - coming to every school in Canterbury, Term One, 2009.

• 16 January 2009, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost is FREE, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 7-12 years

Bring your holiday snaps to life using digital effects, recorded narration and music. Take your completed Photo Story home on disc to share with friends and family.

• 16 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12 Age: 9 and up

Use your imagination to create some original pieces of music and copy your musical masterpiece to a CD or memory stick to take home. Then design an interesting and colourful cover for your personal CD case.

• 19 January 2009, 10:00am - 12:00am
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 5-8 years

Bring your holiday snaps to life using digital effects, recorded narration and music. Take your completed Photo Story home on disc to share with friends and family.

• 19 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• Spreydon Library, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12 Age: 9 and up

Dragons, monsters, critters and creatures. Come to this fun workshop where you will create your own creature using a computer painting programme. Then insert your creature into a holiday background of your choice. Where will your creature be taking it's holiday???

• 20 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 8-12 years

Glogster is a new tool that let's you create really awesome looking posters that you can share online. The posters can include sound, video and animations!

• 20 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 13-15 years

Learn and practice good digital photography design skills and produce photographs which create a visual time capsule, of your life in 2008, to take home on CD. This course will be run by a professional photographer, Bridget Anderson.
What to bring: Special treasures about your life.

• 20 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• Upper Riccarton Library, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $20.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 8-12 years

Learn the ancient art of Chinese lantern making. Personalise your lantern with photographs, artwork and text. Choose to display your lantern in the library or even enter your lantern into a competition during the amazing Lantern Festival.

• 9:30am - 12:00am, 21 & 22 January 2009,
• Upper Riccarton Library, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 7-10 years

Attention all aspiring stylists - change your hairstyle, eye colour, even add whiskers or a tail! Using digital photos alter your appearance in dramatic ways.

• 21 January 2009, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 7-10 years

Everyone knows about movie trailers but have you ever heard of a book trailer? Come along to the Learning Centre and create your own book review in digital form using Movie Maker or Photostory3. Once completed you could share the review by emailing it to friends or uploading it to your favourite social networking site or blog.

• 21 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $12, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 10-14 years

Not sure what blogging is??? Blogging is basically a webpage on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs and web pages. Learn how to create your own blog using Blogger.com.

• 22 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:30am
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 13-15 years

Come and explore 5 new Web tools: Woodle, Voicethread, Voki, Glogster, Cool Text.

• 22 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12 Age: 8-12 years

Come along and learn how to use Microsoft Publisher to create your own publication. eg. either a business card, calendar, book mark, or greeting card etc. Add your own contact details, pictures and photograph. Print your fantastic creation.

• 22 January 2009, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 7-9 years

Come and explore 5 new Web tools: Woodle, Voicethread, Voki, Glogster, Cool Text.

• 23 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6.00, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 8-12 years

Learn and practice good digital photography design skills and produce photographs which create a visual time capsule, of your life in 2008, to take home on CD. This course will be run by a professional photographer, Bridget Anderson.
What to bring: Special treasures about your life.

• 23 January 2009, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $20.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 8-12 years

Doing the Summertime Reading Log? Want a chance to meet with other readers and share your books? This is intended as the first two weeks of an on-going group which will grow in its own direction: to have a shared blog, contribute reviews to the library kids' website, the members will decide. It will also lead into the Reading Crusade - coming to every school in Canterbury, Term One, 2009.

• 23 January 2009, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost is FREE, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 7-12 years

Dragons, monsters, critters and creatures. Come to this fun workshop where you will create your own creature using a computer painting programme. Then insert your creature into a holiday background of your choice. Where will your creature be taking it's holiday???

• 26 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Upper Riccarton Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 8-12 years

Come along and learn how to use Microsoft Publisher to create your own publication. eg. either a business card, calendar, book mark, or greeting card etc. Add your own contact details, pictures and photograph. Print your fantastic creation.

• 26 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 7-9 years

Do you like to collect trading cards? Come along and design your own unique trading card on the computer in the style of "Top Trumps" card game. Create a new and exciting character, cartoon or sports hero and write some fun facts and important information on the back. Then trade some of your cards with the rest of the group.

• 27 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 7-9 years

Come and explore 5 new Web tools: Woodle, Voicethread, Voki, Glogster, Cool Text.

• 27 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Upper Riccarton Library, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6.00, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 8-12 years

Our webcams have the ability to turn you into an avatar, or you can apply video masks and face accessories so that your friends and family won't recognise you!

• 27 January 2009, 1:00pm - 3:30pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 9-12 years

Do you like to collect trading cards? Come along and design your own unique trading card on the computer in the style of "Top Trumps" card game. Create a new and exciting character, cartoon or sports hero and write some fun facts and important information on the back. Then trade some of your cards with the rest of the group.

• 28 January 2009, 9:30am - 12:00am
• Waitikiri Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 9, Ages: 7-9 years

Use your imagination to create some original pieces of music and copy your musical masterpiece to a CD or memory stick to take home. Then design an interesting and colourful cover for your personal CD case.

• 28 January 2009, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
• South Learning Centre, Christchurch, NZ
• Event cost $6, bookings required
• Limit: 12, Ages: 5-8 years