Children taking donkey rides on Sumner beach, Christchurch [ca. 1905]
Do you have any photographs of summer in Christchurch and Canterbury? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection.
Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and stories about Christchurch and Canterbury, past and present. Anyone can join and contribute.
All ages are welcome at these activities. sessions are FREE, and they don’t require bookings (unless mentioned otherwise)! Join in from Tuesday 9 January 2018.
Using cut material and a number of knots – create a super-cute ‘no sew’ cushion. Use it at home, or give it as a present!
Find out where and when these sessions are on: No-Sew Cushion Creation
Create a spinning fan to cool you off this summer by using simple materials like straws, paper, scissors, and pins.
Find out where and when these sessions are on: Make a Pin Wheel Fan
Love reading and taking photos? Bring along your own device and take pics of yourself in our summer-themed photo booth. All ages welcome.
Find out where and when these sessions are on: Summer Reading Photo Booth
Drop in and have a look at how 3D printing works.
Find out where and when these sessions are on: 3D Printing Demo
Help your Bee-Bots find their way around a map using entry-level coding.
Find out where and when these sessions are on: Bee-Bots
Use a special quilling tool and lots of bright craft materials to create your own super cute lion note holder. Library staff will help you with your creation. All craft material sourced from the MAKE Company. Free, but bookings are essential – phone 9417923. For ages 5 to 12 years.
Find out where and when these sessions are on: Create a Lion Note Holder
Come along to a taonga (treasure) themed school holiday session and discover what cool things are hidden in your library. Enjoy storytelling, go on a scavenger hunt to discover treasuers, and then get crafty and make a treasure box to take home. Free, but bookings are essential – phone 9417923. For ages 5 to 12 years.
Find out where and when these sessions are on: Treasure in the Libraries
On until Friday 19 January 2018!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a cat in possession of a good family, must be in want of another garden to do its business in.
Why, oh why do cats feel the need to cause disruption in the surrounding neighbourhood by leaving unwelcome little packages dotted on newly turned soil or – even worse – having spent hours on your knees planting and/or sowing and generally feeling quite good about your gardening efforts, a few hours later there is a trail of destruction ending with displaced earth and a ruddy great hole containing debris that you want to hurl at said perpetrator of the crime.
The neighbours feign amazement when, in passing conversation over the fence, you allude to the fact that your garden is being treated in this cavalier fashion and are smug in the knowledge that their cat wouldn’t be guilty of such heinous crimes as it is a well-known fact that they faithfully use their cat litter facilities.
Of course, cats are invariably both smart and brazen and they don’t feel the need to cover their tracks. They certainly aren’t visible as the guilty culprit when the dastardly deed has been chanced upon. And what if you have several contenders for the nuisance award … You barely flinch when it happens the first time but then, over a period of time, when yet another plant has been uprooted from the security of its new little home and left a bedraggled mess just a few centimetres from its once promising new start in life, your thoughts turn to RE-EDUCATION! Is it even possible?
As kitten season has just arrived, here are a few books and magazines that prospective owners might feel inclined to flick through to keep their kitten/cats on the ‘straight and narrow’ INSIDE which may/may not make them behave better OUTSIDE (not holding my breath though).
Maybe gardening and cats are just an incompatible combination (especially when you don’t own the latter). Anyway, there a lot of practical tips ‘n tricks available via various formats within the library – so good luck with the training of the new recruits to your household and a Merry Christmas to one and all!!
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“A family Christmas in our back yard in Opawa. I am showing off my new scooter, my sister Jenny has a cane dolls pram and my cousin Wayne has a carpentry set. I can’t see what his brother Chris has. My dad has obviously just painted the shed as I can see the ‘wet paint’ sign propped against it.”
Date: 1958
Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.
Do you have any photographs of Christmas in Canterbury? If so, feel free to contribute to our collection.
Kete Christchurch is a collection of photographs and stories about Christchurch and Canterbury, past and present. Anyone can join and contribute.
The Margaret Mahy Family Playground opened on 22 December 2015.
Three mornings a week I bike past it, on the corner of Manchester and Armagh Streets. The Park was once part of the Elsie Locke Playground, while the new expanded area was named after Margaret Mahy, one of Canterbury’s most-loved authors.
Part of the Government’s Recovery Plan following the earthquakes of 2010/11, the playpark is the largest playground in the Southern Hemisphere. Its designers won a New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Award of Excellence for 2017.
Known for her rainbow coloured wig, her love of children and magic, Margaret Mahy’s books are all about empowerment through exploration and imagination. The park’s activities reflect her philosophy, encouraging children to take safe risks in their development.
There is always activity there. From grandparents taking little ones out for the morning, to larger groups of children in the afternoon, there is something for everyone to play on. There is water play too – great for hot days. The playground offers opportunities for children to take safe risks to promote development and well-being. This explains the “screams of terror and excitement” reported by The Press. The playground is safe for all ages, with lots of safety matting, and sports sun shades too, after this question was raised with the community after opening.
I also see many walking through – there is a pathway into town along the River Avon (Ōtākaro), which borders the park. It is well-lit at night, as is the playground for late night visitors.
My favourite to play on? The tunnel slides on the bank!
The Mobile Library will be at the Margaret Mahy Playground on Tuesdays in January 2018 – the 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th.
Reader, I need your help. I’ve been diligently ticking off the categories on this year’s reading challenge (Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge), but it’s getting incredibly close to 2018 and I’ve still got a few unfilled. If anyone has any good recommendations that fit the bolded themes please let me know in the comments so that I can whip through them before the new year! (Or if you’ve read any of the same books as me, let me know what you thought of them.)
Has anyone else completed (or tried to complete) a book challenge this year? Or if you want to get started on a new one, try out our summertime reading challenges for kids and for adults and be in to win a prize!
Check out these eBooks from OverDrive to read over summer, something from all genres.
오랫 동안 기다리던 책을 우연히 만났을 때의 반가움을 맛 본 적이있나요? 오랜 동안 못 보던 친구를 만난것 처럼 궁금함이 폭발해 그 책을 단숨에 읽었습니다.
수키 김 의 통역사( The interpreter)를 소개합니다.
수키 김은 2003년에 이 한 권의 책으로 많은 상을 수상하며 작가로 등단했습니다. 서울에서 태어나 부모님을 따라 미국으로 이민을 간 저자의 배경은 이 책을 쓸 충분한 이유라 생각했습니다. 통역사로 일하며, 부모님의 의문사를 추적해 나가는 수지는 모호한 자신의 정체성을 하나 하나 찾아갑니다.담담하게 전개되는 이이야기는 오히려 큰 여운을 남겨 책을 다 읽은 후에도 계속 머리 속을 맴돌았습니다. 이 책은 이민자로 살아가는 우리와 우리 아이들이 극복하고 해결해 나가야 할 이야기였습니다.
Korean Book Club이 2018년 부터 둘째 주 금요일 6시에서 7시로 변경되었습니다.
독서 회원님들의 추천과 요청으로 한글 책들이 보다 더 다양해졌습니다. 이 독서 모임은 책을 중심으로 한 인문학 토론의 장입니다. 누구든지 책을 좋아하시는 분들을 초대합니다. 매월 독서 모임후 Korean Book Club list를 만들고 있습니다. 같이 읽어 보시고 독서평도 남겨보세요. 12월의 도서 목록을 소개합니다.클릭하세요.
크라이스트 쳐치 시립 도서관에서는 아이들의 여름방학을 위한 여러 가지 행사와 Summertime Reading Club이 준비되어있습니다. 도서관 카드가 없으신 분은 On line 으로 직접 신청하세요.
연말 연시의 도서관 운영 시간표를 잘 확인하세요. 즐거운 크리스마스 보내시고, 새해엔 더욱 더 행복하세요.
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