Read This! 2012 - A 2012 National Year of Reading Program

Rockdale library would like to encourage teens to enter the 2012 Creative Reading Prize - Read This! It is a National Year of Reading Initiative.

All you have to do is create a pitch to get people to read your favourite book. For more information, check out the Read This! webpage. Entries open 1 March and close 31 May 2012.

Literacy Resource of the Week - Intrepica



Rockdale Library has some great literacy resources for kids which we will be posting about over the next few weeks. Here is the first literacy resource of the week!

Intrepica is a free online resource for library members that helps children with reading, spelling, phonics, vocabulary, grammar and comprehension. You need a library card to create an account.

To set up an account or to see what else we have on offer check out the webpage

Sans Souci Knitting Group - 5 March 2012

Come to the next meeting of the Sans Souci Knitting Group

All levels are welcome. Please bring your own needles and wool.

When: 5 March 2012
Time: 10.30am - 12 noon
Where: Sans Souci Branch Library
104 Russell Avenue (Cnr Russell and Clareville Avenue)SANS SOUCI NSW 2219


The next meeting will be on Monday 2 April 2012


Please phone Nina for more information on 9562 1817 or email sanssoucilibrary@rockdale.nsw.gov.au

Library Fun for Little Ones

We have programs for young children underway for 2012, including a new program for toddlers.

Our programs are:

 

Baby Rhymetime: a half-hour program for 0-2 year-olds.

Toddlertime: Toddlers up to three years are invited to join  for half an hour of songs, games and stories.

 

Storytime: For pre-schoolers, 3-5 year-olds, there is Storytime with stories, songs, craft and a movie.

Join us for lots of fun at your local library branch!
Storytime runs from late January to December.
Baby Rhymetime and Toddlertime run during term times.

For information about what day and time the programs are on at your local branch click on the link.

Rockdale Readers Book Group - 17 February 2012

The first meeting for 2012 of the Rockdale Readers Book Group is on 17 February 2012. The group will be discussing The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger.

If you have read this book, please join us for the discussion at 5.30pm in Rockdale Library.

The next meeting will be on 16 March 2012. The group will be discussing Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White.
For more information or to join the group in 2012, please call Natalie on 95621821