Read Out Loud @ the Eastern Foreshore

You are invited to celebrate the National Year of Reading by attending

Read Out Loud @ the Eastern Foreshore

on Friday November 16th

between 10am and 4pm.

Join us for a special story-time session near the playground on Mandurah's Eastern Foreshore.  Look out for the Love2Read marquee.

Feel free to bring along your favourite read-aloud books, to turn up at any time between 10am and 4pm and to stay for as long as you like.

Class and childcare centre groups are welcome at this event.  To arrange a group visit, please contact Deidre Robb on 9550 3237 or email deidre.robb@mandurah.wa.gov.au

Read Out Loud events will be happening across Western Australia on this day. 

For information about other Read Out Loud events in WA see http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/whats_on/national_year_of_reading

School Holidays at Mandurah Libraries

From craft activities, drawing and games to bookclubs, storytelling and group art projects, the Mandurah Libraries are a great place to spend your school holidays! So join us for some fun and games with your friends at the libraries.

The schedule of activities for the October 2012 school holidays are now available. Be sure to book your child's spot as places are limited. All activities are FREE!

See the October School Holiday program for:
-   Mandurah Library here,
and
-   Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre here.

Bookings can be made at the desk at each library or by phoning:
-   Mandurah Library on 9550 3650,
or
-   Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre on 9550 3230.

For more information, please contact any of our friendly library staff.

Gruffalos, Gruffalos everywhere!

The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should

Ever set foot in the deep dark wood...

But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist... does she?

Coming soon to the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre is a magical musical adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's much-loved picture-book The Gruffalo's Child.  To tie in with this Mandurah Libraries are giving you the chance to get acquainted or reacquainted with the story of The Gruffalo's Child and the original story, The Gruffalo.

Come along to

The Parents Place

on Ormsby Terrace 

at 10.30am on Thursday 2nd August

to hear The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child

at a special Gruffalo storytime session.

Or if you are going to the show on Tuesday 14th August, come early to hear the books read aloud before you see the show.  We'll be in the foyer of The Mandurah Performing Arts Centre and reading the Gruffalo stories:

• from 10am-11.30am (before the 11.30am performance) then,
• from 1-2pm (before the 2pm performance).

For more details about the performance of The Gruffalo's Child and ticket prices, please see the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre's website here.

If you can't make it to these storytime sessions, then you will have another chance to hear the story of The Gruffalo at The Reading Hour Pyjama Party on 25th August where this very popular bedtime story will be read on stage by a reading champion!