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Library e-bulletin April 2021 |
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Children and Families April Newsletter
Welcome back to sunny/snowy (ever-changing) weather and more importantly, re-opened libraries! You can find out about our new opening hours and services here. This issue we look at how books can boost your mood and invite you to Take10 minutes to read with us on 10 May. Check out our free family theatre show and our Buzzin' for Books feature every Thursday. And there's even a new Memory box for Heaton Park. Enjoy!
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Take 10 on 10 May for Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this year from 10 to16 May, with a theme of nature, which has been such a comfort in a year where we have had limited travel and chances to explore. Reading is another support for our mental wellbeing and we're inviting you to take part in our #Take10ToRead Challenge, as part of the Connecting Stories campaign.
Research shows that reading can help make you feel calmer, reduce stress and improve concentration. By getting involved in the Take 10 challenge, you will help us promote the positive effects that taking just ten minutes a day to read can have on our mental health and wellbeing. Schools, authors, businesses, families and community partners are invited to ‘drop everything and read’ at 10am on 10 May to promote reading for wellbeing.
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Fables at the Kitchen Table – The Live Stream on Eventbrite
Stute Theatre Presents… ‘Fables At The Kitchen Table’ filmed in Manchester Central Library. We join storyteller Soph on an imaginative adventure from the kitchen table, as she brings some of Aesop’s best-loved fables to life. With beautiful songs, creative puppetry and a little bit of theatre magic, this live-filmed family show features everything except the kitchen sink!
The show is available to everyone FREE. It will stream via a secure link on Vimeo and is 52 minutes long. Once you book your tickets, you will receive an email with the link. You can book & watch the show at any time between 8th April and 22nd April 2021.
Suitable for children aged 3-8 years and their families. Free Tickets available here.
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Buzzin’ for Books - our regular weekly online video for booklovers!
Look out for our Buzzin’ for Books videos released every Thursday at 11am on Facebook and subsequently available on our YouTube channel.
15 April - our local dynamic poet Dommy B, is back bringing his amazing talent and very funny poems to your screens!
22 April - Take a look as Fozia highlights some of our great books, including picture books, novels suitable for primary aged children and books for the over 12's.
29 April – Reading Rascals Reading group featuring ‘Books on Screen’.
6 May – Join author of 'The Roman Garstang Adventure series, Charlie and Me and Eating Chips with Monkey' Mark Lowery for a fun-filled virtual visit video which includes a reading of Eating Chips with Monkey, tips on writing and answers to popular questions! (kindly provided free of charge by the author)
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Online Memory Box: Heaton Park
Available to view from 1st May 2021
Working closely with our partners at Heaton Park, we are excited to share a new collection of photographs and stories from Heaton Park's very own special collection. Take a look and see if this new collection triggers any forgotten memories for you and your friends and families. The worksheets included can be used as prompts to start a conversation and we're encouraging everyone taking part to share their findings with us.
See the Archives+ blog for more details and previous memory boxes.
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Children's e-books and audio books
Unexpected Twist
Written and narrated by Michael Rosen, suitable for children aged 8+
Shona and her dad are moving house, and at Shona's new school, the rules are pretty confusing; she keeps getting into trouble without realising! It's a lot like how it is for Oliver Twist, that boy she's reading about in English class.
After Shona is unexpectedly given a mobile phone, she begins to suspect there's something fishy about the new boys she's met. Where did the phone come from? And some gifts, she soon learns, aren't exactly free.
Download your eAudiobooks for free from BorrowBox with your library card! If you don't have a Manchester Libraries card all you need to do is register here then use the temporary library number you are given.
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Young People’s Reading Group
Thursday 15th April 7pm.
Aged 13-18 years? Do you enjoy reading and want to share your favourite books with others? Or have you just got back into reading and don't know where to start? Join us each month for a virtual meet up to discuss new titles, book reviews and recommendations at our friendly informal group.
Book your free place via Eventbrite.
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Earth Day 22 April
Earth Day has a theme of Restore our Earth and looks at how we can make changes as we return to everyday life more mindfully. Read our highlights from one of the many earth and nature-themed books we have available for you to borrow from Libraries.
How to Help a Hedgehog and Protect a Polar Bear by Jess French, illustrated by Angela Keoghan
Learn how you can save endangered animals and make the world a better place, too!
From beetles and butterflies, to puffins and polar bears, animals and habitats all over the world need our protection. In this beautifully illustrated book, children (and adults!) can learn about thirteen different habitats - gardens, hedgerows, heathlands, woodlands, highlands, wetlands, the coastline, freshwater, oceans, savannahs, jungles and mountains - and simple everyday ways to protect them.
Find out how to help hedgehogs in your own back garden or spread the word about endangered animals further from home, as you discover all the little things you can do to make a big difference.
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Online events - We'd love your feedback.
Over the last year, we have brought our events into your home through our online programme. We'd love to know what you thought of them & which we should keep delivering online as we start to re-open our libraries.
Please complete this short survey to tell us your thoughts.
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Spotlight on Services
Whether you're a life-long library member or newly signed up, make sure you're using all the free library services available to you. Did you know there's an...
Online catalogue and an app so you can search for and reserve or renew books from anywhere.
Our Online reference library gives you access to free language courses, digital newspapers and magazines, music streaming and business resources.
Free ebooks and audiobooks mean you can download the latest bestsellers to read or listen on any device, there are no overdue charges, they return themselves and they're free to download.
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Support us
Thanks to donations ands grants many of our events and exhibitions in Manchester Libraries are free. You can make a donation in any library or visit Manchester Central Library Development Trust to make a donation or join the Library Lovers scheme.
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