Manchester Libraries Children and Families March Newsletter

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Children and Families March Newsletter

With spring now upon us, we have lots of fantastic activities and events coming your way! Do you know a Fantastically Great Woman? Can you design a brand new Manchester Library card for children? Check out Loads to Do to find all the exciting events happening in your area- we hope to see you in your local library soon!

Do you know a Fantastically Great Woman?

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Manchester Libraries and Read Manchester have launched a competition in partnership with The Lowry celebrating the wonderful women of our city.

Up for grabs is a family ticket to The Lowry’s new show Fantastically Great Women (the musical) based on the book of the same name by author, illustrator and suffragette descendant Kate Pankhurst.

Find out how to enter on our blog.

Fantastically great women who changed the world

Our Year: Our Card

This year we’re changing our children’s library cards and YOU are invited to send us your very own design. Do you have what it takes to join professional children’s book illustrator, Ian Morris and be one of our new library card creators? We are looking for 3 new designs.
Your design will be made into cards for Manchester Libraries and there are prizes to be won.

For information on how to enter, please visit the Read Manchester website.

Get creative with children’s Illustrator Ian Morris

Get your pencils at the ready and come along to meet Ian Morris, illustrator of 'The Library Book' in a family friendly drawing session. Ian will be bringing his sketch books and will show you how he creates characters in his head and draws them on the page. Why not enter our drawing competition to design a new library card for us at the same time?

Suitable for ages 5+, places are free, but contact the library to book:

Wednesday 6 April 2 to 3pm at Hulme Library,
Monday 11 April 2 to 3pm at Burnage Library
Tuesday 12 April 2 to 3pm at North City Library

Springtime Crafts for Children

Spring into the Easter Holidays with our lovely Spring craft activities for children and families. With cuddly chicks, cute eggs and funny bunnies popping up all over - why not join in our free craft sessions and make something fun and fluffy to take home this Easter holiday!

Monday 4 April 2 to 3pm Beswick Library
Tuesday 5 April 2 to 3pm North City Library
Tuesday 5 April 2 to 3pm Newton Heath Library
Wednesday 6 April 2 to 3pm Abraham Moss Library
Wednesday 6 April 2 to 3pm New Moston Library
Thursday 7 April 2 to 4pm Miles Platting Library
Friday 8 April 2 to 3pm Avenue Library & Learning Centre

Blue sky with green fields, butterflies and flowers

Join the Reading Rascals

Reading Rascals is our very own reading book club for children aged between 7 and 12. You can choose whether to join us in-person at Central Library or to join in remotely with our Reading Rascals booklet of activities which we can email to you. The booklet is created by Manchester library staff and is given a different theme each month. It’s brimming with book recommendations, book reviews, crafts and quizzes to inspire you to read! Find our themed videos on YouTube.

If you'd like to find out more then please email Angela or Mona.

Why not take a look at some of our Reading Rascals booklets?

There’s always Loads to Do!

There are plenty of super activities and events being planned for you over the Easter holidays. Why not check out what libraries and friends have on offer now and over the holiday period? You can also find details of our regular activity offers, including weekly storytimes for babies and toddlers.

Craft supplies including pencils, stars and glue sticks

Childrens e-books and audio books

Cookie and the Most Annoying Girl in the World, written and read by Konnie Huq. Suitable for children aged 7+

Cookie, Keziah and Jake are best mates and life is good. Cookie's birthday party is coming up and she has had the most fantastic idea for a Save the Planet party where everything is recyclable and no plastic is used. Before long, Cookie is buzzing with plans. But then disaster strikes - Suzie Ashby totally swipes Cookie's idea and sends out invitations for her own Save the Planet birthday party. Worse still, Suzie seems to think Cookie is her new best friend! Grrrr! Suzie is officially the most annoying girl in the world!

Available as an eBook and eAudiobook on Borrowbox now!

Cookie and the most annoying girl in the world book cover

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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