Service change: The mobile library truck will leave Orchard Road, Doreen at 3.45pm Thursday 9th October. Staff will be available to accept returns until 4.30pm.
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Explore the history of where you live, work and play at your local library in October.
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Little Women need a big library! In between visiting their neighbours, putting on plays, writing thrilling stories in the attic and making mischief among themselves there is plenty of time for a good story.
Discover something new about an ancestor this August for family history month at YPRL. Explore our program of events.
In Panem, what you know could help you survive. Patrons of the district and capital libraries are pragmatic in their reading choices. What are the characters from The Hunger Games series reading? Peeta is improving his recipes for the bakery, President Snow is caring for his roses while Katniss is keeping up on her foraging skills.
Between visits to Netherfield and Pemberly, the Bennet family catch up on their readings. Elizabeth enjoys literary fiction, Mary is interested in self-improvement and Kitty has a taste for detectives stories.
What are they reading at Winterfell? Rob wants to improve his leadership skills, Sansa loves a good romance, Ned is very concerned about climate change because he keeps hearing that “winter is coming!”.
Run for teens by teens. Hack Club is the next step up from code clubs and an opportunity for youth to make projects that interest them.
Allowing some time to prepare for tricky conversations with your children can help you feel more confident and capable in delivering them, this is where the library can be an excellent resource!
There can be different reasons why children can be reluctant to read! Here are some handy tips to help with fostering a life long love of reading.
Did you know that we have a range of spaces available for hire: meeting rooms, a theatrette, community rooms, computer training rooms and more.
Library Locations you can book:Diamond Valley, Ivanhoe, Lalor, Mill Park, Thomastown and Watsonia.