Summer kids’ program: With Love
Under the Love Umbrella
These school holidays we’re celebrating love and joy with family and friends!
Express yourself in bold and colourful ways with stories, songs and a bit of sparkle in our interactive storytelling events, workshops and craft sessions.
Decorate your own kite with all the things that make your heart soar. Join us for Storytime Sessions with a splash of rainbow flair. Experience a musical adventure about love, joy and being very, very silly.
Book your tickets to our Under the Love Umbrella events now.
Create a Kite craft activity
Inspired by best-selling children’s picture book Under the Love Umbrella, written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Allison Colpoys, celebrate the wondrous ways love is shared with your family and friends. Use colour and collage to decorate your own kite and add it to the Library’s mural wall for all to see, as part of a craft activity designed by Allison.
Perfect for children aged 5-12 years, and their families.
Drop in anytime between 3-5pm daily from 10 to 27 January 2026, on weekends between 31 January to 29 March 2026, and on Labour Day (9 March 2026).
Library on the Lawn
Throughout January, the Library’s forecourt will transform into an imagination playground for our youngest literary explorers.
Join us from 13 to 15 January 2026 between 10am-1pm.
Rainbow Storytime
Do you love stories, songs and a bit of sparkle? To celebrate Midsumma Festival, we’re adding a splash of rainbow flair to our beloved Storytime sessions.
Perfect for kids aged 3-8.
Join us at 1.30pm-2pm on 20 and 27 January 2026.
Mural of Me: Collage workshops with Nicky Tsekouras
Calling all curious, creative kids! Join artist Nicky Tsekouras in this imaginative hands-on workshop to express yourself through colour, texture and playful paper collage.
Perfect for kids aged 5-12.
Join us at 11.30am-1pm and 1.45-3.15pm on 22 January 2026.
See You in the Soup!
Join performer Emma Chandler and her musical friend Callum Bodman for an enchanting concert about love, joy, and being very, very silly!
Perfect for kids aged 5-8.
Join us at 1.30pm-2.30pm on 21 January 2026.
Fractured Fairytales: Drama workshops with Emma Chandler
Step into a world of imagination where fairytales get a delightful twist in this fantastical and playful storytelling workshop hosted by Emma Chandler.
Perfect for kids aged 5-10.
Join us on at 11.30am-12pm or 3.15-4.15pm on 21 January 2026.
Storytime
Our Storytime sessions showcase classic stories and new works from much loved authors – along with your favourite songs and rhymes for children aged 3 to 5 years old.
Storytime runs every Wednesday at 10:30am (except during school holidays and on public holidays).
Toddler Tales
Come along and make some noise as we explore language and literacy through stories, rhymes, and songs for children aged 18 months to 3 years.
Toddler Tales runs every Monday at 10.30am (except during school holidays and on public holidays).
Baby Bounce
Perfect for children aged 18 months and younger, join us for a fun, interactive session of stories, songs and rhymes.
Baby Bounce runs every Monday and Wednesday from 11.30am-12.00pm (except during school holidays and on public holidays).
Looking for at-home activities?
The fun doesn’t end once you leave the Library!
Explore some of our printable activities for kids, designed by authors and artists from previous seasonal programs.
- How to draw nocturnal creatures by Jess Racklyeft for Into the Dark autumn 2024 program.
- Millie Mak the Maker colouring sheet by Alice Pung and Sher Rill Ng for We Are Makers winter 2024 program.
- Millie Mak the Maker paper doll by Alice Pung and Sher Rill Ng for We Are Makers winter 2024 program.
- Craft A Krill craft activity by Finucane and Smith for the Tiny But Mighty spring 2024 program