Kids & Teens Services
Introduction
Scroll down this page to find:
- Services for Kids
- What's On For Kids
- Colouring Competitions
- Book of the Month
- PDF Guide to Reading with Babies
- New Kids Books
- Best websites for Kids
- Services for Teens
- Teen Book of the Month
- New Teen Books
For a more comprehensive list of our favourite books for kids and teens visit our Readers' Guides and Recommendations page.
Services for Kids
- Books
- Magazines
- Music CDs
- DVDs
- Audio books on CD
- Public computers
- Colouring Competitions
- Kids Library Club
- Festivals and events
What's On For Kids
Summer Festival 2010
The Hollyhill Book of the Summer
During July, 18 children took part in poetry, art and photography workshops to produce the Hollyhill Book of the Summer.
Download the book in PDF format:
Hollyhill Book of the Summer (1.1 MB)
Well done to all who took part.
Ongoing events:
Every Friday during July and August:
Colouring Competition 10.00a.m., Quiz 2.00p.m.
August 3rd – 6th Big Big Picture Quiz - all week long.
August 10th – 13th Colouring Championship - every day at 2.00p.m.
August 17th – 20th Revolting Reads – every day at 2.00p.m.
August 24th – 27th Horrid Henry Film Club – films every day at 2.15p.m.
All welcome! Free of charge. Call us at 021 4924928 for information.
For details of any of the above events or to make bookings contact Hollyhill Library at 021 4924928 or hollyhill_library@corkcity.ie.
Colouring Competitions
Download July's Colouring Competition below. Post your entries to Hollyhill Library, Foyle Avenue, Knocknaheeny, Cork. Closing date for entries: 30th July 2010.
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July Colouring Competition (PDF file, 504 KB) |
Book of the Month
Our book of the month is Usborne Puzzle Adventure Omnibus Vol. 3 by Mark Burgess
Seven adventure stories about pirates, lost temples, and dark knights! There are puzzles to solve on every page! There are clues to help you if you get stuck, and answers at the end of each story!
An exiting, funny read for kids age 8 and over!
Download our PDF guide to Reading With Babies and Young Children.
Reading with Babies (958 KB)
New Kids' Books
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Eating Things on Sticks by Anne Fine |
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Féile Fever by Joe O'Brien |
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Hettie Feather by Jacqueline Wilson |
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Justin and the Big Fight by Bernard Ashley |
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Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo |
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Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (graphic novel) |
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The Odyssey of Flight 33 by Mark Kneece (graphic novel) |
For Recommended Reading for Kids visit our Readers' Guides and Recommendations page.
Here are our 10 favourite websites for kids and young adult readers:
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| www.pilkey.com | Contains Groovy Games, you can find out your Captain Underpants name (mine is Stinky Gizzzardchunks), or have fun with the online Flip-o-ramas! |
| www.jackstalwart.com | Games and quizzes about your favourite boy hero! You can even create your own Jack Stalwart artwork! |
| www.wimpykid.com | Find out about author Jeff Kinney and the Wimpy Kid books here. You can even wimpify yourself online! |
| www.peterrabbit.com | Games, and children’s play site. You can even create your own Peter Rabbit puppet show! |
| www.roalddahl.com | Visit the Treats section for Roald Dahl character quizzes and games. |
| www.rainbowmagic.co.uk | Play with the Rainbow Magic Fairies. Contains fun and free games, activities and things to print. |
| www.horridhenry.co.uk | Join the Purple Hand gang or find your Horrid Henry name! |
| www.jeremystrong.co.uk | All about author Jeremy Strong and his books. You can play Krazy Kow – the game. |
| www.jkrowling.com | Interactive website – contains Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About JK Rowling, Harry Potter, of course, and a Wizard of the Month archive. |
| www.darrenshan.com | Die-hard Darren Shan fans – check out the Extras section for extra and deleted chapters! |
Services for Teens
- Teen reads
- Manga
- Music CDs
- DVDs
- Public Computers
- Teen Book Club starting September 2009
- Festival and events
Teen Book of the Month
Our Teen Book of the Month is
The Short Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Bree is a newborn vampire. She knows the rules: watch your back, don’t draw attention to yourself and, above all, make it home by sunrise or die.
Fans of the Twilight saga will love this thrilling story of Bree Tanner, a character we first met in the book Eclipse.
Copies now available to borrow!
About the author:
Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in English. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Phoenix, Arizona. After the publication of her first novel, Twilight, booksellers chose Stephenie Meyer as one of the "most promising new authors of 2005". Her Twilight series have been bestsellers around the world, and have been made into films.
Other books in the Twilight series are:
For more information visit www.stepheniemeyer.com
New Teen Books
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The Enemy by Charlie Higson |
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Just Jealous by Anne Cassidy |
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Recipe for Rebellion by Cathy Hopkins |
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Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick |
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The White Horse Trick by Kate Thompson |
For our favourite teen reads visit our Readers' Guides and Recommendations page.
Teen Book of the Month
Our Teen Book of the Month is The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
From the cover:
Monday 24 May, 11.32 a.m.
Ted and Kar watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye.
He turns and waves and the pod rises from the ground.
Monday 24 May, 12.02 pm
The pod lands and the doors open.
People exit in all shapes and sizes - but where is Salim?
About the author:
Siobhan lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before she died in August 2007, aged 47. Her first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, won the Branford Boase Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize. Her second novel, The London Eye Mystery, won the 2007 NASEN & TES Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award. Bog Child is Siobhan's third published novel.
Find out more about Siobhan and her books at www.siobhandowd.co.uk.