Kids & Teens Services
Introduction
Scroll down this page to find:
- Services for Kids
- What's On For Kids
- Colouring Competitions
- Book of the Month
- New Kids Books
- 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 Take 5 - We Recommend 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
Horrid Henry Month in Hollyhill Library
Every Wednesday in February at 3.30p.m.:
Horrid Henry Stories and Puzzles
Every Saturday in February at 10.00a.m.:
Horrid Henry Colouring Competition!
Saturday, 6 February at 12.00 p.m.:
Make Horrid Henry Fridge Magnets
Saturday, 20 February at 12.00p.m.:
Make Horrid Henry Masks
All events are free of charge. Call 021 4924928 for details.
Ongoing events:
- Colouring Competitions every Saturday morning between 10.00am and 12.00 noon. Weekly prizes and one overall monthly prize.
- New! Saturday Quiz for Kids! Every Saturday at 2.00p.m. Free internet sessions to be won!
- Kids! Sign up for your Library Loyalty Card and win free internet sessions.
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
Click the link to download our Colouring Competition for February. Print and post to Hollyhill Library, Foyle Avenue, Knocknaheeny, Cork. Closing date for entries: Saturday, 27th February.
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Horrid Henry Colouring Competition (PDF document, 261 KB) |
Book of the Month
Our book of the month for February is Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse by Francesca Simon
Perfect Peter wins a "Curse of the Mummy" kit, but Henry really wants to play with it...
About the author: (Source: www.amazon.co.uk)
Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She now lives in London with her family. She has written over 45 books and won the Children's Book of the Year in 2008 at the Galaxy British Book Awards for 'Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman'.
Visit Horrid henry's website at www.horridhenry.co.uk.
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 Take 5 - We Recommend page.
Services for Teens
- Teen reads
- Manga
- Music CDs
- DVDs
- Public Computers
- Teen Book Club starting September 2009
- Festival and events
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 Take 5 - We Recommend page.
Teen Book of the Month
Our Teen Book of the Month for February 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.