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Offaly Libraries ProgrammeOctober 2024
Welcome to Offaly Libraries' Children'sBook Festival 2024Children’s Book Festival (CBF) 2024 will run nationally for the month ofOctober and is a great opportunity for young people, parents, teachersand libraries to celebrate books and reading! Offaly Libraries will be marking this very special time of year with anarray of events and activities. Events will be held in our libraries, withsomething scheduled for readers of all ages and interests. The promotion and support of the Children's Book Festival is a centraltenet of the national Right to Read initiative. Through Children’s Book Festival, Offaly Libraries aims to:Encourage children to enjoy the experience of reading and supporttheir reading development.Provide activities and events in collaboration withwriters/illustrators/storytellers.Promote children’s books and stories.Increase engagement with families and schools and to attract newaudiences.There is a world of reading waiting for children and their families in theirlocal library and your free library membership gives you access tomillions of items in the national public library network. Children's Book Festival is a great time to reconnect with books and withyour local library. We’re looking forward to seeing you!
In-Library school eventContact library to book a spaceTullamore: Wednesday, 9th October 10.00am Daingean: Wednesday, 9th October 11:30am Edenderry: Wednesday, 9th October 1:30pm Suitable for Junior Infants to 1st classEmer Conlon is the author of the award winning series ofchildren’s books, Vroom-Town.Vroom-Town is a wonderful place where all types of truckswith all types of personalities live, work and have excitingadventures. There are currently seven books in the series.Emer will be reading her new book at our storytime and islooking forward to introducing the funsizers to their newfriends in Vroom-Town.Vroom Town IN-LIBRARYSCHOOLEVENT
In-Library school eventContact the library to book a spaceEdenderry: Thursday, 10th October 10am Kilcormac: Thursday, 10th October 12:30pm Suitable for 1st to 5th classIN-LIBRARYSCHOOLEVENTPaul Tubb is an Offaly based Humorist/Poet &Cartoonist/Humourous-Illustrator, who has written manyPicture Books and Poetry Collections. Paul shall be providing a Poetry Workshop in which he'llexplain the Limerick verse form and the children shall bewriting their own Limericks, beginning with a first lineprovided by Paul. Paul will also be reading from his ownhumourous verse collections, asking questionssuggesting Poets to read, and there will also be a fewsongs.Paul Tubb
In-Library school eventContact the library to book a spaceBirr: Tuesday, 15th October 10.30am Tullamore: Tuesday, 15th October 12.30am Suitable for 3rd - 5th classIN-LIBRARYSCHOOLEVENT Leona Forde is an English and History teacher fromBandon, County Cork, and this is her debut series. Shewrote Milly McCarthy for her daughter, who wanted toread a Wimpy Kid style story but not one set in the US orUK. Leona is married with four children and is currentlywriting Milly’s next adventureLeona Forde
In-Library school eventContact the library to book a spaceBanagher: Wednesday 16th October 10:00am Birr: Wednesday 16th October 12:00pm Suitable for Senior Infants to 6th ClassJoin Deirdre from The Cool Food School, multi award winningfood educator and children’s cookbook author for a fun,interactive kids cooking class!Deirdre shares her innovative approach to food in schools,preschools, libraries and at events like Bloom and Savour Kilkenny! The Cool Food SchoolIN-LIBRARYSCHOOLEVENT
In-Library school eventContact the library to book a spaceFerbane: Thursday, 17th October 10.00amClara: Thursday, 17th October 12:00pm Suitable for Junior Infants to 1st classIN-LIBRARYSCHOOLEVENTNiamh DonnellanNiamh Donnellan is a writer and poet from Co. Meath,where she lives with her two young sons. She won theAnthology Short Story Competition in 2020 and waslonglisted for the Fish Short Fiction Prize 2019. This is her debut picture book.
In-Library School EventContact the library to book a spaceEve is a children’s author and artist who lives halfway up ahill in north Co Wexford with her husband, twins, a dog andfour cats. Her debut novel Elsetime won the Book forChildren Award at the Wells Festival of Literature and hersecond novel The Chestnut Roaster,was nominated for aCarnegie Medal for Writing 2024 and was a Book of the Yearwith The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The SundayIndependent, the Irish Examiner and the Irish Independent. Eve McDonnell IN-LIBRARYSCHOOLEVENTBirr: Friday, 18th October 10:00amTullamore: Friday, 18th October 1:00pmSuitable for 1st to 6th class
In-Library Public EventContact the library to book a spaceIn this Wonderful Workshop of Wizardry; get sorted into yourHogwarts House, Make your own wand, Hunt for Horcruxes,Potion Making (edible and non-edible), and find out who isthe Ultimate Harry Potter fan in the TriQuizardingtournament, plus much, much more.Whether your child is a Harry Potter fanatic like our facilitatorSonya, or is new to the world of fantasy and magic, they willlove this workshop of wonder.Ultimate Hogwarts Experience MID-TERMBREAKPUBLICEVENTTullamore: Wednesday, 30th October 10:00amBirr: Wednesday, 30th October 1:00pmSuitable for 1st to 6th class
In-Library Public EventContact the library to book a spaceWhy not celebrate the Children’s Book Festival this mid-term break with a trip to the library to meet the BFG? (all7ft+ of him!!)The big fella arrives with his huge chair and chats awaywith the audience about all things giant and dreams. Heneeds help to create more 'ringabellers and who better toask than a gaggle of childers The BFG with Tallest Smallest Theatre MID-TERMBREAKPUBLICEVENTEdenderry: Thursday, 31st October 10:00amClara: Thursday, 31st October 2:00pmSuitable for 1st to 5th class
Tuesday 15th October at 10:30am Leona Forde 3rd - 5th classWednesday 16th October at 12:00pm The Cool Food School Senior Infants - 6th classFriday 18th October at 10:00am Eve McDonnell 1st - 6th classWednesday 30th October at 13:00pmBirr LibraryUltimate Hogwarts Experience 1st - 6th classThursday 17th October at 12:00pm Niamh Donnellan Junior Infants - 1st classThursday 31st October at 14:00pm The BFG 1st - 5th classClara LibraryWednesday 9th October at 13:30pm Vroom Town Junior Infants - 1st classThursday 10th October at 10:00am Paul Tubb 1st class - 5th classThursday 31st October at 10:00am The BFG 1st - 5th classEdenderry LibraryWednesday 9th October at 10:00am Vroom Town Junior Infants - 1st classTuesday 15th October at 12:30amLeona Forde 3rd - 5th classFriday 18th October at 13:00pmEve McDonnell 1st - 6th classTullamore LibraryWednesday 30th October at 13:00pm Ultimate Hogwarts Experience 1st - 6th classEvents Listing by LibraryBanagher LibraryWednesday 16th October at 10:00am The Cool Food School Senior Infants - 6th classWednesday 9th October at 11:30am Vroom Town Junior Infants - 1st classDaingean LibraryThursday 17th October at 10:00am Niamh Donnellan Junior Infants - 1st class Ferbane LibraryThursday 10th October at 12:30pm Paul Tubb 1st class - 5th classKilcormac Library
Storytimes Offaly Libraries will be hosting storytimesfor the Children's Book FestivalContact your local library for moreinformation
Join us for craft sessions in your local libraryfor the Children's Book Festival Suitable for children under 12 yearsContact your local library for moreinformationCraft Sessions
Offaly Libraries are thrilled toannounce Design a HalloweenCharacter as part of the Children'sBook Festival.For additional details, please reach outto your nearest library.
Classroom SetsSets contain 30 novels and may beborrowed for 3 months at a time.Contact your local branch for more info.ANDLOTS MORE!
Banagher Library: Children’s Book Club (8-10 years) meets the3rd Wednesday of every month at 3.30pm (New)Birr Library: Children’s Book Club, (8-1o years) meets the lastFriday of every month, at 3.30pmClara Library: Children’s Book Club, (8-1o years) meet on thelast Tuesday of every month at 15.30Daingean Library: Children’s Book Club, (8-12 years) the firstTuesday of every month at 3.30pm Edenderry Library: Children’s Book Club, (8-12 years) Meet at15.30 on the First Tuesday of each monthEdenderry Book Worms Meet on the 2nd Wednesday of everymonth at 15.30 Suitable for ages 9 – 12 ( 4th – 6th Class )Young Adult Book Club, (15-17 years) meets the firstWednesday of every month at 2.30pm. Tullamore Library: Children’s Book Clubs, (7- 9 & 10-12) meetsthe first Wednesday of every month at 3.30pm.Offaly Library Book ClubsContact your local library for further information
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