A newsletter for kids #1 2015

National Simultaneous

Storytime

Check your local library branch for details

Contents

P2 National Simultaneous Storytime

P3 Happy Easter Wordsearch

P4 Autumn around the world crossword

P5 Whats on

P6 Maze

P7 New YA fiction

P8 Puzzles, Books to movies in 2015

P9 Puzzles, What to do with toilet rolls

P10 New Junior Fiction

P11 Puzzles, Craft

P12 Solutions & Tongue twisters

Library Locations

Allora Library/Office Herbert Street

ALLORA QLD 4362 Ph: 4666 3742

Mobile Library

For timetable information please ring 4661 0342

or visit the Councils website.

Stanthorpe Library 56 Lock Street

STANTHORPE QLD 4380 Ph: 4681 2141

Warwick Library 49 Albion Street

WARWICK QLD 4370 Ph: 4661 0342

spydus.southerndowns.qld.gov.au www.sdrc.qld.gov.au

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Happy Easter

Wordsearch

G C T D U C K G W Y N N U B F

F N H U B L N Z O S U N D A Y

I H I U L I C I L P A H M B S

N B O T R I G D L Z O I I P D

D J M P N C P B A P L L E E A

J R S A U I H S M Y B E E B F

U E C F L W A B H Y P T Q S F

T N U H Y O J P S E D S N F O

E T A R O C E D R Q D A P C D

V N E S T C S Y A D E P O T I

C M E J T R O S M B Y L S R L

B U T T E R F L Y B O E T E S

E Y Q W S H K L A R T E O A S

S G O I I T L C F T N A R T A

S L G D Q E N U I Y E S R S R

F X E S J G L A L H L T A F G

L O L L I E S I L O C E C U N

E D A R A P L E F P U R U N V

BILBY BUNNY

BUTTERFLY

CARROTS

CHICK

CHOCOLATE

CHURCH

COLORFUL

DAFFODILS

DECORATE

DUCK

DYE

EASTER

EGGS

FAMILY

FIND

FLOWERS

FUN

GRASS

HIDE

HOP

HUNT

JELLYBEANS

JOY

LAMB

LENT

LILY

LOLLIES

MARSHMALLOW

NEST

PAINTING

PARADE

PASTEL

PEEPS

PLANTS

SPRING

SUNDAY

TREATS

TULIPS

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Autumn around

the world

Across 1. Azerbaijani 3. West Frisian 5. Finnish 6. Albanian 8. Catalan 10. Bavarian 13. Venetian 15. Asturian 16. Italian 18. German 20. Norfolk 21. Turkish

Down 2. French 3. Luxembourgish 4. Icelandic 7. Dutch 8. Tagalong 9. Czech 11. Latvian 12. Lithuanian 14. Galician 17. Bosnian 19. Scots

Seronda Payiz Hiachst Jesen Tardor Rodzim Herbst Automne Hjerst Outono Jesen Haust Autunno Rudens Hierscht Ruduo Herfst Ortam Hairst Vjeshta Syksy Taglagas Sonbahar Utuno

Can you match the

word for autumn

located in the box

with its language and fill in the

crossword? en.translatethings.com

Whats on

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April School Holidays

Tuesday 7 April Saturday 18 April

Allora Activity table: a range of self guided activities will be available in the library, puzzles, colouring in, dot

to dots and much more. Wally and his friends are hiding in the library these school holidays. Can you find them all?

Stanthorpe Activity tables: a range of printable activities will be available in the library, mazes, puzzles, colouring

in, dot to dots and much more. Wally and his friends are hiding in the library these school holidays. Can you find them all?

Warwick Activity table: a range of self guided activities will be available in the library, puzzles, colouring in, dot

to dots and much more. Wally and his friends are hiding in the library these school holidays. Can you find them all?

Holiday craft activity Origami Tuesday 14th April @ 9am. Bookings essential as places are limited Ph. 4661 0342.

@ Southern Downs Regional Libraries

Maze end

Maz

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New Young

Adult Fiction

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Books to movies

in 2015 These books are coming to the big screen this year. The library

holds the ones with covers.

The spooks apprentice (seventh son) Joseph Delaney The Duff Kody Keplinger Insurgent Veronica Roth Paper towns John Green The scorch trials James Dashner Jungle book Rudyard Kipling Mockingjay Suzanne Collins Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children Ransom Riggs The true meaning of Smekday Adam Rex Z for Zachariah Robert C OBrien Fallen Lauren Kate The great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson

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Southern Downs Library members now have access to lynda.com a

web based video service with more than 3,000 engaging top-quality

courses and 150,000 video tutorials for learning the latest

commercial software, creative and business skills. Training is

provided by industry experts and the self- paced learning options are

suitable for advanced and beginner learners. There are new courses

added every week.

What to do with empty toilet rolls

Health regulations mean toilet rolls cant be recycled for craft at the library but this doesnt mean you cant try these at home.

New Junior Fiction

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Craft Idea Leaf rubbings

Find some leaves ones fallen on the ground are best. Place them on the table

Put a piece of paper on top

Choose a crayon and rub it over the paper using the side of the crayon

Use different leaves and colours to make a picture.

Page 8 Puzzles

Little house on the prairie

Count Dracula

One in a million

Hole in one

Page 9 Puzzles

Hes beside himself 6 feet below ground

Tricycle

Page 11 Puzzles

Reading between the lines

Cross roads

4 degrees below zero

Just between you and me

Just around the corner

Pigs in a blanket

Seven seas

Split level

Walking on air

Forgive and forget

Solutions

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Happy Easter

Wordsearch

G C T D U C K G W Y N N U B F

F N H U + + N + O S U N D A Y

I + I U L I + + L + + H M B S

N B + T R I + + L + O I I P D

D + M P N C P + A P L L E + A

+ + S A + I H S M Y B E + + F

+ + C + L + A + H Y P T + S F

T N U H Y O J P S + + S N + O

E T A R O C E D R + + A + C D

+ N E S T C S + A D E P O T I

+ + + + + R O + M B Y L S R L

B U T T E R F L Y + O E T E S

E + + W S H K L A R T E O A S

+ G O + I T L C F T N A R T A

+ L G D + E N U I Y E S R S R

F + E S J + L A L H L T A F G

L O L L I E S I L + C E C U +

E D A R A P L + + P + R + N +

Autumn Around the World Crossword

Seronda Asturian

Payiz Azerbaijani

Hiachst Bavarian

Jesen Bosnian

Tardor Catalan

Rodzim Czech

Herbst German

Automne French

Hjerst West Frisian

Outono Galician

Jesen Croatian

Haust Icelandic

Autunno Italian

Rudens Latvian

Hierscht Luxembourgish

Ruduo Lithuanian

Herfst Dutch

Ortam Norfolk

Hairst Scots

Vjeshta Albanian

Syksy Finnish

Taglagas Tagalong

Sonbahar Turkish

Utuno Venetian

Tongue Twisters How fast can you say these?

A big black bug bit a big black dog

on his big black nose.

Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.

One-one was a race horse.

Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too.