Puzzles, stories, jokes and reviews

Sing along with Library RhymeTime

Are you ready to make some music?

Tips for homeschooling primary aged children

From the Learning in Libraries team

Colour-in the squirrel

Print out this activity sheet and colour-in the squirrel

Have you got your eye on the prize?

Here’s what you can win in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge!

Colour-in the coast activity

Bring this picture to life by colouring in the seaside landscape

Fun colouring-in activity

Download and colour in this picture of a bird

Wild reads for the Summer Reading Challenge

Check out these exciting environmental books to help you complete the challenge

Wild World Heroes puzzle challenge

Can you solve the puzzles? Print off the activity sheet to find out!

Creative colouring-in

Print off this picture of a cat and get colouring!

Captain Underpants to the rescue!

Download to read or listen to for FREE today

Love reading about adventures?

You’ll find plenty of Percy Jackson books to download for free as audiobooks and ebooks

Meet the Wild World Heroes

Find out about the theme of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge

Join the Summer Reading Challenge!

Explore new stories and learn how you can help nature in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge

Audiobooks help you feel better

Are you a friend of our wildlife pollinators?

Download our activity sheet

Return your overdue books and enjoy a special fines ‘holiday’

Did you know that if you bring back anything you’ve borrowed from the library, before the start of June, you won’t have to pay overdue fines - no matter how old they are

Reading Well - books to help you through tough times

A new collection with advice for worries, stress and difficulties

Classic children’s books to download for free

Audiobook or ebook – it’s up to you

Best jokes about books!

To celebrate the start of the Winter Reading Challenge, we’ve collected together 12 of the funniest jokes we could find about books

Calling all Roald Dahl fans

More than 70 ebook and audiobook titles in our Roald Dahl collection

World Book Day Thursday 4 March 2021

Share your love of books and reading for pleasure

Winter Reading Challenge book review: Hamlet

A level students take note!

Winter Reading Challenge Word Grid

Can you find where all these words fit on the grid?

Winter Reading Challenge book review

The Winter Reading Challenge has begun, and today we're bringing you a book recommendation by Jordan from Winchester Discovery Centre

Christmas stories by Enid Blyton

Celebrate the festive period with one of the world's best-loved storytellers

Christmas jokes

Here’s a selection of some of the funniest festive one-liners to keep your family chortling over the holidays

Christmas colouring

Get your coloured pens and pencils at the ready!

Colouring-in fun

Colour-in this penguin and his Christmas lights

Story time: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - part 1 of 7

Read by Karen from Aldershot Library

Story time: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - part 3 of 7

Read by Karen from Aldershot Library

Story time: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - part 4 of 7

Read by Karen from Aldershot Library

Story time: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - part 5 of 7

Read by Karen from Aldershot Library

Story time: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - part 6 of 7

Read by Karen from Aldershot Library

Story time: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - part 7 of 7

Read by Karen from Aldershot Library

Reader recommends: Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce

This recommendation is from Helen, one of the team at New Milton Library