It is never too early to read to your child

Hints on Reading To Your Child

Borrow library books to read

Download stories from Story Box Library

Attend Rhymetime or Storytime

Rhymetime & Storytime

We are devoted to helping your child in every way possible. With our Storytime and Rhymetime programs, you are introducing your child to early literacy through stories, nursery rhymes and music.

Our library staff and volunteers utilise industry researched methods that have shown to increase cognitive and imaginative thinking, as well as gross and fine motor skills.

Our early years programs run exclusively during school terms and pause over school holidays.

For more information about Rhymetime and Storytime, visit our page here.

Premiers’ Reading Challenge

The annual Premier” Reading Challenge aims to promote a love of books and reading, and is aimed at students from Prep to Year 10. The PRC website has information about how to join the Challenge and find book lists.

Search the catalogue for titles from this year’s and previous year’s book lists: Prep-Year 2, Year 3-Year 4, Year 5-Year 6.

Books in the Library’s collection from the Premiers’ Reading Challenge are marked with a gold spot to help you find them on the shelves.

1000 Books before School

The 1000 Books Before School program is a great way to track your child’s reading progress. Reading just ten minutes a day can instill a lifelong love of books and learning in young children. Research shows that children who are read to every day from an early age have extended vocabularies, increased reading readiness and improved cognitive skills when they enter school.

Reading Record sheets: 0-100101-200, 201-300301-400401-500501-600601-700701-800, 801-900901-1000.

Cereal Readers – best kids and YA books in series order.

If you’re looking for reading inspiration, here are some of the best books for kids of all ages—children, teens and young adults—matched to the reader’s interests, age and reading level.

PK mag is Good Reading’s digital magazine for primary kids. It is full of book reviews, movies, music, arts and crafts, activities and more!

Resources dealing with grief and death for children

A collection of 18 books located at the Horsham library to assist families who are dealing with the issues of death and grief.  Collection donated by the Wimmera Hospice Care Auxiliary.  The list of books

Young Australians Best Book Awards are awarded by young Australians themselves. Children and young adults recommend, read, rate and reward their favourite Australian books, culminating in the annual Awards ceremony for the ‘Best Book’ in each age category.

Kids Stuff

A Pirate’s Mother Goose

Nancy I. Sanders

Ten Little Unicorns

Mike Bronlow and Simon Rickety

Grandpa’s Car

Sue Graves

Hooray For Fish!

Lucy Cousins

Small Things

Mel Tregonning

Selby’s Shemozzle

Duncan Ball

Buzzkill

Brenda Maloney

Storytime & Rhymetime

Click here for our scheduled storytimes.

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Kids Services

Click here for more children’s activities.

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