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Moonee Valley City Council
PO Box 126
9 Kellaway Avenue, Moonee Ponds, VIC 3039

Tel: 9243 8888
Fax: 9377 2100
council@mvcc.vic.gov.au
 
 Page Last Updated:
 Monday, 9 November 2009
 
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Moonee Valley Library Service provides a wide range of materials and programs for children and young adults.

 Good Reads for Kids and Teens
 Homework Help
Quicklinks down page
 New: Have Fun with Literacy with Intrepica!
 Winners! Children's Book Council of Australia awards
 Preschool Storytime
 Baby Rhyme Time
 "Let's Read Together" - Baby Book Bags
 Handy references

New: Have Fun with Literacy with Intrepica!
Our latest online resource is Intrepica - an Australian site where students of all ages can have fun whilst improving their spelling, reading and comprehension skills.

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Winners! Children's Book Council of Australia awards
The CBCA Book of the Year winners have been announced:

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Picture Book   Early Childhood    
Collecting Colour by Kylie Dunstan   How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham    
Younger Readers   Older Readers    
Perry Angel’s Suitcase by Glenda Millard   Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan    

Preschool Storytime
Storytime is a fun way to encourage your child to love books, reading and libraries. This is suited to children between two and five years old.

The sessions are usually structured around a theme - for example pets, dinosaurs, transport and involve stories, rhymes and a simple craft activity.

Please arrive on time so that your child does not miss any of the session and to ensure that the stories are not interrupted.

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Storytimes will provide your child with:
 An introduction to a wide range of children's stories and books;
 The experience of meeting, socialising and sharing with other children;
 An opportunity to develop language and motor skills;
 A love and appreciation of books and libraries.
 

Venue   Session times 2009       
Ascot Vale   10.30am Thursday       
Flemington   10.30am Thursday       
Milleara      Due to renovations, no sessions until further notice    
Niddrie   10.30am Tuesday   2pm Thursday    
Sam Merrifield   10am Monday   10am Thursday    

Baby Rhyme Time
Children between 3 - 18 months can come along to Moonee Valley Libraries to join in the fun and games of Baby Rhyme Time.
Contact your nearest branch for more information!

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2009 Baby Rhyme Time Sessions
Library   Session Times 2009   Dates    
Ascot Vale Library
Ph: 8325 1990  
Tuesday at 1.30pm
(once a month)   
September 1
October 6
November 10
December 1    
Flemington Library
Ph: 8325 1975  
Friday at 11am
(once a month)   
September 18
October 16
November 13
December 11    
Milleara Library
Ph: 8325 1940  
Wednesday at 10.30am
(once a fortnight)  
Due to renovations, no sessions until further notice.    
Niddrie Library
Ph: 8325 1925  
Friday at 10am
(once a fortnight)   
September 11
October 9, 23
November 6, 20
December 4    
Sam Merrifield Library
Ph: 8325 1950  
Wednesday at 11.15am
(once a fortnight)  
September 2, 16
October 14, 28
November 11, 25
December 9    

"Let's Read Together" - Baby Book Bags
To promote reading and literacy skills for children, Moonee Valley Library Service provides a Baby Book Bag for every baby born in the City of Moonee Valley.

Each Baby Book Bag contains a brand new board book, educational DVD, songs and rhymes booklet, bookmark and information sheets on how engage your child in reading. Baby Book Bags are distributed to new parents via Maternal and Child Health nurses at the two week visit.
For more information contact your nearest library branch or Maternal and Child Health clinic.

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Handy references
Your Tutor: Students, young adults and even adult learners never have to struggle with their homework, assignments or exam revision again! Students in years 4 through 12 can simply log on to Your Tutor on weekdays between 4pm and 8pm to get immediate help from qualified tutors. (Your Tutor requires Internet Explorer web browser).

Magpie: Online guide to children's books. Enter barcode when prompted. Within the library click login to the Source with an IP address (on the right). From home, click login to the Source and enter User: moonee, Password: valley.

Tumblebooks: The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes, as well as TumbleResources for teachers. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books which we have licensed from children's book publishers and converted to the TumbleBook format.

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