For Parents
Find information and session times for Storytime, Rhyme Time and Toddler Time.
Baby Book Bags
To improve reading and literacy skills in young children, Moonee Valley Libraries offer a Baby Book Bag for every baby born in our City.
Each Baby Book bag contains:
- a board book
- an educational DVD
- a songs and rhymes booklet
- a bookmark
- information sheets on engaging your child in reading
How do I get a bag?
The bags are given to new parents when the Maternal and Child Health nurses make their two-week visit.
If you missed out on a Baby Book Bag, contact your nearest library.
Improving your child’s literacy
The library subscribes to a number of online resources to engage your children’s love of learning and improve their literacy skills.
Busythings is a learning resource which targets pre-schooler's creative development, problem solving, numeracy, communication and literacy.
Animated, interactive picture books for children. Kids can choose to read the stories themselves, have the stories read to them, or a combination of reading/listening.
You can find audiobook versions of children's classics such as:
- Black Beauty
- Swiss Family Robinson
- Winnie the Pooh
- The Wizard of Oz
- Alice in Wonderland
Some picture books are also available in French and Spanish
This is perfect for primary school students who like to play games while improving their spelling, reading and comprehension skills. You can work through progressively harder tests and earn coins for completing games that can be "spent" on dressing your avatar in different outfits and costumes.
Students in years 4 and above can chat to qualified tutors online to get immediate help with different subject areas.
Log on to chat from Monday to Friday between 4-8pm.
Magpies
Guide to children's fiction, poetry and short stories from around the world, with an emphasis on Australian and New Zealand books.
Kids can find websites to help them read, learn, think, play and create.
An Australian government website for kids, teens and their parents about safely surfing the net