Library Bytes
Early Term 3 Highlights
The library has had a busy start to Term 3.
With the Fifa World Cup finishing up in week 2, Spain becoming champions, this made Will L in Year 7 our winner for our World Cup Competition.
We celebrated International Friendship Day during week 3 with some key ring and bracelet making which was huge hit with students, so much so it continued on over the next few weeks on Makerspace Wednesdays. Thank you to the staff that participated and the Wellbeing Team which donated the materials for students to use.
We have had some great new additions to library catalogue courtesy of the Lamont Wharehouse Sale last term.
We are excited to see everyone in the library for the upcoming CBCA Book Week Celebrations.
Makerspace for Term 3
We have plenty of exciting Makerspace activities to look forward to in Term 3 each week students are offered opportunities to create, explore and develop new skills.
New to the shelves
Skin
by Deborah Kelly
When a freckle on her cheek turns out to be a rare form of melanoma, surgery leaves fourteen-year-old Lexie with a large scar.
Suddenly, her confidence has vanished, her friendships have changed and the very thing she has always loved—public speaking—now strikes terror into her heart.
A relatable and timely story for teenagers and young adults about overcoming obstacles, navigating friendships and finding out that our worth is far more than just skin deep.
Suited to the Junior YA reader who enjoy an easy read on friendship, self-esteem and overcoming challenges.
Akane-banashi Series 1-10
by Yūki Suenaga
Shinta Arakawa wants nothing more than to pass his shin’uchi exam, the test that would make him a top-rank headliner and master storyteller in the traditional Japanese art of rakugo.
Akane Osaki, his daughter and biggest fan, spies on him while he practices and learns his routines for herself. When rakugo master Issho Arakawa expels everyone after the exam with no explanation, a fire is lit inside Akane. From that day forth, she has had one goal, to avenge her father and prove his art was worthy of the title of shin’uchi.
Akane unintentionally stirs up a scandal when she’s discovered taking informal lessons from her father’s former teacher, Shiguma Arakawa. And she’s about to make even bigger waves because she is about to begin her first steps in climbing the ranks of a rakugo performer from zenza opening act to shin’uchi headliner is exchanging her secret lessons for formal training. But she’ll still have to finish high school and navigate her relationship with Shiguma’s existing apprentices, all while learning that becoming a stellar rakugoka takes much more than just being good at performing!
Suited to the Junior YA reader who enjoys an underdog manga story.
Movies Showing Nowhere
by Yorick Goldewijk
A prizewinning middle grade fantasy adventure about memories, loss and time travel.
On the day Cato came into the world, her mother left it. Cato's dad has been a mere shadow of a person ever since, and Cato has given up reaching out to him. When she finds a mysterious card from an abandoned movie theatre and discovers it has reopened, Cato decides to go take a look. There appears to be something strange about the cinema. The movies showing there are no ordinary movies and somehow the cinema seems to be in connection with the past...Looking for adventure and the truth about her mother, Cato is swept into a dangerous journey through time and memories, straight to a place deep within her heart. A place she had always managed to keep locked away. And then she faces a choice that will change her life, and that of her father, forever.
Suited to the Junior YA reader looking for fantasy read.
Resurrection Girls
by Ava Morgyn
Olivia Foster hasn't felt alive since her little brother drowned in the backyard pool three years ago.
Then Kara Hallas moves in across the street with her mother and grandmother, and Olivia is immediately drawn to these three generations of women. Kara is particularly intoxicating, so much so that Olivia not only comes to accept Kara's morbid habit of writing to men on death row, she helps her do it.
They sign their letters as the Resurrection Girls. But as Kara’s friendship pulls Olivia out of the dark fog she’s been living in, Olivia realizes that a different kind of darkness taints the otherwise lively Hallas women, an impulse that is strange, magical, and possibly deadly.
Suited to the Senior YA reader looking for a good paranormal read.
WHAT'S ON
Events
Rebel Heart: Letters and Other Declarations
When: 10.00am-6.00pm Until 27th January 2027
Cost: Free
Where: Keith Murdoch Gallery Link here.
Love doesn’t follow the rules: it rewrites them.
Rebel Heart: Love letters and other declarations is a tribute to defiant expressions of the heart, celebrating true stories of the rebels of romance from the past to the present.
This stirring new exhibition explores romantic love – and its foil, heartbreak – through State Library Victoria’s extraordinary archive of soul-baring letters, intimate diaries and rare manuscripts, amplified in powerful new music commissions.
Spanning centuries of connection and courage, meet the brave hearts who dared to love unapologetically, from same-sex couples in the Victorian era and a mid-century marriage at odds with the White Australia policy, to love outside marriage, across borders and online.
Kingston Libraries
Youth programs & activities
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Frankston City Libraries
Knit and Yarn Sundays
Next date: Sunday, 23 August 2026 | 11:00 AM to 01:00 PM
Cost: Free
Join us at the library for our community knitting sessions and make some new connections! Tea and coffee provided.
All Supplies Provided: We have a generous supply of wool, knitting needles and crochet hooks for everyone. But feel free to bring your own materials if you prefer!
Weekend Board Games at Frankston
Next date: Sunday, 23 August 2026 | 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM
Cost: Free
Our selection of board games gives you the chance to enjoy classics or try something new!
Bring the whole family and enjoy the relaxed library atmosphere as you spend the day playing board games.
Remember the library's golden rule....
Life is better with a good book!
Until next edition.
Miss Carson
Library Technician