No matter where we come from, young people face many of the same challenges and worries in life, and the new books in the collection this month reflect these challenges from many perspectives.
Do you recall Sea Monkeys? Those little critters you bought in a packet, added to water, they sprouted to life, and then eventually died when you lost interest and forgot about them?
Ah, December. A time of things-slowing-down, the official start of Summer, and oh, that Christmas thing as well. And oddly, also a time of year when I tend to settle in and re-read ✨unsettling✨ books.
18 years after the release of The Lightning Thief, the Percy Jackson series is finally getting a proper adaptation into live action for the first time!
The World of Wearable Art comes to Arapaki Library! Clean out your recycling bin, turn out your dress-up box, dust off your glue-gun, and get ready for some exciting wearable art!
Barbie is everywhere right now. I've never seen as much pink as I have over the past few months and the new film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is the hottest thing in cinema.
Ah Christmas, that delightful season of pine-scented air fresheners, "oh yes I love socks", and Typo's controversial range of Christmas ornaments. A time for togetherness with...a haunting underbelly?
Whatever it is you want to say, and however it is you want to say it, get inspired by Weird Artists and books in our collection on Weird Art (and how to make it)!