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For children and families

For more information about the Library's program of fun school holiday events, children's films, games and activities for families, simply RSVP to join our subscriber e-mailing list at: education@nla.gov.au
Become a library detective!
During the school holidays, the Library's Find it! trail will lead children and families through the Library’s artworks and the reading rooms. Collect your free copy at reception. An exhibition trail is also available.
Storytelling
Grimm Tales (ages 4 and over)
Enchanting, amusing and sometimes shocking stories by the Grimm Brothers, and other authors represented in the new exhibition Handwritten.
- Availability: Friday 13& 27 January 2011, 11.30am - 12pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Conference Room
- Cost: $1
School holiday and weekend art workshops
Christmas Craft (ages 7 - 12)
Explore some Christmas traditions from Germany and create your own decorations for your Tannembaum.
- Availability: Tuesday 20 December 2011, 10.30am - 12pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Conference Room
- Cost: $5
Handwriting Secrets (ages 7 - 12)
Explore dramatic handwritten pages on exhibit, then learn about handwriting through the ages, and create your own textual artworks.
- Availability: Tuesday 17 and 24 January 2012, 10.30am - 12pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Conference Room
- Cost: $15
Music Makers (ages 7 - 12)
See famous composers' manuscripts in the flesh and relive their creative process through active listening, hands-on music making and more.
- Availability: Friday 20 January, 1 - 2.30pm, REPEATING Tuesday 31 January 2012, 10.30am - 12pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Conference Room
- Cost: $15
Illuminated letters (ages 16 and over)
Gemma Black, one of Australia's leading calligraphers, leads a hands-on illumination workshop. Create your own using real gold leaf and traditional pigments.
- Availability: Sunday 19 February, 10am - 4pm
- Bookings: 03 6229 9727 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Conference Room
- Cost:$80 plus special material cost of $20
Young Calligraphers (ages 9 - 15)
Inspired by Handwritten, Jill Robertson introduces young artists to the delights of calligraphy and ink letter patterning.
- Availability: Sunday 26 February 2012, 10.30am - 1pm
- Bookings: 03 6229 9727 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Conference Room
- Cost: $60 includes all materials
Generative Gothic (ages 16 and over)
Angela Hillier leads a worshop exploring Gothic script found in The Book of Hours, looking at the construction and relationship of letters and illustrations, and ways to set out an illustrated manuscript.
- Availability: Sunday 4 March 2012, 10.30am - 2.30pm
- Bookings: 03 6229 9727 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Conference Room
- Cost: $75
Children's films
Children must be accompanied by an adult for all events.
A Christmas Carol (G, 1938, 69 mins)
Charles Dickens' classic Christmas tale.
- Availability: Tuesday 20 December, 1 pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Theatre
- Cost: free
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Snow White (G, 1937, 83 mins)
Disney's animated retelling of the classic fairy tale.
- Availability: Friday 13 January 2012, 1 pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Theatre
- Cost: free
Young Einstein (G, 1988, 91 mins)
Tasmanian Albert Einstein discovers how to split the beer atom to put bubbles into beer. Courtesy NFVLS.
- Availability: Friday 20 January 2012, 10.30am
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Theatre
- Cost: free
Oliver! (G, 1966, 81 mins)
The musical adaptation about an orphan who runs away from an orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. Courtesy NFVLS.
- Availability: Tuesday 24 January 2012, 1 pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Theatre
- Cost: free
Sleeping Beauty (G, 1959, 75 mins)
When Disney's evil witch casts a curse on a princess, only a prince can save the day.
- Availability: Friday 27 January 2012, 1 pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Theatre
- Cost: free
Tom Thumb (G, 1958, 98 mins)
The Forest Queen grants the wish of a woodcutter and his wife, for a son. Courtesy Chapel Distribution.
- Availability: Tuesday 31 January 2012, 1 pm
- Bookings: 02 6262 1271 or Bookings@nla.gov.au
- Location: Theatre
- Cost: free
