Parents & Teachers
Reading Aloud to your Children
Reading aloud to children is one of the best ways to help them discover the joy of reading. It's never too early - or too late - to start. All children, even infants and teens, can benefit from listening to you read aloud.
Start With A Book has tips and strategies for reading to and with your children as they grow.
Read Aloud 15 Minutes is a website dedicated to promoting reading aloud to children.
Books for Babies
Kāpiti Coast District Libraries, in conjunction with Penguin Books, is pleased to offer all new parents a gift pack for their new baby. It includes a Baby’s World First Focus book.
From about six months of age, your baby will respond best to bold, contrasting colours and graphics. That’s why it’s important to provide your baby with toys that feature the visual extremes of black, white and red. These high-contrast colours will captivate and hold baby’s attention, encouraging visual development as well as physical activity – like wiggling, kicking, and arm waving.
Ten Minutes a Day has advice about reading to babies.
Useful Websites
Advice for parents to keep children safe online.
Library Opening Hours
Find out all you need to know about where our libraries are and their opening hours.
Library Catalogue
Search the library catalogue, place reserves, renew your loans and suggest titles to be added to the collection.
Mau Mahara Kāpiti
View our historical photograph collection online. Browse and order from over 2000 images of local people and places.
Pressreader
You can access thousands of newspapers and magazines from around the world!
What's on at the library
All libraries hold regular, and special events for all ages. Check here for details.
Arts
There are many arts events of all kinds throughout the year. Listings for these can be found in Arts Events & Exhibitions below, in the local press, on the radio, and on events website.