The 'Alternative Olympics' at Halton libraries

Did you come to the Halton Olympics?  We had a really fun and successful morning with our first Summer Reading Challenge activity of the summer at Widnes library.  Children enjoyed activities including colouring, word searches and making a torch. This was followed by the Olympics with the ‘carry the bean bag on your head’ and ‘egg and spoon’ races.  The most competitive race was in the older age group for nine year olds – that was until we had the mums’ and dads’ race.  There was even one mum who was determined to win both races!

Junior Britannica

Junior Britannica is a fabulous resource for primary school students to help with homework.  Halton libaries subscribes to this online resource and it's free to use.  Click here to for a quick tour.  When you want to use the resource, click here to log in either from your local library or from home.

Ever wondered 'who else writes like ...?'

Have you ever wondered 'who else writes like ...?'  You may heave read everythig by your favourite author and would like to read books by someone who writes in a similar way or on the same subject.  Well, at Halton libaries we subscribe to a service that lets you search for books like the ones by your favourite author.  Just pop in to one of our libraries and ask one of the staff to show you the website or, if you prefer, we can search for you.  The website also has information about hundred of authors, further reading and useful links.

Pictures to share

Are you, or is someone you know, caring for a person with dementia? If so we have a special collection of books called Pictures to share and you might like to borrow some of them.  Pictures to share is a national initiative and you can read more about it here.  For more information about our special collection, please contact Trudy on 01928 565793 or email her.

'Limited edition' gig review

'Limited Edition', a teenage Halton band provided an excellent evening of live music for young people on Friday 29th June at Halton Lea library. They have two very good singers Jake and Edward who sing in different styles and combined well. Very talented, they played cover versions of a number of well-known songs such as 'Teenage Kicks' and 'Twist and Shout' as well as some of their own good songs which went down very well with the audience.  If you missed it, click here or here.

DVD rental giveaways

To launch our new DVD rental scheme Halton Libraries are giving away a goody bag containing exclusive film merchandise including a ‘Sex in the City’t shirt and ‘Hangover Part “mug!

All you have to do is to rent one of the new DVDS before the end of July. The new DVDS scheme is available at Widnes and Halton Lea Library. Latest titles include the blockbuster horror film ‘The Woman in Black’, the highly acclaimed ‘Chronicle’ and ‘J Edgar’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Premium titles are £2.95 per item for 3 days and standard titles are £2.25 per item for 3 days.The new scheme will be available at Widnes library and Halton Lea Library