The Whakatāne District Library is inviting all children from ages five to 12 to take part in the “Sail into Summer Reading” programme. This is a free programme to promote books and reading, and it runs for four weeks from Thursday, 5 January to Thursday, 26 January 2017.

Pre-registration starts on 15 December, and Library staff are urging people to get in quick to secure a place on this popular programme.

“Participants should collect their information folders from the Whakatāne Library on the first day of the programme — Thursday, 5 January,” says Anneke Philps, Public Programmes Officer at the Library. “If your folder is not collected and you haven’t contacted the Library by Saturday, 7 January, your place will go to the next person on the waiting list.”

For more information, contact the Horizon Energy Library – Whakatāne Library and Exhibition Centre on 07 306 0509 or email library@whakatane.govt.nz