Staff reads for 2025
Discover the books our library team loved the most this year.
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Ascot Vale Library Redevelopment
Winter Warmers Clothing Drive
Warm Winter Read
Upcoming Events
- Starting school Storytime
Sam Merrifield Library
Mon 1st Dec | 10:30am
Make a calendarSam Merrifield Library
Mon 1st Dec | 4:00pm
Big Summer Read: LaunchAscot Vale Library
Mon 1st Dec | 4:00pm
Create together: art drop-inAvondale Heights Library and Learning Centre
Mon 1st Dec | 5:30pm
View Instagram post by mooneevalleylibrariesOur community puzzle at Niddrie Library has recently been completed! 🧩🎉 Thanks to everyone who worked on it. 👏 Keep your eyes peeled for our next community puzzle challenge.
If you want more puzzling in your life, come along to our Jigsaw Puzzle Swap and Puzzle and Chat sessions next Saturday 6 December.
🧩Jigsaw Puzzle Swap
📍Niddrie Library
Saturday 6 December, 9.30am
Ready for a new puzzle challenge? Swap out that puzzle you’ve done a dozen times for something fresh.
🧩 Puzzle and chat
📍Niddrie Library
Saturday 6 December, 12pm
Love puzzles and a good chat? Grab a cuppa and settle in for some jigsaw fun with fellow puzzle fans. It’s a great way to relax, connect, and piece things together, literally. This program is for adults. No experience needed, just drop in.
Both events are free. No bookings required. Head to our events page for more info. Link in bio 🔗
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View Instagram post by mooneevalleylibraries#FlashbackFriday ⏳ Did you know there used to be a parrot at the Doutta Galla hotel? If you`d like to know what music hall classics it could sing, there are still spots available on our Neighbourhood History Walk in Flemington on next Friday 5 December at 10am.
Free. Book now! 🎟️ Link in bio 🔗
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View Instagram post by mooneevalleylibraries"Dad, do you ever wish Charlie was normal?" "All I know is he`s my own, and you`re weak as piss if you don`t look after your own."💬❤️
🎬 Our December film at Avondale Heights Library and Learning Centre is the 2008 film `The Black Balloon`, screened for International Day of People with Disability. 🧩
When Thomas and his family move to a new home and he has to start a new school all he wants is to fit in. His pregnant mother has to take things easy and his father puts him in charge of his autistic brother. A funny, confronting and ultimately heart-warming story, starring Toni Collette. 🫶
92 mins. Rated M. Films are screened with subtitles where possible.
📍Avondale Heights Library and Learning Centre
Friday 5 December, 1pm
Free. Book now! 🎟️ Link in bio 🔗
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View Instagram post by mooneevalleylibrariesHappy Bookface Friday! A familiar face at the library today! 👸🐕
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View Instagram post by mooneevalleylibraries"Regardless of how bad things get, compassion, friendship and support can come from the most unexpected places." 💙🫶
🎬 Our December film at Flemington Library is `Penguin Bloom` (2020), screened for International Day of People with Disability. ♿
Based on a true story and book by the same name, `Penguin Bloom` stars Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver. As a young mother copes with the aftermath of a shocking, near-fatal accident, she finds inspiration from an injured magpie taken in by her family. 🐧🌟
95 mins. Rated PG. Films are screened with subtitles where possible.
📍 Flemington Library
Wednesday 3 December, 1pm
Free. Book now! 🎟️ Link in bio 🔗
You can also find the book `Penguin Bloom` at Moonee Valley Libraries as an ebook, digital audiobook and print book. 📚
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View Instagram post by mooneevalleylibrariesHappy National Cake Day! 🎂 Need a reason to visit the library?! Cake is the reason! And books, of course.
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