Library Adventures: Green Libraries

Library Adventures is our free, year-round reading for pleasure programme for children aged 4-11.

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Updated October 17, 2025
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The extraordinary colors of Auden Dare
Bethell, Zillah
Paper Book
A beautiful friendship and coming-of-age story in middle-grade, The Extraordinary Colors of Auden Dare by Zillah Bethell is lightly futuristic, and deeply compelling. Auden Dare is colorblind and lives in a world where water is scarce and families must live on a weekly,...
Beetle boy
Leonard, M. G.
Paper Book
The glorious start to a middle grade trilogy about a brilliant boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles that's perfect for Roald Dahl fans!Darkus Cuttle's dad mysteriously goes missing from his job as Director of Science at the Natural History Museum. Vanished...
Diary of a young naturalist
McAnulty, Dara
Paper Book
A BuzzFeed "Best Book of June 2021" From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it. Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of a year in Dara's...
Wild child : a journey through nature
McAnulty, Dara
Paper Book
Join brilliant young naturalist Dara McAnulty, winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize for his book Diary of a Young Naturalist, on a nature walk and experience the joy of connecting with the natural world on your multi-sensory journey.This beautiful gift book, illustrated in full-colour...

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