Characters come alive for Book Week throughout Logan

19 August 2026

It is that special time of year when parents are busy piecing together colourful costumes for their children to dress like little Harry Potters, a Where’s Wally, and perhaps an elf or hobbit … Book Week is here again.

Throughout Logan many schools, childcare centres, libraries and even workplaces will be celebrating the love of reading a great book and the larger-life-characters captured in the pages for Book Week from 22 to 28 August.

Logan Libraries has a packed program of storytelling and hands-on creative activities for young readers with its Children’s Book Week Series.

Events will run from 24 to 28 August, such as the 'Kids Club: Make a Wind Chime and Other Craft' session, where children can celebrate their favourite stories through fun, take-home creations at libraries including Logan Central, Greenbank, Logan West, Jimboomba and Logan North.

Another highlight is Children's Book Week Story Time, bringing books to life with engaging stories and activities at branches across the city, from Beenleigh and Logan Central to Logan Village and Marsden.

Groups of children from Queensland Childcare Services (QCCS) centres will be some of the children attending the Story Time session at Loganholme Library, as part of their Book Week activities.

QCCS General Manager Laura Faalili says staff and children will have everything from dress up days and family reading to library visits so they can share in this year’s Symphony of Stories theme for Book Week.

While costumes and parades are always a highlight of Book Week, Ms Faalili says it can also be about showing children how stories can be experienced in different ways.

‘Books can take children anywhere, but the learning does not have to stop when the last page is turned,’ Ms Faalili says.

‘A story can become a game, a piece of art, an outdoor adventure or something completely new that children create together.’

She says the Logan QCCS centres will organise for older children to become reading buddies for younger children, while others will swap books, decorate stones with characters and objects before drawing them from a ‘sorting hat’ and creating new stories.

Book scavenger hunts will also take literacy outdoors, challenging children to read a story before searching their surroundings for characters and clues inspired by the book.

Ms Faalili says the activities are designed to build language and literacy skills while encouraging children to see themselves as storytellers.

‘By combining reading with movement, art, imaginative play and activities, children can share with their friends and build vocabulary and communication skills.

‘We want children to understand their own ideas and experiences matter. Every child has a story and a voice to add to the symphony.’

At Hills Early Learning Centre in Jimboomba, Book Week will also come with a cost saving twist through a community costume swap.

Families are encouraged to donate costumes their children have outgrown, allowing other children to choose a character without families needing to purchase something new.

‘The swap gives costumes another life, reduces waste and means more children and families can enjoy being part of the celebrations, Ms Faalili says.

‘If children finish the week wanting to pick up another book, tell their own story or share one with a friend, that is a pretty wonderful ending,’ Ms Faalili says.

For more information about Logan Libraries activities for Book Week 2026 visit: loganlibraries+Book+Week