Northern Grampians libraries have initiated the new experience in place of regular storytime which is cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions.

The free packs containing craft activity to go along with a video of the story read on council's website are available at the libraries.

The packs are suited to early primary and pre-school age children and new packs will come out every first and third Wednesday of the month.

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Northern Grampians Shire Mayor Cr Murray Emerson was encouraging of the Northern Grampians Libraries initiative.

"What a wonderful way to give the youngest members of our community a continued connection with their libraries and the storytime experience," he said.

"We might be enduring significant reductions in socialisation across the shire but we can still provide material that assists with early years literacy and fine motor development in a remote context.

"Let's hope these packs keep our preschoolers entertained and we will see the return of regular library storytime for them in the not too distant future. It will be a great outcome if we see some new faces at the library too."

Updates can be found on the Northern Grampians Libraries new social media page at www.facebook.com/nglibraries or by searching @nglibraries on Facebook to receive more information on storytime packs and other library news.

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