On the eve of the Thanksgiving Day, the library hosted an information hour “Kurmettin en bigi – algys”. The participants of the lesson were the children of the department of social assistance at home of the Kazybek bi district of the city of Karaganda.
The guests of the library listened with interest to the story about the history of this holiday. People of different nationalities are still grateful to the Kazakh land, which received millions of migrants during the years of disasters.
The decoration of the holiday was the musical performances of the students of the regional specialized music boarding school. At the end of the meeting, words of gratitude were expressed to parents, educators and the library.

On February 26, an online training “How to write a good story? Storytelling Rules. Coach-trainer Gulziya Seitova talked about what storytelling is, what “tricks” to use to make the text evoke an emotional response, as well as how to win and hold the attention of the audience, write without templates, remain witty and make interesting presentations. During the training, we analyzed the principles of storytelling for writing books.

The library opens a series of meetings “Culture of different peoples” with the participation of representatives of ethno-cultural centers of the Karaganda region.
The first to visit our library was the chairman of the Polish society “Poloniya” Vitaly Albertovich Khmelevsky. The children had the opportunity to get acquainted with the activities of the cultural center, and the guest also spoke about the traditions, national holidays and cuisine of the Poles. The book exhibition helped the children to get to know the Polish people better, the readers looked with interest at the children’s literature of Polish authors.
At the end of the meeting, the students played an interactive game “Everything that any tourist should know about Poland.”

World Book Giving Day brings together everyone who gives books and instills a love of reading. On this day, our readers brought as a gift books from their home libraries. Librarians received 53 books as a gift. I would like to thank the readers of the library who know the real value of a paper book and donate books from the bottom of their hearts.

International Book Giving Day is a modern and rather young holiday. The idea of this date was born in 2012 by an English writer, mother of two children, Emma Perry. She became the organizer and coordinator of the International Day. Emma Perry devoted her entire life to popularizing children’s literature.
Librarians urge people to celebrate this day and give gifts in the form of good, high-quality literature to their family and friends, talk about the books they read and post photos of the books they like on social networks.
On this day, our readers were not left without surprises. Books were presented to active readers of the library.

Employees of the Abai Children’s Library conducted a correspondence tour for students in grades 5-6 of secondary school 4.
The librarian introduced the children to the history of the library and the activities of departments, to interesting literature and periodicals, to the schedule of clubs and circles. After correspondence acquaintance, schoolchildren were offered to take part in the interactive game “The World of Fairy Tales”.

On February 9, the next lesson of the circle “Let’s speak Kazakh!” was held in the library. The lesson was attended by the kids of the kindergarten “Erketaiym”. The lesson on the theme “Magic Winter Forest” was held in a playful way. The librarian, using soft toys, talked about each animal, its habits and habitat. And the children, in turn, learned to pronounce the names of wild animals correctly in the Kazakh language.

The House of Friendship hosted a literary and musical evening “Ush bakyt”, dedicated to the work of the poet Mukagali Makatayev.
There were poems and songs based on the words of the author about kindness, empathy, compassion, love for the native land. Readers fell in love with his simple, but deeply philosophical lines, filled with life and fortitude. For the guests of the event, a book exhibition “Poetry of Alyby – Mukagali ” was arranged.

In honor of the 34th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan and with the aim of instilling military-patriotic feelings in teenagers, on February 8, a courage lesson “A soldier does not choose war” was held in the living room of the Saryzhailau cinema with the participation of internationalist soldiers.
Veterans of the Afghan war K. Tynymbaev, N. Makhanov, S. Sakhnov, S. Toktarbekov and A. Zhumataev took part in the meeting.
During the event, students watched the film “Black Major”. From veterans, the guys learned how they performed their combat missions during the years of the Afghan war, about unshakable friendship, the exploits of fighters and international duty. Those present at the meeting honored the memory of the fallen soldiers with a minute of silence. For students, this unforgettable meeting left an indelible mark on their hearts.