Reading Around The World - 2012 National Year of Reading

2012 is the National Year of Reading we thought we’d travel around the world with children's books. The picture books that have been picked based on their cultural significance and also story and illustrations. We live in a wonderful diverse city and wish to share everyone's culture and history and share that with our children.

Week 1  -  North America  -  'Crazy Horse's Vision' by Joseph Bruchac & S.D Nelson

Week 2  -  South America - 'Up and Down the Andes' by Laurie Kerbs & Aurelia Fronty

Week 3  -  Africa              - 'The Best Meal Ever' by Sindiwe Magona & Paddy Bouma

Week 4  -  Middle East     - 'The Roses in my Carpet' by Rukhsana Khan

Week 5  -  Europe            - 'Peter Rabbit' by Beatrice Potter

Week 6  -  India               - 'The Story of Divaali' by Jatinder Verma & Nilesh Mistry

Week 7  -  China              - 'The Ballad of Mulan' by Song Nan Zhang

Week 8  -  Japan              - 'The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter' - Yasunari Kawabata

Week 9  -  Australia          - 'The Rabbits' by John Marsden & Shaun Tan

Week 10 - The World          - 'We are one' by Jennifer Black

After each book reading there will be a little activity based on the country that week like origami for Japan and nursery rhymes for Europe to add a little more fun. Now we know have left out countries but we encourage patrons to recommend books from their country of origin. This is a share and care environment. We welcome all suggestions and recommendations. Kids are more than welcome to come in native attire if they so choose and can tell everyone about it or share a story about their home country.

 Children's reading area

These book readings will begin this Sunday 28/10/12 from 9.30am to 10.00am in the Children's Reading Area, we encourage parents or guardians to sit in.

See all you little travellers Sunday!

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ANIMAL DAY!

Highlighting our 2 chosen books from the Picture Book Short List 2012 we are hosting at our library an “Animal Day”! Since we have been having such lovely weather we will be hosting the day outside in the gardens located at the back of the library. If the weather is unsuitable, it will be easily moved into our library. And do not worry there will be staff still in library to assist.

It will be held on Saturday the 10^th of November at the back of the main building. A free BBQ will be provided but feel free to bring along a picnic and your furry friends. Just please clean after them.

Children are welcome and encouraged to come dressed up as their favorite animal and sit and listen to the 2 books being read and performed. There is a special performance of “For all the creatures” by the drama students at the local high school at 10.40am. There will be a break between the reading and the performance for crafts,coloring and face painting that will be provided. And afterwards there will be games for all the little animals to run around and enjoy.

The beautiful library Gardens.

The day’s schedule will go as followed -

09.00 am - Darcy Library opens

10.00 am - “The Dream of the Thylacine” Reading

10.20 am - Crafts and coloring with family 

10.40 am -“For all the creatures” performance by the Drama Class

11.00 am - BBQ and games

12.00 pm - End of Animal Day Activities & Thank you to participants

Hope to see all you library animals there!

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For all the Creatures

"For all creatures - the great and the small, the winged and the walking, the singing and the silent - we are thankful."

Glenda Millard and Rebecca Cool both previously collaborated on the book "Isabella’s Garden" have once again joined creative forces and presented a beautiful thank you to world of animals. With short sharp poems depicting everything from bugs to elephants, fish to bats it's all colourfully embraced in this story. 

Glenda Millard's verses are quirky and imaginative not shying away from interesting and strong words guaranteed to spark the interest of little readers. Her love of words shines through every page you turn delighting the ears and the tongue when read aloud. The words also hold a deeper meaning as she asks children to be gracious and respectful for the creatures that live around us in every size, shape and species.

Rebecca Cool uses various art formats to create the colorful and striking world of animals and plants. Her simplistic yet intensely colored illustrations match Millard's poetry and will leap out of the page and ignite imaginations. There is an amazing tiger with wooden ruler stripes which is just beautiful to behold. The book has a simple and repetitive format but is never overdone and is easy to read again and again without lack of enthusiasm.  This is just a pleasure to read for anyone adores animals and wishes to share and pass on their love of the natural world to the next generation.

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