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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