What’s happening in the library?

Friday the 26th is Australia Day, so there are several displays in the library, including picture books and novels by the best Australian authors and illustrators as well as information books about the country.

“Meet Some Famous People” in the library — through the biographies on display. A Venn diagram points out the range of “truth” on offer, with biography/autobiography falling in the blue Non-Fiction circle and historical fiction falling in the yellow Fiction circle — and the green intersection of the two containing fictionalized biography.

A beautiful purple LOVE quilt created by K2 PWa now hangs on the wall in the Picture Book section.

Water-Wise Campaign posters now adorn the windows in the Older Readers section, thanks to 3RMu.

Please come in and admire this work — and remember all donations of art and/or school work will always be gratefully accepted.

Book Reservation Pick-Up Notices for students are now being sent to classroom/tutor group teachers via e-mail, in the interests of efficiency and the lives of a few trees.

The Writer’s Camp with Richard Tulloch in Indonesia over Chinese New Year now has 12 students from Grade 5 and 6 signed up. If you know of any student still interested in attending, have them come see me in the library. It is possible we could take a few more, though 15 is the absolute cut-off number. Eric Baldwin, one of the owners of Island Connections International, came on Jan. 15th and spoke to parents of students who have signed up already. He showed us a video of Telunas Beach and it looks like a wonderful venue for relaxing — and writing.

The Primary School Book Week 2007 will be the week of March 12th. Activities will include lots of D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read) time, guest readers, quizzes and contests, a Bookaburra book fair, and fundraising for school libraries in less affluent areas of the world. Ian Whybrow, a British author of over 70 books for children published in 25 languages in 26 countries, will be the guest author, focusing on students in K1 through Grade 3. His most popular recurring characters are Harry and his dinosaurs, Little Wolf (who specializes in badness), and Sniff (a dog synonymous with trouble). More details will be forthcoming — and if anyone has any other ideas for Book Week activities, please let me know.