What a Magical Book Fair!!

What a fantastic turnout for our Magical Book Fair! 

THANK YOU everyone for your support for our Library fundraiser - what a wonderful three days! I have loved seeing the excitement on the children’s faces! A special thank you to our wonderful staff volunteers for giving up their time to help run the book fair, I am grateful to you all.

Total books sold: 439!!!

We had over $7700 in sales, of which our Library gets a percentage to purchase lots of new resources and books for the Library! 

If you have a book on order from the Book Fair, it will be delivered as soon as it arrives by post from Scholastic. 

Amelia McInerney Author Visit for Kinder, Year 1 & Year 2- this Thursday!

Internationally published children’s author Amelia McInerney was born and raised in Melbourne but has spent her adult life living in the US, UK, Canada, as well as in four states of Australia. She has finally come to a stop in Canberra, where she spends most days writing kids' books, staring out the window thinking about kids' books, and occasionally just plain staring out the window. When she's not writing, thinking or staring, Amelia likes to help people while simultaneously playing with slime; an unusual combination that makes her other job doing ultrasounds highly suitable. She also enjoys yoga and snorkelling, although not simultaneously.

Amelia’s first picture book, The Book Chook, was a CBCA Notable Book 2020 and was shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Picture Book of the Year. Her subsequent titles include: Bad Crab, My Bird Bertie, Mary Had a Little Lamb: What Really Happened and Who Fed Zed? (the latter also shortlisted for SPA Book of the Year and long listed for ABDA Book of the Year.) By far, Amelia's favourite vegetable is the potato and she has a penchant for it in all cooked forms. She also has three kids, two chickens and a hermit crab.

Library Days- borrowing will resume as normal this week. 

Please take note of your child or children’s library days. Kinder- Year 4 must have a Library Bag to borrow books to take home. 

Mondays- 2M, KW & Library Admin

Tuesdays- 3M, 3W, 1W, KM

Wednesdays- 4M, 4W, 5W, 2W

Thursdays- 5M, 6W, 1M & Library Admin 

The Library is open at Lunchtimes (after eating time) on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for children to come and read, draw or play quietly.  

Happy reading!

Amanda Basedow 

Teacher Librarian