And it’s a wrap on another Children’s Book Week. My social media feeds won’t be half as colourful without the creative interpretations of book titles by colleagues, family and friends. I have loved the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s special week for as long as I can remember – certainly back to primary school atContinue reading “Reading is Magic”
Category Archives: children and young adults
Bowerbirds!
In May I was invited to be a guest reader at the National Simultaneous Story (NSS) time event held at Kingston Library which is our ‘local’. This was a first! Over the years I’ve participated in many an NSS as audience member, crowd control, and the odd non-speaking, acting role, but being the star attraction!Continue reading “Bowerbirds!”
The World Through Picture Books
On Tuesday last week the 3rd edition of the World Through Picture Books was launched at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam. This was a great achievement for IFLA’s Libraries for Children & Young Adults (C&YA) section and in particular for the editors, Annie Everall OBE from the UK and Australia’s ClaireContinue reading “The World Through Picture Books”
Jan Richards Consulting 