LIBRARY NEWS

Children’s Book Week

Children’s Book Week is almost here! This year, Book Week runs from Saturday 19 August – Friday 25 August. The 2023 theme is Read Grow Inspire. Children’s Book Week is an initiative of the Children’s Book Council of Australia and aims to support and encourage Australian illustrators and writers. It’s a celebration of those who create and promote literature for young people, whether it be for babies, toddlers, children or teens.

There are many easy and creative ways that you and your family can celebrate Children’s Book Week.

• Visit your local library and check out the children’s section. It’s not just kid who love kids’ books! Many adults find children’s books entertaining and informative – who knows, you may find your next favourite book!

• Revisit a book that you loved as a child.

• Read a book to or with a child.

• Dress up as your favourite book character (adults can do this too!).

• Read a book on the Shortlisted Book of the Year list at https://www.cbca.org.au/shortlist-2023

Regular reading is an important part of childhood development. Through reading, children expand their vocabulary, develop their imagination, and build lifelong learning skills that will benefit them throughout their schooling years and into adulthood. That’s why the State Queensland Government/State Library of Queensland early literacy initiative is called First 5 Forever – because those first five years of life are so important in setting you up for life!

National Science Week

National Science Week is an annual celebration of science and technology and has been running since 1997. Celebrate National Science Week from 12-20 August by trying some home science experiments, attending one of our STEAM Club sessions or checking out some amazing science books. Call the Library Administration on 4936 8043 for more information about STEAM Club and other library events.

Here is a selection of amazing science resources available at the Mount Morgan Library.

Junior Fiction

Sir Fig Newton and the science of persistence by Sonja Thomas (2022)

Mira is a science-minded 12-year old who is having the worst school holidays ever! Her cat, Sir Fig Newton, needs some expensive vet treatments and it is up to Mira to use her ingenuity and determination to save her cat.

Junior Non-Fiction

Energy by Shini Somara (2022)

Learn about the different types of energy including kinetic energy, electromagnetic energy and Earth’s internal energy! This book also teaches about some of the people who helped to discover how energy works and has some exciting experiments to try at home.

Adult Non-Fiction

How space works: The facts visually explained published by Dorling Kindersley Limited (2021)

A clear visual guide to space and the universe for beginners to astrology. This book will explain everything from pulsars to dwarf stars and answer all your questions about space.

Kits

National Gold Education Program: gold resources kit from the Gold Industry Group (2022)

The gold resources kit is perfect for teachers and homeschooling families. It contains rock and gold samples from Australian gold mines as well as teacher resources linked to the Australian Curriculum.

The Mount Morgan Library is located at 31 Morgan Street, Mount Morgan and can be contacted on phone 4936 8169. Borrow and return library items from any of our Rockhampton Regional Libraries in Mount Morgan, Gracemere and Rockhampton.

For more information about library services or membership, please contact the Libraries Administration Office on phone 4936 8043 Monday to Friday.

Have something you need printed? or laminated?

Come down and see the friendly people at MMPAD. Contact us on 4938 2312 for prices or for further information visit us at the Railway Museum.