Western Downs Libraries - Autumn Brochure

WESTERN DOWNS LIBRARIES AUTUMN 2022

WHAT'S ON THIS AUTUMN

EASTER CRAFTS, EAGLE READERS, EASY EMBROIDERY AND MORE!

MEET THE TEAM

GET TO KNOW THE LADIES FROM JANDOWAE LIBRARY

NEW & NOTEWORTHY

WIND DOWN WITH THESE POPULAR NEW READS

3D PRINTING

AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

WELCOME FROM THE LIBRARIAN With cooler mornings and cosier nights approaching, autumn means shorter days, browning leaves, and as always, plenty happening at Western Downs Libraries!

We have an egg-stravaganza of Easter activities for the juniors this April school holidays, including egg-cellent arts, craft and photography; egg-ceptional scavenger hunts; and a special egg-gineering challenge in Chinchilla.* *I know my Easter puns are egg-straordinarily bad, but I hope they made you crack up!

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We're also launching Eagle Readers this season, which is a three-month program for young children to improve their reading skills and encourage a love of literacy from an early age. To celebrate completing the challenge, we'll be throwing a special party for all of our eagles and eaglets — and it's one soiree you'll want to be invited to! For more information, please ask your librarian.

Teens don't miss out this autumn either, with drama and film-making workshops on offer to release your inner creative. Make sure to book your place now, as spots will fill up fast.

We've been busy outside of the four walls of our libraries too, with brand new Story Walks in the Chinchilla Botanic Parkland, Tara Lagoon and Myall Creek Parklands in Dalby.

Featuring titles from the Stories of Little Queenslander series, our Story Walks are designed to build children's interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for little ones and their grown-ups alike. Pack your walking shoes and a hat and take time this autumn to discover where our walks will take you.

Finally, our Jandowae librarians Maree, Karel and Violy take the spotlight in our Get To Know Your Local Library feature on page 11. With 42 years of service shared between them, it's safe to say that our Jandowae branch (and the wonderful ladies in it) is at the heart of the community.

It's an organic-based events calendar for our adult programs this season, with herbal and floral tea workshops, beeswax wraps, and the return of the ever-popular kokedama class.

We're also thrilled to welcome founder of the Low Tox Movement, Alexx Stuart, to our branches to share her secrets for how to live a healthier, mindful and more fulfilled life. Her books, Low Tox Life and Low Tox Life Food are a must-read and are available to reserve now.

Hoping to see you in our branches soon.

CHRIS BERMINGHAM LIBRARY SERVICES COORDINATOR 1

WHAT'S INSIDE THE AUTUMN ISSUE

WHAT'S ON THIS AUTUMN - FOR KIDS

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FEATURED EVENTS

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ADULT WORKSHOPS

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NEW & NOTEWORTHY

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GET TO KNOW YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

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THE TECH DEN

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FIRST 5 FOREVER

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OUR BRANCHES

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STAY CONNECTED Asking a question, keen on a recommendation, or just letting us know of your ideas?

CONTACT US Email: library@wdrc.qld.gov.au Phone: 1300 COUNCIL (1300 268 624) Visit our website at westerndownslibraries.com Find us on socials at @westerndownslibraries All information in this booklet is correct at time of printing.

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WHAT'S ON THIS AUTUMN FOR KIDS! School holidays are fast approaching and we have plenty of fun activities to keep the kids entertained!

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APRIL SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Personalised Mugs with Cricut

Wandoan

All School Holidays

Opening Hours

Easter Carrot Fridge Magnet

Wandoan

All School Holidays

Opening Hours

Eagle Scavenger Hunt

Dalby

All School Holidays

Opening Hours

We're Going on an Egg Hunt!

Tara

4–7 April

Opening Hours

Sun Printing

Miles

Tuesday 5 April

10–11am

Birdwatching Photography

Dalby

Wednesday 6 April

9.30–11.30am

Exploding Art Book Craft Kits

Bell

Wednesday 6 April

Opening Hours

FACING IT with Picasso

Miles

Thursday 7 April

10–11am

Rock It!

Jandowae

Thursday 7 April

10–11.30am

Easter Craft Egg-Stravaganza

Chinchilla

Tuesday 5 April Thursday 14 April

10–11am 2.30–3.30pm

Egg-Gineering Challenge

Chinchilla

Thursday 7 April

10–11am

Eggsellent Easter Craft

Tara

Tuesday 12 April

10.30am

Easter Craft Table

Meandarra

Thursday 14 April

10am–4pm

Drama Workshops

Act it out! Learn the elements of drama with 5 weeks of workshops for 10-13 year olds.

Dalby Library

Thursday 10 – 31 March

3.30–4.30pm

FILM MAKING WORKSHOPS Learn the basics of storyboarding, videoing and editing in this full day workshop with videographer, Clancy Sinnamon.

Dogwood Crossing, Miles

Monday 11 April

10am–3pm

Chinchilla Library

Tuesday 12 April

10am–3pm

Dalby Library

Wednesday 13 April

10am–3pm

May Code Club

Chinchilla

Every Saturday: April 30–May 21

10–11.30am

Lego Masters

Chinchilla

Friday 13 May Saturday 28 May

5.30–7.30pm 10am–12pm

Print a 3D Eagle

Dalby

Wednesday 28 May

10am–12pm

HEAD TO PAGE 8 FOR OUR AUTUMN ADULT ACTIVITIES!

FEATURED EVENTS HERBAL AND FLORAL TEAS WITH LINDA BRENNAN Linda Brennan, author and organic specialist from Ecobotanica will guide you through the fragrant and delicious world of growing native and common culinary herbs and flowers that can be used for teas.

Sip and blend your way through a selection of herbal and native inspired teas both iced and warming, using fresh and dried herbs from Linda's own tea garden.

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Dalby Chinchilla

April 27 April 28

HOW TO LIVE A LOW TOX LIFE WITH ALEXX STUART Relaxation, great food, cleaner environment, toxic free products, love, mindfulness, movement, fulfillment and a sense of purpose.

1pm 10am

Lead by Alexx Stuart – author, health coach, educator, and founder of the Low Tox Movement.

This workshop ticks all the boxes to have a successful, positive journey towards better health for you, and the planet.

HEAD TO PAGE 3 FOR KIDS AND PAGE 8 FOR ADULT ACTIVITIES!

Chinchilla Jandowae Dalby 5

May 11 May 12 May 12

5.30pm 10am 5.30pm

EAGLE READERS Eagle Readers is a three-month program for young children to improve their reading skills and encourage a love of literacy.

How to get involved: 1. Visit your local participating library to pick up a booklet.

2. Read four books and visit the library at least once every month.

3. Celebrate completing the challenge with a special party!

LEGO MASTERS Unleash your creativity and put your Lego skills to the test! Enjoy a fun family evening competing to become the next Lego Master!

Chinchilla

May 13 May 28

Participating Libraries April–June

FILM MAKING WORKSHOP Lights, camera, ACTION! Learn the basics of storyboarding, filming and editing in this full day workshop with Clancy Sinnamon

5.30pm 10am

MOSAIC STEPPING STONES Brighten up your garden. Dress up a plain concrete stepping stone with a mosaic made of pebbles.

Jandowae

May 19

Miles Chinchilla Dalby

10am

SUN PRINTING Art meets science! This workshop demonstrates the light sensitive chemicals reacting to light waves and particles when exposed to light.

Create your very own artwork prints using the power of the sun.

Miles

April 5

10am 6

April 11 April 12 April 13

10am 10am 10am

STORY WALKS! TAKE A LOOK AT OUR BRAND NEW STORY WALKS With success in receiving an innovation grant from State Library of Queensland's First 5 Forever program, Western Downs Libraries are installing three permanent Story Walks in our region.

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These Story Walks are designed to help build children's interest in reading while encouraging healthy outdoor activity for children and their grownups.

During April we will be launching the permanent Story Walks at Chinchilla Botanic Parklands, Tara Lagoon and Myall Creek Parklands Walk in Dalby.

Chinchilla Botanic Parklands will start with My People written by Chinchilla local, Billie-Jean Taylor and illustrated by her 5-year-old daughter Shaylah Dodd. Dalby and Tara Story Walks will feature the books The Coloured Echidna by Eunice Day and Hotel for Bees by Alison McLennan.

We have chosen to showcase books from the Stories for Little Queenslanders' series, written by local Queensland authors.

VISIT WESTERNDOWNSLIBRARIES.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION

We are very excited about the brand new Story Walks and encourage all of our library-loving families to come along to the launch!

Learn something new with some help from Western Downs Libraries!

ADULT WORKSHOPS

MARCH Writers Club

Dalby

Thursday 10 March

4pm

Crochet Group

Tara

Monday 14 March

11am

Crochet Crazy

Dalby

Every second Friday

9.30am

Wire Art Sculpture

Jandowae

Wednesday 16 March

10am

Games Night

Dalby

Saturday 2 April

6pm

Book Sale

Chinchilla

Saturday 2 April

9am

Kokedama

Tara

Tuesday 5 April

5.30pm

Writers Club

Dalby

Thursday 14 April

4pm

Herbal and Floral Tea

Dalby Chinchilla

Wednesday 27 April Thursday 28 April

1pm 10am

Beeswax Wraps

Dalby

Thursday 4 May

10am

Easy Embroidery Workshop

Tara

Tuesday 10 May

Low Tox Life

Chinchilla Jandowae Dalby

Wednesday 11 May Thursday 12 May Thursday 12 May

11am & 5.30pm 5.30pm 10am 5.30pm

Mosaic Stepping Stones

Jandowae

Thursday 19 May

10am

3D Cookie Cutters, Bookmarks & more!

Dalby

Wednesday 18 May

10am

APRIL

MAY

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NEW & NOTEWORTHY THE TORRENT BY DINUKA MCKENZIE A loving husband lost to devastating summer floods. A teenage girl injured during a robbery. Two seemingly unconnected cases that will push a detective to the brink.

In northern New South Wales, heavily pregnant and a week away from maternity leave, Detective Sergeant Kate Miles is exhausted and counting down the days.

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MOONLIGHT AND THE PEARLER'S DAUGHTER

BY LIZZIE POOK Western Australia, 1886. As the pearling ships return to Bannon Bay after a long diving season, twenty-year-old Eliza Brightwell nervously awaits the arrival of her father's boat. But when his lugger finally limps in, it brings with it a tale of tragedy - Charles Brightwell, master pearler, has gone missing at sea.

MURDER MOST FANCY BY KELLIE MCCOURT Home for just 48 hours, Aussie billion-heiress has already committed two (completely understandable) felonies, reignited a childhood feud, been (possibly) humiliated (again) by her first love, and fallen over a nameless homeless dead man. All while strolling in her grandmother's garden...

THE LAST BOY (DVD) Something has happened and most of humanity has disappeared. At the same time a lethal wind has come into the world and is taking those that remain. The world at an end, a dying mother sends her young son on a journey to the place that grants wishes and will keep him safe.

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STAF F LOVE! THE NOISE BY JAMES PATTERSON

Two sisters are checking rabbit traps in the Pacific Northwest US, when they are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration in the forest – building until almost deafening. Out of nowhere, their father picks them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar, but the noise just gets louder. Much later when they eventually emerge, their world has changed forever.

This book is totally different from all the other James Patterson books I have read and will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page. – Chris, Chinchilla Library.

THE MONARCHS BY KASS MORGAN (YA) The ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu - the Ravens - are determined to restore balance to the world. After destroying an ancient talisman and barely saving their sorority in the process, they'll go to any lengths to keep their secret as Westerly's most powerful coven of witches.

SNOWY MOUNTAINS CATTLEMAN

BY ALISSA CALLEN Rowen Parker never used to think twice about taking risks – until his love for a woman blinded him to all common sense. Now, there's no room in his life for further mistakes. But when he meets the beautiful but reserved new owner of the historic mansion he's been hired to rebuild, he realises his best-laid plans have run amuck.

LOW TOX LIFE FOOD BY ALEXX STUART Low Tox Life Food is packed with inspiration and stories from regenerative farmers, checklists for what to ask about the produce you buy, ways to afford better choices - as well as 80 of Alexx's most requested recipes for budget-friendly, easily adaptable meals without waste.

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GET TO KNOW YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

JANDOWAE LIBRARY Jandowae Library is a modern community space where people can meet for community meetings, to relax and enjoy a book, read the latest newspaper and to access the public computers.

The Jandowae community has come to love many and varied lifestyle sessions offered at their library. These have included Paint Pour, De Pot Man, Mosaics, Button Art, Polymer Clay Earrings and Macrame, just to name a few.

Jandowae Library is staffed by Karel, Violy and Maree. Collectively, the three staff share 42 years of service. Wow, it must be great place to work!

Maree

Karel

Violy

WHAT MAKES JANDOWAE LIBRARY DIFFERENT?

Jandowae Library is unique in the way that it provides a one-stop-shop for many government services, not just library services. It also provides QLD Government Agency services, Council customer service and local tourist information services.

Although we are one of the smaller libraries in the Western Downs, we are still able to provide our borrowers with new release books and a collection that is regularly rotated.

WHY DO YOU LOVE YOUR JOB?

Mostly because I love helping the people in my community, so to be able to do this in such a lovely space makes my days very enjoyable. I particularly enjoy seeing our Seniors discover the basic ways that technology can enhance their lives. - Karel

I enjoy working with people and helping them find the information they need. I am a people-oriented person and the Library is a place where community can connect.

Working in a library means that you’ll be learning a lot. There are many new technologies that are being integrated into the job and that we offer for our patrons.

- Violy

JANDOWAE LIBRARY LOVERS

"The library is a safe place to hang out.

The self-help section has helped me with some questions that no-one talks about and I wouldn't know who to ask."

It's the people that make it a really great job. The variety is absolutely the best.

I can be telling someone where to go (Tourist Info), recommending a book, registering a dog, measuring a vehicle and taking a clients will instructions – all in the one morning. - Maree

"The Jandowae Library is a valuable hub within our community for all who love literature, enjoy art & craft, have a thirst for knowledge, want to meet people with similar interests and so much more. The friendly and helpful staff always greet members and visitors with a smile and a willingness to listen, assist with enquiries, make meaningful suggestions and oblige with requests where possible – Nothing is too much! The workshops they have provided for members of our community and that I have been lucky enough to attend, have been well organised allowing for all attendees to learn new skills in a fun and pleasant atmosphere. No matter your age, you will always leave the Jandowae Library feeling satisfied."

COLLECTION RECOMMENDATION

I have always loved reading, as reading educates, entertains, and informs.

My choice is reading biographies, autobiographies and memoirs because they provide the most valuable lessons in life. People who write their biographies usually have an interesting story to tell about their trials and tribulations of their own lives. Reading about someone from a different background, era or totally different set of life experience gives you a new perspective in life.

I have read quite a few biographies of famous people, it gives you a glimpse of their life, mind and "knowing" them.

In our Library, we have a good collection of biographies and memoirs that you can borrow and take home for your reading pleasures. I am confident that you will enjoy reading them! - Violy 12

THE TECH DEN Our libraries offer many different types of technology products and services for our members to explore and enjoy. From the cutting edge tech available in our Makerspaces to Virtual Reality kits and STEM Workshops, there's something to tickle the fancy of every technoid.

Use downloaded 'click and print' designs, or put your engineering skills to the test and create your own designs using our 3D design software.

3D PRINTING

Unleash your creativity and bring your creations to life with our 3D printers.

Easy to read information on how to use the software and devices is always available, as well as staff on site who are happy to assist with any enquiries.

From cookie cutters and lanterns, to pen holders and figurines — the possibilities are endless with 3D printing!

Keep your eye out for 3D printing workshops held frequently in our libraries.

We have permanent 3D printers at both Dalby and Chinchilla Libraries, as well as a 'travelling' 3D printer which tours around our regional libraries.

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eRESOURCE SPOTLIGHT GALE INTERACTIVE: SCIENCE This resource is brimming with relevant images that can be rotated, magnified, and closely examined to enhance experiential learning.

With a resource like this, science can become a fun and exciting subject for everyone. Gale Interactive Science takes the struggle out of science and is at your fingertips 24/7.

Gale Interactive: Science is a new resource with interactive 3D models and authoritative digital content that helps users experience science.

Take it for a test drive and see for yourself at westerndownslibraries.com/gale-interactive-science

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FIRST 5 FOREVER

Encourage your child to think of their own rhyming words – this allows them to get creative and also explore sounds as the words are spoken.

Never underestimate the value of the good old nursery rhymes!

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You are the most important teacher in your child's life, and they love to hear your singing voice!

Sharing songs or nursery rhymes with your child encourages their abilities to predict language patterns through repetition. These moments of singing rhymes will encourage your child's abilities to communicate socially and really assist them in learning to read.

Making your own rhymes in conversation at anytime during the day or night (for example, 'let's pat the cat' or 'see the bee in the tree') or making a funny poem can spark your child's imagination and can be such a fun way to learn.

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Nursery rhymes have patterns, which help children memorise and recall.

Rhymes that involve movement (for example 'Incy Wincy Spider' and 'My Little Teapot') can assist with a child's coordination along with learning the words. Rhyming can be used anywhere and at any time and is the most transferable form of play.

Why singing and rhyming is so important for children: • Introduces new words and builds vocabulary • Develops non-verbal communication skills • Supports understanding of how words are formed • Encourages a child to copy actions • Creates opportunities to become more confident in their learning • Introduces children to different beats, rythms, pitches and sounds.

You are your child's most important teacher. It's never too early to read, talk, sing and play - any time, any day!

Tips: • • • •

Be confident Sing the songs and rhymes slowly Use props to support the songs and rhymes Use actions to involve the children as well

TREVOR'S BOOKSHELF Trevor the library dog has chosen to share with you the National Simultaneous Storytime 2022 book!

FAMILY TREE

BY JOSH PYKE

It started with a seed, and that seed was me. And, over time, laughter filled my garden...

A heartfelt celebration of family, community and the seasons of life to cherish and share.

WHAT IS NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME?

Every year a picture book, written and illustrated

by Australians is read simultaneously in libraries, schools and homes all over the country.

Take part in #NSS2022 on Wednesday 25 May! Visit westerndownslibraries.com, or your local library for more information

GET SOCIAL Hang out with us on Facebook and Instagram!

Stay up to date with the hottest new releases, be the first to know of exciting new events, and have a laugh at our ultra-funny memes.

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@westerndownslibraries

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OUR BRANCHES BELL LIBRARY

MOONIE LIBRARY

CHINCHILLA LIBRARY

TARA LIBRARY

DALBY LIBRARY

WANDOAN LIBRARY

Leichhardt Highway Moonie 4406 07 4665 0189

71 Maxwell Street Bell 4408 07 4663 1113

31 Day Street Tara 4421 07 4678 7881

80-86 Heeney Street Chinchilla 4413 07 4660 7270

6 Henderson Road Wandoan 4419 07 4558 3045

Level 1, 69 Drayton Street Dalby 4405 07 4679 4474

JANDOWAE LIBRARY 22 George Street Jandowae 4410 07 4668 4480

MEANDARRA LIBRARY Sara Street Meandarra 4422 07 4665 6147

MILES LIBRARY

Dogwood Crossing, Miles 81 Murilla Street Miles 4415 07 4628 5330

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