Bayside Library watch read review posted: " How long has it been since you visited a library? If you are reading this, then possibly not that long ago. But, I have a strong feeling that many people wouldn't be able to answer that question. A lot of adults may not have been to a library since c" Bayside Library
How long has it been since you visited a library? If you are reading this, then possibly not that long ago. But, I have a strong feeling that many people wouldn't be able to answer that question. A lot of adults may not have been to a library since childhood. Unfortunately, there is a long standing perception of libraries as just having books, just being for readers and that libraries won't survive in this digital world. Well, this week is a week in the Australian calendar to show exactly what libraries are made of. They are changing. They are community hubs, meeting spaces, points of access to information and resources that enable empowerment and build self-confidence. We saw during the pandemic the need we humans have for social interaction, for a space to work and conduct business in relative peace. And libraries have been the place for this; a place to rediscover the joys of reading and learning something new.
A recently published article from ABC News shows the evolving nature of libraries and how they adapt to current trends. But the most striking revelation was the fact that they meant an end to people's loneliness. Yes, they might still be filled with books, but libraries are made up of the intangible substances that connect us and make us feel whole. So rewrite your story about libraries. Renew your love for them. Reimagine these spaces as alive and active. And welcome (back) to the library!
I asked the Librarians across Bayside Libraries to see what books they loved as kids. My favourite book was Matilda by Roald Dahl. A girl who loved books and could move stuff with her mind - incredible! Below are just some of the wonderful gems that sparked our imaginations when we were young. What books did you love (or still love) as a child? Comment down below and let me know! If you love picture books (just like me) be sure to wander over to the State Library for their exhibition Imagine... The Wonder of Picture Books. A perfect indoor activity for a wet weekend.
Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world...
For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Miss ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will, and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled and Aunt Spiker is bony and screeching. He's very lonely until one day something peculiar happens. . . At the end of the garden a peach starts to grow and GROW AND GROW. Inside that peach are seven very unusual insects - all waiting to take James on a magical adventure. But where will they go in their GIANT PEACH, and what will happen to the horrible aunts if they stand in their way? There's only one way to find out . . .
For out-starting upstarts of all ages, here is a wonderfully wise and blessedly brief graduation speech from the one and only Dr. Seuss!
In his inimitable, humorous verse and pictures, he addresses the Great Balancing Act (life itself, and the ups and downs it presents) while encouraging us to find the success that lies within us.
A modern classic, Oh, the Places You'll Go! was first published one year before Dr. Seuss's death at the age of eighty-seven. In a mere fifty-six pages, Dr, Seuss managed to impart a lifetime of wisdom. It is the perfect send-off for children starting out in the maze of life, be they nursery school grads or newly-minted PhD's. Everyone will find it inspired good fun.
With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic 'Cat in the Hat', and ranked among the world's top children's authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.
The Jolly Postman, or Other People's Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
A book with real letters inside!
The Jolly Postman has delivered the mail... What could possibly be in the letter from Goldilocks to the Three Bears? There is a message for the Wicked Witch... but who would write to her?
Open this book, take out the letters, each from its own envelope, and you-ll discover what well-known fairy-tale characters have written to each other.
As the postage stamp says, this is "first class" fun for children everywhere.
Fifteen years ago, long before anyone else thought of tucking actual letters and notes inside a book, Little Brown published The Jolly Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg. This wonderful book gave children a chance to read letters sent from one fairy tale or Mother Goose character to another. Among the funny notes was one from Jack, who lolled on a sun-drenched island, thanking the Giant for the gold that let him afford such a nifty vacation. All this amusing correspondence was deftly illustrated and the book attracted hordes of eager readers.
"A happy little elephant was dancing through the jungle ... But whenever he went one-two-three, his big feet pounded so that they shook the whole jungle..."
After a parrot makes fun of Sooki's big ears, long nose, and wrinkled skin, the "Saggy Baggy" elephant isn't all too sure of himself. But once he meets some beautiful creatures who look just like him, Sooki celebrates with a joyful "one-two-three-kick."
For over 50 years, parents and children have treasured this tale, with gorgeous art by Gustaf Tenggren, the illustrator of The Poky Little Puppy.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent.
Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon she follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole. At the bottom she finds herself in a bizarre world full of strange creatures, and attends a very strange tea party and croquet match. This immensely witty and unique story mixes satire and puzzles, comedy and anxiety, to provide an astute depiction of the experience of childhood.
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