An inspirational bio from author Matt de la Pena

Click here to read the story - has a great ending!

Technology - no substitute...(Mem Fox)

Here's an interesting article http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/technology-no-substitute-for-reading-time-mem-fox-20131109-2x8dw.html

Some hints and tips for using the Internet

This site claims to be a 'safe internet gateway' - you can find lots of interesting information via the Subject Index, as well as some helpful guidelines about how to keep safe online!

A couple of interesting links

This one is about a world record breaking 'domino' chain of books: http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/watch_the_world_record_for_the_largest_domino_chain_made_of_2131_books.html

This one demonstrates how the Internet works: http://www.wimp.com/internetworks/ (packet transmission)

BILBY Awards for 2013

The Winners are:

Early Readers: Bamboozled by David Legge

Younger Readers: The 26-storey treehouse by Andy Griffith and Terry Denton

Older Readers: The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

To find out more about these awards, click this link: http://qld.cbca.org.au/bilby.htm

KOALA Shortlist 2013

Thanks to all those students who nominated their favourite books!  Here's a link to the shortlist for this year http://www.koalansw.org.au/storage/shortlist_2013.pdf

KOALAS

The Kids Own Australian Literature Award's - Students are invited to nominate their favourite Australian book (published in the last 10 years) - before the end of term 1!  See Library staff for the appropriate form or you can nominate a book by making a comment on this post - include your initials and class for a chance to win a prize.