Exciting bookish things on the horizon!

Kia ora,

There is so much to share that I thought I'd try to cover it all in a blog post.

Books Alive Programme

Firstly, I just wanted to let you know that LIANZA (Library & Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) is running a programme called Books Alive, featuring the authors and illustrators of the finalists of the NZ Children & YA Book Awards.

Children can learn about illustration, learn about maps and stories, listen to Q&A sessions with authors, watch "Books in Action" sessions hosted at local libraries, etc. 

Here is the link for the full programme, for you to dip into as it suits:

https://lianza.org.nz/events/books-alive-online-events-virtual-storytimes/books-alive-calendar-2022/?fbclid=IwAR0BSSVzEiqPP0HORcOn4cft3F4QQDj8wNoUn0Q2dZ9eYW4dVxRl01PH7Bk

Teachers can use this resource at school, and parents can also access this at home.

There is also a Virtual Storytimes programme:

https://lianza.org.nz/events/books-alive-online-events-virtual-storytimes/virtual-storytimes-calendar-2022/

Enjoy!

Woodlands Park School Book Week
8 - 12 August

Our annual Book Week will be jam packed with events and activities that generate excitement around books and reading. There will be a Scholastic Book Fair in the library. Parents can visit on the following dates and times:

Monday 8 August: 2.30 - 4 pm

Tuesday 9 August: 8.30 – 9.30 am and 2.30 – 4 pm

Wed 10 August: 8.30 – 9.30 am and 2.30 – 4 pm

Thursday 11 August: 8.30 – 9.30 am and 3 – 4.30 pm (later afternoon start due to author visit)

Friday (9-12 August): 8.30 – 9.30 am 

I am looking for parent volunteers to help me during the fair opening times - at the desk and on the 'shop floor'. Please email me at library@woodlandspark.school.nz if you can offer up half an hour or 1 hour to help out. Thank you!

During Book Week, we also have a visiting author, Weng Wai Chan. I have read Lizard's Tale, her award winning chapter book and it was an exciting historical fiction adventure. It won the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction at the NZCYA Book Awards in 2020. Here is some more information about Weng Wai:

https://www.read-nz.org/writer/chan-weng-wai/

On the last day of Book Week (Friday 12 August), we will have a Book Character Dress Up Day, with prizes for the winners. I will also be running a bookmark design competition at lunchtimes, with prizes.

Our Book Week falls on the first ever Aotearoa NZ School Library Week. The hard-working team of librarians at SLANZA (School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) worked with the award-winning illustrator, Paul Beavis to put this together. It is downloadable here:

http://www.slanza.org.nz/uploads/9/7/5/5/9755821/slanza-activity-guide__5_.pdf

Do have a look at this excellent resource.

Well that's all for now. Keep well.

Kate