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The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd

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Desert Lake by Pamela Freeman and Liz Anelli

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Mrs White and the Red Desert by Josie Boyle.

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I have a great little team of library helpers who help make a new display or two every week. This week they have chosen picture books about animals! And managed to integrate the random pink feather boa we have in the library!! # #bookstagram #picturebooks #library #librariansofinstagram #librarydisplay #librarian #books #children #teachersofinstagram #teaching #education #australia Which animal lives in it's father's mouth as an egg? How big are earthworm eggs? And which creatures need to fend for themselves as soon as they are born? Babies of any kind are amazing yet many of us know little about animal babies - unless we see them on the news as part of a zoo breeding program. Amazing animal babies by Chris Packham and Jason Cockcroft is a wonderful book that teaches the reader about how different babies are grown in the womb or egg, how they develop and the amazing things they can do from a young age. Each page is accompanied by Jason Cockcroft's vibrant illustrations that depict how the animal lives and moves in its habitat. The pictures bring the facts to life and help the young reader to absorb the facts that they hear or read throughout the book. A great aspect of this book is towards the end where readers can discover more through some extra facts. I love when books provide this extra information as it really empowers children to go on and explore more about the particular animal they are interested in. #amazinganimalbabies #chrispackham #jasoncockcroft #amazing #animals #animalconservation #sustainability #babies #bookstagram #books4sustainability #books #read #reading #parenting #teachersofinstagram #librariansofinstagram Nothing like sleeping on a fresh delivery of @whogivesacraptp #bamboo #bambootoiletpaper #whogivesacraptp #toilets #teddybears #toilet #toiletpaper #sustainability #wastefree #waronwaste #ecofriendly #humanrights #parenting #blogger And the Dewey number of the week is 610-616! We love reading about germs, disease, how to survive and cures! #bookstagram #librariansofinstagram #library #nonfiction #germs #disease #medicine #plague #gross #science #school #teachersofinstagram I am sure you, just like me have donated books to charity. It makes you feel good that someone else is going to enjoy a book or at least the book isn't going to end up in the bin. But have you ever donated a really terrible book? An old book? Perhaps an outdated book? On a recent trip to Vanuatu we were lucky enough to stay with a local for three nights/four days on the northern tip of Efate. On one of those days we visited a school with a suitcase full of books to donate to the library. Most of these books were in great condition and were aimed at young children but the lady who took us to the school told us that they do often receive books that are falling apart, too hard to read or too outdated. Many people might think they are doing to right thing by donating a book but really they are just creating more rubbish in a place that doesn't need any extra waste or material that will just be burnt. Next time you hear about a book drive or decide to donate some books consider if it will be read or if it will just be disposed of by someone else instead of yourself. Consider the people who will be receiving the books - many of those in developing countries who are in need of books do not have very good English skills so the easier the book and there pictures the better. Don't send your junk or your old books. Send your best books - these people deserve to read the quality that we all read too. #bookstagram #books4sustainability #booksforchildren #children #literacy #education #vanuatu #donatingbooks #booksdrive #reading #read #picturebooks #school #efate #teachersofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #humanrights #donate #malowiaguesthouse Whatever is coming, we'll face it together, as a family. As long as we're together, we'll be okay. —�—�—�—�—�- I've read a few books about the Holocaust - both fiction and non-fiction and I've visited the Holocaust museum in Sydney. But this book written by Robyn Bavati opened up so many more terrible emotions as we see the unfolding events through the eyes of a young girl named Miri. Bavati has created this work of fiction based on many different stories she gathered from interviews with survivors - so even though the final book and it's characters are fictional, the stories are not, and these stories are heartbreaking. Robyn Bavati is an excellent storyteller on an issue that is so emotional. There are moments of joy, kindness and strength but overall you will be left wondering how this ever happened and perhaps how this still happens today. A book for children 11 and older but one to debrief on after and perhaps look further into the Holocaust and why it all happened. #withinthesewalls #robynbavati #cbca #cbca2017 #fiction #bookstagram #books #read #reading #holocaust #family #recount #humanrights #world #globalissues

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