Being celebrated around Australia this week is Children's Book Week. My involvement with the event goes back to 1967 when I was a Library Assistant at Waverley Library. I remember Book Week Parades held in the Pavilion at Bondi Beach. When I moved on to be Children's Librarian at Randwick Library we held these events in the Randwick Town Hall. My memories of these times are foggy but I remember colouring in and poster competitions, book quizzes, kids dressed up as book characters, readings of prize-winning books and events featuring favourite authors and storytellers.
I have no pictorial evidence of these early events but in digging into my photo archive I found a few photos of the times in the 1980s,1990s and early 2000s when I was part of the Children's Book Week celebrations.
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| Book Week visit from a neighbouring school - 1988 |
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| Book fun with Library Monitors - 1995 |
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| Story telling - 1999 |
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| Illustrator, Ron Brooks - 2001 |
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| Library Display - 2001 |
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| Author Visit - Undated |
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| Library Staff - 2003 |
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| Prize-winning books - 2004 |
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| Isobelle Carmody book signing - 2005 |
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| Book Fair - 2006 |
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| Library Staff - 2008 |
Fun times and fond memories, often involved a lot of extra work but always worth it in the end when the students, no matter their age, appreciated the effort.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have photos to back up so many memories. I’m sure there are many more memories of you sharing your love of books.
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