Today is the day. The day when the same book is read at the same time to as many people around the country as possible. This years story is 'The Very Cranky Bear', written and illustrated by Nick Bland, who just so happens to be a NT author.
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| Shelagh, reading to the masses. |
After previewing the book, we decided that the students at the High School were a bit too old for the book, so Shelagh went down to the Child Care Centre to read with the young children there. Such an important job she had to do. Fostering a love of reading is one of our goals, and the younger you can get people to enjoy reading, the more likely they are to read as they get older.
After reading it a number of times to the children at the Child Care Centre, Shelagh had to head back to the library here to continue working. She promises to be back at the Child Care Centre every Friday for afternoon story time.
There is a sequel to this book, 'The Very Hungry Bear'. Now if Bear was cranky in the first book because of lack of sleep, imagine what he would be like with lack of food. Looking forward to reading that one.
I must say too, before I post this, the flow of the book was brilliant. It was easy to read aloud and the rhyming sucked the kids in straight away. Definately a book to have at home for your young kids or grandchildren. Shelagh is already looking for prices so that she can get some to send to her Grand kids that are spread out across the country.
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