Reading Connection for Kids

Coming Soon - Summer Reading Club

Children can take part in a range of exciting and interactive creative writing and arts activities and online games which encourage the love of books and reading as well as literacy and computer skills. See our What's on page for more details from our libraries.

This month's joke

Q. Why did the rabbit cross the road?
A. Because the chicken retired and moved to the Gold Coast!

Fun Links

Children's Book Week Shortlist 2011

The shortlist has been announced for Children's Book Week 2011. To see the list visit Children's Book Council of Australia

New Books

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Okay, so maybe I do have superpowers
by Jamie Kelly

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As their school gets ready for the annual Fun Fair, Jamie and Isabella agree to compete in the bottle toss game and to terrible consequences for the loser.

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Natalie the Christmas Stocking Fairy
by Daisy Meadows

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Another in the Rainbow Magic series.

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Big Nate on a Roll
by Lincoln Peirce

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Middle-schooler Nate Wright vies against his rival, the "perfect" Artur, to win the grand prize of a customized skateboard in their scout troop contest.

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Earwig and the Witch
by Diana Wynne Jones, illustrated by Marion Lindsay

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Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald's Home for Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga!

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