Children's and youth services in public libraries
Australia
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ALIA CYS retweeted
Calling all library technicians!
Meet the ALIA Library Technicians executive committee and join them for an hour of fun, celebration and networking.
🗓️ 26 November - TOMORROW
🕐 6:30pm - 7:30pm AEDT
💻 Zoom
Register 👉 buff.ly/4fzDWXK
ALIA CYS retweeted
I am out in the garden with this new beauty by @MegMcKinlay and @_nickyjohnston
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‘31-and-a-half things to know.. as you grow’ is an absolute delight. Nicky’s gorgeous and whimsical illustrations pair perfectly with Meg’s words - a gentle guide to growing up.
@WalkerBooksAus
ALIA CYS retweeted
The wait is over!
The #NSS2025 book is....
'The Truck Cat' written by Deborah Frenkel, illustrated by Danny Snell & published by Hardie Grant Children's Publishing 🐈
NSS will take place on Wed 21 May 2025.
More 👉 buff.ly/4f1BecZ
#LibraryStorytime @lianzaoffice
ALIA CYS retweeted
New research by @Literacy_Trust shows reading for pleasure helps children & young people to relax, feel happy, learn new things, understand others, and be confident - yet only 1/3 now enjoy reading, and even fewer read daily literacytrust.org.uk/reading… #GrowAGenerationOfReaders – at London, England
ALIA CYS retweeted
The October chat is nearly here! I am excited to announce that the amazing @TaniaMcCartney will be joining us! We we will be chatting ‘nature’ themed picture books and celebrating Tania’s beautiful new picture book Flora.
Here are the chat Qs
picturebookbc.wordpress.com/…
#picbookbc
ALIA CYS retweeted
We're at the Senedd today to celebrate the launch of our #ReadingWell for dementia list in Wales! @WelshGovernment
Reading Well titles are available for anyone to borrow from public libraries across England and Wales.
Find out more about the scheme: reading-well.org.uk/dementia
Fostering a love of stories in a child’s first years is key to lifelong reading theconversation.com/fosterin…
ALIA CYS retweeted
Picture book people in Bris! Join our flashmob! Bring a fav picture book to read and wear something red!
Join the fun and help us celebrate children’s literature and the importance of reading 📖🎉
@IFLA
ALIA CYS retweeted
Tonight is party time with @ksimpsonbooks 🦍🐒🦁
We hope you can join the fun 🎉
@FableFiddler @kayebaillie @juliekidsbooks @gibbscalder @EmmaQuayBooks @Liz_Ledden @PictureBkSerge @lobroo @StephMWard @raffeduteach @chrischengaus @LisaShanahan_ @onemorepageAU
#picbookbc
ALIA CYS retweeted
Here are the chat Qs for our ‘zoo’ themed picture book chat this Thursday, 8pm AEST. Feat. special guest @ksimpsonbooks . We hope you can join the party 🎉 #picbookbc
picturebookbc.wordpress.com/…
ALIA CYS retweeted
Librarians are indispensable - we need more more more of them!
📚 "Librarians are on the front line, putting the right book into the right child's hands at the right time." @JosephACoelho Winner of the Yoto Carnegie 2024 Medal for Writing 🏆 #YotoCarnegies24 @OtterBarryBooks
ALT Typographic reading “A book isn't finished until it’s placed into the hands of a child. And librarians do that, they’re on the front line putting the right book into the right child’s hands at the right time.” Joseph Coelho, following his 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing win
ALIA CYS retweeted
Hello pic book people! I am excited to announce that the wonderful @ksimpsonbooks will be joining the chat next Thursday! We will be chatting ‘zoo’ themed picture books & celebrating Kate’s new pic book ‘How to Move a Zoo’ , illus by #OwenSwan
I hope you can join us!
#picbookc
ALIA CYS retweeted
Raffaela Grasso, #ASLD2024 Campaign Coordinator shares the importance of school libraries: "...a safe haven for students to make their own decisions about what they wish to read, learn, and research..."
💻 Full blog: buff.ly/3X7R8fx 📝 Resources: buff.ly/3YVfPNL
ALIA CYS retweeted
As a librarian..when I do a storytime I try to make sure I give the best performance every time!! I want every kid to get a positive experience of the love of reading!! Let’s normalize librarians and educators being the heroes for youth rather than athletes or entertainers!
ALIA CYS retweeted
“When I searched the web to find self-help books by youth, I was surprised that there were close to none.” Empowering Youth Voices: My Journey from Advocacy to Authorship
Check out this new self-help book by youth advocate Pritika Kharkwal!
connectedlearning.news/empow…
ALIA CYS retweeted
‘Each one of these shortlisted books stood out for its literary excellence ... Each evokes nature at its wildest and most wondrous and made me feel like (or want to be) a better human being for having read it.’ Shortlist for #WainwrightPrize24 announced
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