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Would you like to get involved at the College? Here are two ways you could volunteer and make a difference 

 

Parenting Session

 

The Resilience Project

 

Tuesday April 23 - Parents Session 7pm

Wednesday April 24 -  Student Sessions during School

CFA Survey

Wimmera Regional Library Corporation

RHYME TIME for ages 0-3 years will be held at 12 noon weekly on Tuesdays until the end of term. Session runs for approximately 30 minutes. Bookings not necessary, and all activity materials will be supplied. We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

SHORT STORY COMPETITION

The Library’s Short Story Competition is now open for entries. Sections for adults, teenagers and children, with a total prize pool of $1,660. Pick up an entry form from your local branch or download it from our website – www.wrlc.org.au. Entries close Wednesday, 8 May.

 

FRESH PICKS

TEEN:

  • The Como Chronicles books 1, 2 & 3:  Twell and the Army of Powers, Twell and the Rebellion, and Twell and the Uprising by Kate O’Leary
    • Twell is a high school student with telekinetic powers. On her home planet of Como, where The Governing Body controls its population with strict rules, Twell is to be genetically partnered with a boy who is a stranger to her, but she is in love with her best friend. With comedy, suspense, romance and mystery in an off-planet world, this is one of the best dystopian books I have ever read. (Kate O’Leary is the daughter of Brian O’Leary, chaplain at Edenhope College.)
  • The Collide: final book in the Outliers trilogy by Kimberley McCreight

JUNIOR:

  • Collins Maths Dictionary – provides simple definitions and visual examples for the new primary maths curriculum
  • Mini Pigs – learn about small animals in the Little Pets series
  • All the Kings Tights, an early reader by Maudie Smith
  • What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss
  • The Land of Stories: an author’s odyssey by Chris Colfer (PRC 5-6)
  • A Story Like the Wind by Gill Lewis – a small boat, a small hope, a dream of freedom (PRC 5-6)
  • The Backward Season: a Wishing Day novel by Lauren Myracle

NON-FICTION:

  • Brick Building 101: 20 Lego activities to teach kids about STEAM
  • Brick by Brick: Space: 20 Lego brick projects that are out of this world
  • French Pastry 101: learn the art of classic baking with 60 beginner-friendly recipes
  • Back Roads: the stories behind some of Australia’s most remarkable and inspiring rural communities – features Harrow, as seen on ABC Back Roads TV series
  • Lands of the Curry Leaf: a vegetarian food journey from Sri Lanka to Nepal
  • Caravaggio the complete works (art)