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We hope everyone’s well and staying safe during these interesting times.
Here is some library related news and resources that you may find useful while you are at home.
We hope you all have a safe and happy week.
Free Audiobooks for children and young adults
Audible has released a collection of free audiobooks for children and young adults to enjoy during this time of isolation.
The selection is large and includes books for very young children, teen fiction and classic novels/literature. It also features books in a selection of languages including French and Japanese.
You don't need to sign up to access them, simply follow the below link or visit audible.com to browse the collection and start listening!
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Make use of your local library and State Library of Victoria's resources
Don’t have access to resources/newspapers? Use the public library resources available online. Visit your local library online and enjoy audio books/e-books and much more. Bayside Library service and Kingston library service have a number of online resources available to members.
Senior students will find membership of the State Library of Victoria (SLV) provides access to a range of databases and online resources.
The State Library of Victoria has created a wonderful page showcasing the resources they have available. You can become a member and search the free databases.
SLV released a great video last week, explaining how to navigate their online resources. The video is targeted at secondary students and explains how to search effectively. It also shows you how to search website allows by subject and access VCE research guides for English, Literature, Global Politics and History which could be very helpful.
This video is going to be the first in a series of tutorials released for secondary students.
Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGTKWXW5Tfk
VCE research guides link: https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/vce
VATE writing competition
Are you looking for something creative to work on at home? Why not enter the VATE writing competition?
VATE is pleased to announce Stories for Strange Times, a short story competition and online teaching and learning package for Years 7-10 students and their teachers. We are delighted to include well-known writers Maxine Beneba Clarke and Will Kostakis in the program.
Students and teachers are invited to write and submit a short story inspired by the theme Stories for Strange Times. There are three categories available in the competition: Years 7-8 students, Years 9-10 students and teachers. Entries of no more than 1,000 words are due by 5pm Monday 1 June 2020 and should be emailed to education@vate.org.au<mailto:education@vate.org.au?subject=Stories%20for%20Strange%20Times%20short%20story%20competition>. The entry form to accompany each short story submission is available to download here <https://vate.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e0cbed82165e15534d9570087&id=d550f1b3e5&e=57e49bd6ab
Book club - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
We had our first virtual book club in the first week of Term 2 via Zoom, and it was so lovely to see the faces of the book club members after the longer holiday break. Before the social distancing began we had selected to read Little Women because we wanted to watch the recent film version (directed by Greta Gerwig) together when it became available to rent or buy. Unfortunately, we won’t get to watch it as a group but the plan is to watch it individually and we will discuss the adaptation during our next book club meeting.
Most of us enjoyed this classic text. Some of the discussion points revolved around the fact that it was considered a progressive text at the time, particularly Jo’s character, who is based on the author herself. Yet, in today’s society it is hard to see its progressive nature as the role of the mother, and daughters, is still very traditional by today’s standards.
For our next book club, we are deciding between the following novels:
The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson
Me Before You by Joyo Moyes
A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos
If you would like to join us please email me at boy@brightonsc.vic.edu.au. Anyone is welcome: students, staff and parents.
Karen Boyd
Teacher Librarian
What have you been reading lately?
Here are a few mini-reviews of some books the library staff have read lately.
We would love to hear about what you have been reading too!
We are encouraging students and staff to send us a short book review of what you have been reading recently (picture optional) and we will feature it in our next library newsletter.
Email submissions to: lhi@brightonsc.vic.edu.au
Highway Bodies by Alison Evans
Genre: Zombie
Age recommendation: 15+
Reviewed by: Ms. Boyd
Brief summary: Highway Bodies is a unique zombie apocalypse story featuring a range of queer and gender non-conforming teens who have lost their families and friends and can only rely upon each other.
Rating: 3.5 stars
This novel is a real page t