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BOOK WEEK 2021 Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds
Book Week celebrations delivered a digital kaleidoscope. Through brainstorming, the Reading Challenge team explored many possibilities and finally settled on four online competitions. Celebration started with the launch of a ‘book character meme’ competition truly challenging the creative. This was followed by the ‘strongest password’, which drew interest from across all year levels. The Matilda’s world word find really tested the memories of entrants who fondly remember Roald Dahl magical worlds that they escaped to in their junior years. Finally, the icing came in the form of a lolly jar. You guessed it! Guess the number of lollies…
Value Reading in the Home
Reading stimulates the brain
Exercising the brain keeps it healthy and sharpens its logical ability. Keeping it engaged improves its power.
Reading improves knowledge
Additions to the mind creates neural connections to information already stored there.
Reading builds confidence
A vast vocabulary is empowering but cannot grow if it is not nurtured. Reading exposes one to words in context, allowing one to use language confidently.
Reading Stimulates the Brain
In Morris Gleitzman’s words, ‘Stories Make Us’ which is relevant like never before. ‘Young people need stories more than ever. Stories to delight, stories to beguile, stories to inspire, stories to move deeply. And through these experiences, stories that equip young readers to embrace an often dark and uncertain world with optimism.’
Let’s celebrate and share reading in our families and community.
https://theparentswebsite.com.au/9-reasons-why-boys-need-to-read/
Here is a Reading Smorgasbord!
Dip into one of these phantasmagorical worlds. Take the reading journey!
Reads for kids, 12+
Ranger’s Apprentice (series) by John Flanagan
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Con-Nerd by Oliver Phommavanh,
Mac Slater Cool Hunter by Tristan Bancks
Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks,
Boy X by Dan Smith,
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
Reads for girls, 12+
The Other Side of Summer by Emily Gale
You Don’t Know Me by Sophia Bennett
Magisterium (series) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
The Ascendence Trilogy (series) by Jennifer A Nielson
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
Once, Then, After, and Now by Morris Gleitzman
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
My Life As An Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg
Give these a go too..
Tomorrow, When The War Began (series) by John Marsden
Word Hunters (series) by Nick Earls
White Fang/The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Old Kingdom Chronicles (series) by Garth Nix
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Authors consistently recommended include: John Green, John Marsden, Cassandra Clare and Anthony Horowitz.
Wheelers Online Ebooks
Our online eBook collection is 'open' 24/7 for you to access. Ebooks are a great alternative to a physical book when you cannot visit the library or travelling. Enjoy reading wherever! Borrow online. Our collection can be accessed via the PRSC IT Portal.
- https://it.prsc.vic.edu.au/links/
- Look for the Wheelers icon. Click the link - https://prsc.eplatform.co/
- Click - Sign in (tab)
- Login – Using your school username and password Finally, you should be in…browse and enjoy your reading selection.
New Book Arrivals
The Lucky list by Rachael Lippincott
A captivating, gripping new romance, perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Simon vs the Homo sapiens Agenda. Complicated relations, two girls, one-bucket list and twelve chances to …. Emily struggles with loss but when she finds her mum’s senior-year bucket list, she finds twelve ways to feel close to her again. However, if she wants to check everything off, she’ll need help. This is where Blake comes in as Emily learns about herself and love.
The left-handed booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Susan Arkshaw, an art student travels to London in search of her father, which leads her to an organised criminal world. However, before she can question crime boss Frank Thringley, he turns to dust with the prick of Merlin’s silver hatpin. The mysterious Merlin is a member of a secret society with magical powers who police the Old World wherever it touches the New World and run bookshops. As Susan’s search becomes entwined with Merlin, she wonders if her father is a bookseller or more.
The vanishing deep by Astrid Scholte
A thrilling fantasy murder, which is hard to put down. Set in a post climate- change world, it raises interesting ideas about loyalty, family and fate. When Tempest revives her dead sister to find out what really happened to their parents, it sets off an adventure that changes everyone’s life forever and reveals some stark truths…
Mirror’s edge by Scott Westerfeld
The third book in the new Uglies series follows twins, Frey and Rafi. In a bold mission, Frey returns to Shreve where your every move is watched by surveillance dust. Frey and her comrades are out to rescue Boss X. It will make you think about privacy, artificial intelligence and the environment. Where will the story go?
Women in leadership: real lives, real lessons by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Not surprising women make up fewer than ten percent of national leaders worldwide. Through conversations with some of the world’s most powerful and interesting women – including Jacinda Ardern – Women in leadership explores gender bias and asks why there aren’t more women in leadership roles. The result is an insight into a life as a leader and a powerful call to arms for women.
As the term ends, participants are finalising their online reading lists. Every year we seem to start the challenge and in a blink, we come to the final stage. The enthusiastic involvement of all has being exhilarating as we shared a supportive journey in the face of the challenges 2021 has presented.
Thank you to all participants for their efforts to achieve a personal best, share ideas and recommendations.
Mrs Bernardo
Librarian