Library News 

ANZ NEWSSTREAM – 

ONLINE NEWSPAPER DATABASE

The Library has recently subscribed to the ANZ Newsstream online news database (part of ProQuest) which will enable students and staff to access a wide range of newspaper articles online.ANZ Newsstream provides full text access to state and national newspapers in Australia and New Zealand such as The Age, The Guardian, Herald Sun, The Australian as well as local and regional papers.The link can be directly accessed through Compass by clicking on School Resources - Library Resources - ANZ Newsstream (Newspaper Database). Students can also find a handout providing guidance on how to conduct searches in the ‘Library Resources’ folder.We also have access to the Coronavirus Research Database‎ which is a free health and medical research database for openly available content related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

**Students are reminded to check the Library resources folder for a range of handouts and information to assist them to choose books for recreational reading. They can also find a range of information literacy resources there providing them with direct access to the World Book Online Encyclopedia, Echo Education, Wheelers ebooks and audiobooks and lots more.**

NAIDOC WEEK

The Library has a wide range of books by and about Indigenous Australians for loan. Here are some of our favourites.

NEW BOOKS

Love Frankie: By Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt

Frankie is nearly fourteen and teenage life certainly comes with its ups and downs. Her mum is seriously ill with MS and Frankie can feel herself growing up quickly, no thanks to Sally and her gang of bullies at school. When Sally turns out to be not-so-mean after all, they strike up a friendship and are suddenly spending all of their time together. But Frankie starts to wonder whether these feelings she has for Sally are stronger than her other friendships. Might she really be in love?

The must-have new novel about falling in love for the first time from bestselling, much-loved children’s author, Jacqueline Wilson.

The Dress and the Girl: By Camille Andros, Julie Morstad

A little girl and her favourite dress dream of an extraordinary life. They enjoy simple pleasures together on a beautiful Greek island. They watch the sunset, do chores, and pick wildflowers on the way home. One day, the dress and the girl must leave the island and immigrate to the United States. Upon arrival, the girl is separated from the trunk carrying her favourite dress, and she fears her dress is lost forever.

Many years later, the girl – now all grown up – spots the dress in a thrift store window. As the two are finally reunited, the memories of their times together come flooding back. While the girl can no longer wear the dress, it’s now perfect for her own daughter – and the new journey of a girl and her dress begins. Featuring lush illustrations, The Dress and the Girl is a stunning picture book about memory and the power of the items we hold most dear

Dream Big! Heroes Who Dared to Be Bold (100 people - 100 ways to change the world): By Sally Morgan, James Rey Sanchez

The ultimate empowering guide, DREAM BIG! introduces fearless people, young and old, who have spoken out and changed our lives for the better. They did it, so why can’t you? From Emma Gonzalez to Beyonce Knowles, Barack Obama to Muhammed Ali, this book celebrates sung and unsung change-makers, reaching across all areas of life and to all four corners of the globe.

Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy

Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Brooke A Allen, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen

Friendship to the max! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together…and they’re not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way!

It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls and features five butt-kicking, rad teenage girls wailing on monsters and solving a mystery with the whole world at stake.

Ms Georgia Flaskas - Library Resource Centre Manager