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Here are some tips to for the whole family on how to read more from home - just click on the highlighted title:

Re-read favourite books from your home collection.

Borrow eBooks from your local library.

For young children, search YouTube for 'read a picture book', and listen to dozens of children's books like The Lorax, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Rainbow Fish.

Watch your favourite authors read their books at The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Online Read Alouds and Activities.

Watch astronauts on the Space Station read children's books at Storytime from Space.

Stream videos of authors reading children's books with illustrations at Storyline Online.

Listen to a David Walliams audio book.

Download a free classic children's or young adult's book from International Children's Digital Library or ManyBook.net.

Some new books from Lamont

We have some new books from Lamont Booksellers. My four picks of the books are:

Goldfields Girl by Elaine Forrestal

It’s 1892. Amid a fevered gold rush, 14-year-old Clara Saunders is in search of adventure in the new outback town of Coolgardie. A friendship with cheeky young water carter Jack is a promising start, but the goldfields are a harsh place, where water is scarce, disease is common and where many men will never find the fortune they’ve come to seek. With unforeseen tragedies on the horizon, Clara’s time in the dusty town will truly test the limits of her fierceness and determination.

The Verindon Alliance by Lynne Stringer

As Princess Vashta of the Vendel finishes her combat training, she hopes she will lead their forces into battle against her race's deadly enemy, the Verindal. But when Brandonin, the heir to the Verindal throne, comes to see her father, it's clear he desires peace, not war.

When a new enemy arises, striking at all who call their planet home, each race blames the other, even though the princess is sure this danger comes from somewhere new. She seeks Brandonin's help in fighting this menace, but what can they do when both Vendel and Verindal refuse to work together? Can they defeat this deadly threat themselves or will it mean the end of life on Verindon?

The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

One extraordinary year will change them all...

Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess. Her mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop's had to go away, and Luca's girlfriend Anika and her son have moved in. More and more it feels like a land-grab for family and Fred is the one being left off the map.

Even as things feel like they're spinning out of control for Fred, a crisis from the other side of the world comes crashing in. When a group of Kosovar-Albanian refugees are brought to a government 'safe haven' not far from Sorrento, their fate becomes intertwined with the lives of Fred and her family in ways that no one could have expected.

When it drops by Alex Dyson

Caleb Clifford has earbuds, not real buds. And he prefers it that way.

1. They always give him what he wants to hear.

2. He can adjust the volume.

3. If things get tangled, it's relatively easy to straighten them out again ...

Sixteen-year-old songwriter and aspiring social outcast Caleb Clifford fills his world with music, but – like most things – keeps his songs to himself. That is until his little brother leaks Caleb's most personal track online; a track that's quite obviously about his secret crush. Having his innermost feelings (accompanied by a funky bassline) go viral is not Caleb's idea of a good time. But is this the end of everything, or the start?

Watch Melbourne Zoo animals Live

Have a sneak peak at what is happening at the Melbourne Zoo with your choice of animals to watch

https://www.zoo.org.au/animals-at-home/

https://www.youtube.com/user/ZoosVictoria

Zoos Victoria have streaming from Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary

Or check out what is happening at the Melbourne Aquarium

https://www.melbourneaquarium.com.au/explore/live-stream/#gref

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Issue 7 · 14 May 2020

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