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Reading Challenge 2020

The Reading Challenge is well on its way as term slips away. Snuggle with your favourite book and continue to send your book recommendations to ber@prsc.vic.edu.au

Author, Mick Elliott of the Squidge Dibley collection offers his thoughts on ‘reading’.

Check it out: https://vimeo.com/394151275

A book that will launch you into reading is just waiting for you…

Popular Graphic novels include: 

The Arrival by Shaun Tan

The Arrival is a wordless graphic novel about a migrant family’s journey to a new and strange land. It is also a journey of the imagination. With a monotone tint reminiscent of old photographs and a carefully produced album appearance that runs from cover to cover. 

New Recommendations:  

If You Could See Me Now - Celia Ahern

(Thanks to Charlie)

Tomorrow When the War Began - John Marsden    (Thanks to Ruth)                                       The Maze runner - James Dashner                          (thanks to Sam)     

Download thePRSC CHALLENGE READING LOG.docx to list all the novels or non-fiction books you read. Do not forget to give each book a star rating!

 New Books in the PRSC Library

Again Again by E Lockhart

What would you do differently, if you could live your life repeatedly? In the mix of romantic upheaval and a near fatal family catastrophe, Adelaide finds herself thrown into wild possibilities, falling in and out of love and ultimately faces the secrets she keeps. A funny book that surprisingly enthrals …

 

The End of the World is Bigger than Love 

by Davina Bell

Identical twin sisters, Summer and Winter live on a remote island. They survive on their father’s stockpile of rations and idle the days with their mother’s classic literature collection until the stranger’s arrival. As the secret of their past begins to unravel, escape is the only option.

Love, grief, affection, climate catastrophe and the ultimate sacrifice, in the face of technological progress will enthral. A read unlike anything you have read!

 

The School Master's Daughter 

by Jackie French

January 1901 - Sharks circle a stranded ship as a young girl and her family stagger from the waves… Rescued by a Pacific Islander boy named Jamie, Hannah's family begin a new life in Port Harris, which at first seems a paradise for the schoolmaster's daughter. However, local fortunes are built on slavery and the whip.

Hannah and her mother run a secret school while they fight for the right to education and equality.

Inspired by real events, the bravery and battles of the past, gives us courage for the challenges of today.

State Library of Victoria 

- Creative tech tutorial: 3D printing at home

Click this link Creative Tech Fridays to see tips for 3D printing at home.

 

- Resources for Australia and WWI

World War 1 was Australia’s first major military conflict. Most thought the war would be over quickly and be a chance to see the world and make England proud. However, the brutality of war was the experience soldiers wrote about and brought home.

Click this link: Home WWI

Covers Australian soldiers’ preparation for the war and life in Australia during the wartime.

 

Click this link: 

Gallipoli

Covers the Anzac Cove landing and evacuation.

http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/australia-wwi/abroad-wwi/gallipoli

 

- Ebooks at your fingertips

Free membership @ your State Library

Check the State Library of Victoria’s ebook collection, which is bursting.

From fiction to travel, true crime to technology and history to languages, find eBooks from leading publishers and university presses on every topic imaginable. These are all free to borrow and read from home for Victorian Library members.

Sign up for free if you would like to explore their e-resources (including ebooks and databases) from home.

Curious to know what others are reading and recommending? Here are popular titles:

Mrs Patricia Bernardo

Library Manager