By Fiona Sills

Spotlight: MEGA MONTH OF MAKE IT!

Don’t forget we have the second session of Make It! on Wednesday 26 November at 3.30pm. We will creating our fantastic Christmas backgrounds and assembling our dioramas. Bookings are essential for these $3.00 craft sessions, so call us on (02) 6740 2190 to book your place.

The library also has a Shopbound delivery service for business owners or their employees who work within the CBD. A book bag will be packed according to your preferences and dropped off at your workplace once a fortnight. For more information or to join, call the library on (02) 6740 2190.
Spotlight: REDeLEARN

Access a great Australian educational resource with REDeLEARN!

Aligned with the Australian primary-school curriculum, REDeLEARN contains information on a range of topics such as science, history, natural world, the arts, and civics. There are activities and a quiz following each data sheet, a glossary of terms and links to e-books with more to read about the topic. There is also a handy feature that allows you to print the information to read off-line, and a button that provides accurate citation details for your bibliography.

Search online for REDeLEARN, select Gunnedah Shire Library and enter your barcode number to start learning!

Spotlight: NEW BOOKS

Spring is the time to get planting, so why not create a garden that attracts and supports Australian wildlife. In Planting for Native Birds, Bees and Butterflies (635 CRU) by Jaclyn Crupi, you will discover the secrets to creating perfect habitats for native animals, and providing everything that these creatures need to survive and thrive.

Until the Red Leaves Fall (AFA PAR) is the newest novel by Alli Parker. Emmy Darling has many secrets. Her biggest is that her Japanese-Australian family were arrested, split up and held in internment camps by the Australian government after Pearl Harbour. When she is asked years later to write about her war-time experiences, she struggles to maintain control of her own story.

Beatles fans will love John & Paul: a love story in songs (780 LES) by Ian Leslie. Tracing the twists and turns of their relationship through the music they produced together, the book offers insights into the creativity, collaboration, and connection of the world’s greatest songwriting duos.

Come to 291 Conadilly Street, you never know what you might find!

Among new titles at Gunnedah Shire Library is ‘Until the Red Leaves Fall’ by Alli Parker and ‘John & Paul: a love story in songs’ by Ian Leslie.