Spotlight: SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

The first week of the school holidays is nearly over and we are busy getting prepared for a second week of creative fun!

We have an exciting Crafty Creations session planned at Curlewis on Monday, April 13, where we are making nature dioramas. It costs $3.00 per participant and starts at 2.00pm at the Curlewis Community Hall.

Crafty Creations in Gunnedah will be on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 14-16 at 3.30pm. We are making CD windchimes, flower collage and recycled pot planters, and the cost is $3.00. Bookings are essential for these sessions, so please call the library on 6740 2190.

Monday, April 13, is Auslan Day, an opportunity to celebrate the history, vibrant culture and language of the Australian Deaf Community.

Picture books are available in Auslan through the e-resource LOTE4Kids, and the library has a copy of Auslan for the Workplace by Lee Bilby, a great resource to promote community inclusion.

Spotlight: ARMCHAIR TRAVEL

Usually, the holidays are an opportunity to explore new places and experiences. Outside influences are making exploration difficult now, but why spend money when you can armchair travel for free? The Travel section at the library has a collection of guides that you can use to imagine yourself in exotic climes.

Do you fancy a trip to the Greek Islands? Visit Corfu, wander around the Monastery of St John or tour the Acropolis. Go on safari in Botswana and travel the Okavango Delta. Or perhaps take in the glorious colours of spring in Vermont.

Pick up a couple of these guides and start making your bucket list for when the world (hopefully) returns to normal.

Spotlight: NEW BOOKS

A marriage is put to the ultimate test in Ruins (AF TAY) by Amy Taylor. At a crossroads in their lives, a couple travel to Greece to house-sit for a friend. Emma seeks a meaningful step away from motherhood and Julian struggles with the failure of his career. When they meet enigmatic Lena, she presents an opportunity to explore their relationship further, but the consequences may be explosive…

Dreamslinger (YAF KIM) by Gracie Kim is a world of secrets, spells, and dragons. Aria has always believed that Dreamslingers like her are dangerous, until she is sent to North Korea to spy on the Royal League. There she finds a world of magical creatures, a place she may finally feel she belongs.

Tilly In a Tangle (EASY L) by Margrete Lamond & Monty Lee is perfect for your little adventurer. Tilly likes to push the boundaries, until one day when she gets herself (and her friends) in a real tangle. Can she unravel it before they are washed away to who-knows-where?

– Keep calm and carpe librum (seize the book).