HINCHINBROOK EVENTS FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION WEEK 2009

National Simultaneous Storytime

Now in its 10th successful year, National Simultaneous Storytime 2010 will take place on Wednesday 27 May at 11:00am at the Ingham Library. The children's book Little white dogs can't jump by Bruce Whatley, will be read simultaneously at libraries around Queensland, and all over Australia!

Date : Wednesday, 26 May 2009
Time: 11:00 am

Where: Ingham Library

NOTE: BOOKINGS REQUIRED - PHONE 47764683

Little white dogs can't jump

Smudge and his family have got a problem to solve ? Smudge?s legs are so short that he can?t jump into the car! One of the children in the family devises a series of ingenious ways of getting Smudge into the car‚ but none of them work. Finally‚ it is Mum who solves the problem.

If you like this story you might like to read:

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy / Lynley Dodd
"Let's Get a Pup!" / Bob Graham
Mr Archimedes bath / Pamela Allen
Mutt dog! / Stephen Michael King
Pinkerton behave! / Steven Kellogg
The pocket dogs / Margaret Wild and Stephen Michael King (illus)
Ten silly dogs: a countdown story / Lisa Flather
The trouble with dogs! / Bob Graham
The ugliest dog in the world / Bruce Whatley
The trouble with dogs! / Bob Graham

Activity ideas to use at home:

• Paper bag dog puppets http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/paperbag/
• Dog sock puppets http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/articles/blog/1790000379/20070920/sock%20dog.jpg
• Dog crafts (Danielle's Place) http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/dog_crafts.html
• Decorating a dog bone [template]
• Decorate a dog collar
• Creating dogs [instructions and templates]
• Decorating the letter 'D' into a dog [instructions and templates]
• Colour in dog pages and connect the dots http://www.coloring.ws/dogs.htm
• Create a Dog Ears Headband [instructions]
• Create a Dog face from a CD [instructions]
• Create a Dog face Card [instructions]

TOGETHER WE SUPPORTED OUR NEIGHBOURS AT THE JOHNSTONE SHIRE LIBRARY, WHO SUFFERED CYCLONE DAMAGE FROM CYCLONE LARRY, BY RAISING ALMOST $200 WHICH WERE SENT TO THE JOHNSTONE SHIRE LIBRARY. 

THE EFFECTS OF CYCLONE LARRY ON THE INNISFAIL LIBRARY WAS VIEWED VIA A SHORT PRESENTATION SENT FROM INNISFAIL.

DONATIONS WERE COLLECTED AND A RAFFLE OF DONATED ITEMS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES WAS CONDUCTED SO THAT SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE COULD BE SENT FROM HINCHINBROOK LIBRARY SUPPORTERS.

VIEW A SLIDE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE VALUE OF LIBRARIES

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POETRY READINGS BY LOCAL POETS WERE ENJOYED BY ALL