Strathbogie schools celebrate Children’s Book Week

Children across Strathbogie Shire marked Children’s Book Week with story times, dress-ups and parades. The Euroa Library held six story-time sessions for primary school children, giving students a chance to learn about what the library has to offer and to listen to this year’s best-told and illustrated children’s books. Storyteller Cathy Artridge entertained groups of children during two sessions each day across the week. She explained what the library offers young readers and introduced a range of prize-listed children’s books entered in this year’s categories. On Tuesday, Year 3–4 students from Euroa Primary School were read three shortlisted stories, including The Wobbly Bike, one of this year’s winners. Ms Artridge explained there were six categories in this year’s awards, with the top three in each on display at the library. At the end of reading The Counting Book—which features the numbers one to ten and is filled with bugs—Ms Artridge challenged students to write a rhyme using the next number up: eleven. The library’s storytelling isn’t limited to Book Week. Each Friday, sessions are held for preschoolers at 10am, with last Friday’s event open to all ages. St John’s Primary School celebrated Book Week with a dress-up day and parade of favourite book characters. Euroa Primary School also held a parade on Friday, with children showcasing their costumes. Euroa’s Already Read Bookstore joined in by creating a special children’s display in its front window, backed up by a bookshelf inside the store filled with suitable titles. The display will remain in place for at least another week. Other schools to mark Children’s Book Week included St John’s Primary Euroa, Violet Town Primary (Peranbin Group) and Avenel Primary.

Strathbogie schools celebrate Children’s Book Week

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