The State Library's travelling exhibition, "Australian Inspirations", is travelling on to Deniliquin Library on Friday so today and tomorrow are your last chances to see it. Most people have particularly enjoyed the representations of Blinky Bill and many have also admired the logistics of the display, how it packs so much content into a compact transportable unit. William Govett’s early 19th century sketch of the “monkey or bear of NSW” illustrates how difficult early settlers found it to come to terms with local fauna.
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“Knit, Natter and Nibble” concludes today and the hard-working ladies involved will have an admirable collection of warm wraps to send away.
Impending retirement did not stop a final collation of public library statistics ready for the State Library later in the year ... You may be interested to know that during the financial year 2016/7 the library loaned 13,924 items, acquired 1,133 items (1,277), discarded 2,360 items (1,707), enrolled 88 new members (81), had 5,724 visits (6,109) and 660 website/Facebook visits (378), and at the end of the year had 941 members (939) and held 12,175 stock items (13,390).
Our Summer Reading Club reviewer this week is Erica Moore who wrote about “Jillaroo” by Rachael Treasure.
“Rebecca is the youngest of the three children on the family property ‘Waters Meeting’. During an argument with her father he throws her out and she makes her way north to find a job as a jillaroo. Rebecca spends the next few years working on a property and then studying at agricultural college, all the while yearning to be back on the family property. Tragedy strikes and Rebecca has to decide where her future lies, with Charlie wheat farming on the open plains or back home to the mountains and the river she was named after. Rebecca’s father could be described as a villain as he throws her off the farm she loves and makes life difficult for her two brothers. But is he nasty by choice or because of the pressures of keeping the farm afloat? I really enjoyed this story. It brought to life the struggles and joys of farming the outback. Full of relatable characters, I found it difficult to put down the book and was engaged to the very end.”
Summer reading club reviewers from last week were Clare and Lara Amery: Clare wrote about “Cupcake Catastrophe” by Yvette Poshoglian. “Dad was the villain because he came in when the girls were making cupcakes for his birthday and he got in big trouble. When Dad came the girls accidentally put salt in instead of sugar and Dad ate one on his birthday instead of the guests and he said “YUK!”
Lara wrote about “The Frog and the Fly” by Faye Berryman, one of the Fitzroy Readers. “The fly was the hero in my book. The frog wanted to eat him but he flew away, I liked the fly because he was brave.”
