Congratulations to everyone for the wonderful celebration of Book Week last  week - we saw many great characters from books from the Old Worlds! New  Worlds! Other Worlds!  

Premiers Reading Challenge  2021 - Congratulations to the students who  have successfully completed the challenge in this difficult year. We have 93 students who managed to read the required number and enter them online.  This is an exceptional achievement considering the conditions our learning  has endured during the year so far! The final day for registering books is this  Friday 3 September, so still time for last minute registrations. Even when  the Challenge has finished, it is important that we continue to read each day. 

Authors and Illustrators - Book Week gives us the opportunity to celebrate the  talents of some wonderful Australian Authors and Illustrators. Now that Book  Week celebrations are over, we may have time to explore the talent of other  Australian Authors and Illustrators. Many of us have a favourite author, it can be  fun to find out a little more about this person and other books they have written.  For example, Mem Fox is the author of, “Where is the Green Sheep?” Did you  know  she has written more than 40 books? She gets her ideas from real life,  books, memories,  and feelings of the deepest kind. You can find out more about  her on her website:

https://memfox.com/ 

To find out about lots of other authors and illustrators, take a look at the  Scholastic site:

https://www.scholastic.com.au/booksellers/authors-and illustrators/ 

Be sure to make time to read and relax - continue to explore the many worlds  that books make present to us. 

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading  one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him." 

Maya Angelou, Poet