July Storytime celebrates Naidoc week.

The theme for storytime in July at the Library is 'The Rainbow Serpent' which we are running in cooperation with the Leeton & district Local Aboriginal LAnd Council as part of the celebrations for Naidoc Week 2009.
This year Naidoc Week runs from July 5th - 12th with the theme 'Honouring our Elders, Nurturing our Youth". To embrace this theme we have invited a local Aboriginal community representative to read at our storytime with related storis and craft.

Impact - a changing land

"Throughout the history of European settlement in Australia, there have been people who cared for, and worked to protect, the land. Their actions form a long, encouraging thread through the story of our relationship with the environment. This exhibition shows some of the history that has led to the current state of the environment in New South Wales, and in other parts of Australia. Human impact is demonstrated here in four places: City, Coast, River and Island."
State Library of NSW website as at 3/12/07.

We have this new display in the library. Come in to the foyer and have a look.

Take a brochure and watch the DVD presentation for more information.

Book Sale

The Friends of Leeton Library book sale was a great success. Hundreds of books, videos, hear a books and at least one thousand magazines ( or maybe it only seemed like that many!) were sold to happy customers. All the Charles Dickens went early but L. Ron Hubbard failed to move at all. Lots of children came in with their parents and went away happily with armloads of books. Having the sale over 2 days in 2 meeting rooms was a good idea as everyone had plenty of time and room to browse. The Friends are to be commended for all their hard work preparing the books for sale and carrying and stacking and pricing and selling and packing up the few tatty left overs for recycling. They are having a break from fundraising for now and are moving on to sponsor our winter reading programme. More about the programme in a later post.

We have new MP3 talking books

The library now has just purchased a number of new talking books in MP3 format. They can be played on a PC, Mac, MP3 compatible CD player and most MP3 players.
Great for long trips in the car, when you're doing the ironing, going for a walk or jog or anywhere, anytime....

Deaver, Jeffery. The bone collector

Penney, Stef. The tenderness of wolves

Evanovich, Janet. Lean mean thirteen

Pratchett, Terry. Making money

Cole, Martina. Faces

Patterson, James. Double cross

Roberts, Nora. High noon

Francome, John. Dark horse

Cussler, Clive. The chase

Leather, Stephen. Dead men

Patterson, Richard North. The race

Hayder, Mo. Ritual

Brett, Simon. Blood at the bookies

Patterson, James. Sundays at Tiffany's

MacBride, Stuart. Flesh house

Cussler, Clive. Plague ship

Hill, Reginald. Death of a dormouse

Patterson, James. Sail

Rose, Karen. Scream for me

Kellerman, Jonathan. Compulsion

Bourne, Sam. The final reckoning

Roberts, Nora. Tribute

Gregory, Philippa. The other queen