I love working at my local regional library 📚
Organising and running a Storytime is one of my favourite parts of the job, here is one I ran recently themed around oceans.
Picture Book Wrap-Up
For one year every month I browsed independent bookshops and chose my favourite picture book.
I bought it, reviewed it, wrapped it up, then gave it away. I posted it to the winner anywhere in Australia and they kept it or gave it to their favourite small person.
Picture Book Wrap-Up was my way to support other children’s authors, illustrators, the kids book industry and independent bookshops, and to let everyone know about some of the fab picture books that were being published.
I just might do it again one day :)
June - Olive
Title: Olive
Author: Edwina Wyatt
Illustrator: Lucia Masciullo
Publisher: Little Hare, Hardie Grant
Purchased: The Painted Word - Bookstore and Picture Book Gallery, Murwillumbah
Winner: Abbey Lane
May - The Little Coven
Title: The Little Coven
Author: Penny Harrison
Illustrator: Vivian Mineker
Publisher: Little Hare, Hardie Grant
Purchased: Kinokuniya Books, Sydney
Winner: Dannielle Viera
April - We Love You, Magoo
Title: We Love You, Magoo
Author/Illustrator: Briony Stewart
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Purchased: Boardwalk Books, Kingscliff
Winner: Annaleise Byrd
March - Iceberg
Title: Iceberg
Author: Claire Saxby
Illustrator: Jess Racklyeft
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Purchased: Bookoccino
Winner: Sandhya Parappukkaran
January - Your Birthday Was the Best
Title: Your Birthday Was the Best
Author: Maggie Hutchings
Illustrator: Felicita Sala
Publisher: Affirm Press
Purchased: Boardwalk Books
Winner: Ellie Beck
December - The Snowman's Wish
Title: The Snowman’s Wish
Author: Sophie Masson
Illustrator: Ronak Taher
Publisher: Dirt Lane Press
Purchased: Direct from publisher
Winner: Julia Barron