Library News
Holidays are here!
Please check out the following ideas for ways to add to your reading enjoyment.
Respond to comments on our Summer Reading @ Home blog
It is always great to talk about what you are reading! (Please ask an adult to help you with posting on the blog)
- The blog can be found at http://ssplibrary.edublogs.org/ or via the Reading page on the Library website.
- The password is read and the instructions are found under the Guidelines link on the left hand bar.
Your Local Library
- Visit or join the Toowoomba Regional Library and borrow from a wide range of reading material on their shelves
- Check out their calendar of holiday events
Digital Books
- e-platform app from Wheelers – Use this free app to browse (Resource Centre – Diocese of Toowoomba) and borrow e-books by signing in with your CeNet login
- Tumble Books – Use your public library membership number to login at www.tumblebooklibrary.com
Stories online
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Login to Storybox Library at www.storyboxlibrary.com.au
(School login: username is ssps, password is stories) to listen and view Australian literature begin read by Australians.
More Reading online
- The State Library of Queensland provides access to a large number of e-resources including online journals, newspapers, magazines, websites and encyclopedias. All e-resources can be accessed from home using a SLQ membership. You can register online (http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/services/membership/how-to-join) to get immediate access to services, collections and facilities.
Other Things to Do
- Write about your reading in a journal
- Log your reading and talk about it with your family
- Re-read your favourite book on your bookshelf
- Ask for books for Christmas
- Swap a book with a friend
- Buy a second-hand book with your pocket money
Happy holiday and happy reading from,
Mrs Milton, Mrs Powers and Mrs Anderson