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Bookweek Celebrations 2014

Bookweek in Australia runs from Saturday 16 August - Friday 22 August. It is a wonderful time to celebrate a love for reading! 

The theme for Children's Book Week this year is: Connect to Reading. At Balmain Public School we encourage our kids to connect by simply participating in the act of reading - whether that involves reading a short-listed book, a brochure, play or article about puppies.

Our goal is to develop an understanding regarding the prevalence of reading in our lives, and how important it is to both enjoy reading and develop reading skills.

To celebrate Bookweek 2014 at Balmain Public School a book parade will be held on the 21st August 2014 where children will be encouraged to come to school as their favourite book character. We will also have a book fair throughout the week in the school library where books will be available for purchase. A huge thank you to our library monitors which will be organising the fair!

We are also lucky to have a children's author by the name of Andrew Cranna visting the school on the 19th August to share his love of books as well as his experiences as an author.

As you can see, Bookweek will be an exciting week. It's time to start thinking about who you will dress up as! Looking forward to seeing you there!