Congratulations to the ten students who have already completed the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 2019. 

Nathan Shammay: Year 1
Zachary Churnin: Year 2
Gideon Cohen: Year 2
Reina Steiner-Carrion: Year 2
Jasper Schraibman: Year 3
Isaac Shammay: Year 4
Aaron Berkowitz: Year 6
Jed Gottlieb: Year 6
Jayden Segal: Year 6
Aidan Sheps: Year 8.

Hopefully some of the parents of Kindergarten students will enter their reading for them and they will complete the Challenge as well. The NSW PRC rules state: “K-2 students, you can read the books on your own, read them with someone, or someone can read them to you.” (https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/rules.html).

There are so very many exciting books to read and whether they come from The Primary Library, Public Library or your own bookshelves they can be your entry into worlds of wonder. Happy reading.

Two of the many new books in the Primary Library are Estie the Mensch by Jane Kohuth and Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages.

Estie the Mensch 

Estie does not always like people. So, when her grandmother reminds her to be a mensch, she’d rather not. She’d rather be a dog. Or a turtle. Or a seagull. Being a monkey can even make another kid laugh! But it can also make another kid cry, and that’s when Estie and her grandmother find out what a mensch Estie can really be.

Out of Left Field 

Every boy in the neighbourhood knows Katy Gordon is their best pitcher, even though she’s a girl. But when she tries out for Little League, it’s a whole different story. Girls are not eligible, period. It is a boy’s game and always has been. It’s not fair, and Katy’s going to fight back. Inspired by what she’s learning about civil rights in school, she sets out to prove that she’s not the only girl who plays baseball. With the help of friendly librarians and some tenacious research skills, Katy discovers the forgotten history of female ball players. Why does no one know about them? Where are they now? And how can one ten-year-old change people’s minds about what girls can do? Set in 1957 this book is both a detailed picture of a fascinating historic period and a timelessly inspiring story about standing up for equality at any age. (Amazon)

Happy reading.

By Ginette Cameron-Gardner, Teacher Librarian