Library Bingo

Get your stamps at the ready, Library Bingo has arrived at Arthur Holt Library! This is a great way for students to extend their borrowing across our huge range of genres and take up the challenge of reading beyond their comfort zone.

While we won’t stop anyone from choosing books from their favourite genres, why stop there? What about listening to an Audiobook through the Bolinda app, reading a book with a female protagonist, or even tackling a whopping 300+ page read? Not only will your brain thank you for broadening its horizons, but you’ll increase your vocabulary and improve your writing skills. And as if that wasn’t incentive enough, recording five books on your Bingo card entitles you to a Library Departmental Award.

So how do you get involved? It couldn’t be easier:

• Grab a bingo card from a librarian and check out the book categories,
• Borrow, read and finish a total of 5 books, each from a different category,
•  Get a Departmental Award! 

Library Bingo will run until the end of the semester, so there is plenty of time to rack up those points and collect awards. Not sure where to start? Check out the posters on the windows in the Lounge for some suggestions. Reading has just become even more satisfying - is that even possible?

Ms Yates and Mrs Paterson

We Got These Hats!

Along with the Junior and Preparatory School Libraries, the Arthur Holt Library participated in National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday. NSS aims to promote the value of reading and literacy amongst young Australians in a unique way - every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in schools, libraries, bookshops and other locations across the country.


The book for this year was I Got This Hat by Kate and Jol Temple with illustrations by Jon Foye. The illustrations appeared on the big screen as our School Captain John Bechara read the story to a crowd camped out on cushions including a Year 3 class, the AHL Monitors, teachers and librarians. Everyone was encouraged to wear a hat and there was no shortage of interesting headwear to look at. Thanks to everyone who participated in this feel-good event to highlight the importance of books and reading!

Your Ultimate Reading List! Part 1

The literary/library/bookselling world abounds with lists. What you should read during the summer, what you should read on a road trip, what you should read before you die, what you should read in the event of a zombie apocalypse. (I thought I was being funny with the zombies, but it turns out someone has written a list for that. No, really.)

So we here at the AHL decided to make a list of each of our Top 5 Books To Read Before You Leave School. Books on this list are well-written and offer high levels of enjoyment whilst being read but they also offer a little extra. Call it what you will - wisdom, life-lessons, a unique perspective. Sometimes you just can't pinpoint what it is about a book, you just know everyone else must read it too.

So we hope you enjoy this first instalment of the list. Watch this space and get reading!

Ms Mileto's Top 5 Books To Read Before You Leave School

1) The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
2) The night circus by Erin Morgenstern
3) Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
4) Jaws by Peter Benchley
5) Perfume: The story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind

If you want to know more about a particular book and why Ms Mileto chose it, just ask! She will be happy to tell you!