Technochalkie: First Apps for the iPad

Technochalkie: First Apps for the iPad

Library Books are our friends.

Do not use a library book to make a table stable,
Do not use a library book to build the tower of Babel.
Do not use a library book for throwing at a dog,
They prefer a stick or small wooden log.

Do not use a library book to start a big bonfire,
Do not use a library book to stand on something highter,
Do not use a library book to squash a bug or fly,
A heavy crystal vase is a better way to die.

Do not use a library book to shelter from the rain,
Do not use a library book to help unblock a drain,
Do not use a library book for plugging up a hole,
Do not use a library book to kick a winning goal.

Do not smear the words
of your library book with jam.
Do not spill your drink on it
Or fill it up with sand.

Do not rip out its pages,
Do not deface its cover,
Do not bend its spine back,
Or turn the corners over.

Please do read a library book
You can borrow again and again.
The house of stories belongs to all,
Library books are our friends.

c. morgan schatz blackrose 2011

Welcome to the National Year of Reading 2012.

This is a wonderful initiative, to link all groups that promote reading in Australia.

This blog is a way to connect ideas, reading suggestions and to discuss books that we have read or want to read. 

Reading is an important skill as well as a pleasurable pastime. Reading can make you feel good about yourself and it can enable you to see the world through someone else's eyes.

If you create a home with books, your family is more likely to be a reading family, with all the benefits that brings to children and adults.