CMIS Evaluation Primary Focus

Judith Ridge has alerted readers of her Misrule blog to the death, announced in the Sydney Morning Herald,  of illustrator Kilmeny Niland. The illustrator was the daughter of Ruth Park and D’Arcy Niland and Deborah’s twin.

Kilmeny Niland’s sudden death is a great loss to Australian children’s literature.

The Book Show from ABC Radio National is starting a new series about writers and where they work. And first up is Mem Fox.  You can download or listen here (and view two images of a delightful room).

Look inside Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by following the link from the book cover.

The podcast won’t be available for very long.

WIth thanks to Ruth B @ http://skerricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/valentine.html

Suddenly, reality television makes sense. Michael Rosen, the UK Children’s Laureate, is doing a Jamie Oliver:

with a new BBC show in which he attempts to get a Cardiff primary school to fall in love with literature in just 10 weeks.

From The Guardian.

It might appear here on pay TV, if we are lucky.

More here and here.

Copies of the 2009 Primary Focus booklets are on their way to all public primary and district high schools in Western Australia. They are designed to help with selection of resources for school libraries and include the best of the fiction and nonfiction resources that we have seen in the past 12 months.

The covers this year are really bright, so look out for them in your school.

The two displays are starting their trip around the state, so check the Itinerary and go to look at the resources when they are in a school or District Office near you.