We Read,
Learn, Investigate and Create in the Lyle Skippen Library
Every year,
at our book parade, we honour the memory of Lyle Skippen with the arrival of
our mascot, Skippen the Library Dog.
Lyle was a
navigator with defensive night fighters, flying planes known as Mosquitos over
London during World War 2.
During the
war he was injured when his plane crashed damaging his ankle and leaving him
with a permanent limp.
After the
war he taught in many schools both in Sydney and country towns. In 1961 he became the first principal of Cromer Public School which was then called Dee Why West School.
Mr Skippen was a very kind man who was loved by parents, and students. The community was very sad when he was asked to move to another school which needed his guidance.
He died very peacefully at the age of fifty-four sitting up in bed reading a book with his glasses on the end of his nose. When he died the whole of Cromer school cried.
The Book Week theme, this year is Reading is Magic.
During Book week, we celebrate our wonderful Australian authors and
illustrators.
The value and advantages of reading are promoted during book
week as school and public libraries use the occasion to highlight the
importance and joy of reading.
With our 2024 Children's Book Week theme; Reading is
Magic, we're celebrating reading stories and their amazing power to transport
minds. We are encouraging kids to be curious about the wonders in our world. It
is a positive and affirming message for our young people. The magic of reading
also lies in its power of enticement; a good story provokes conversations.
Talking about the stories with others connects the reader with other readers.
Wrapped around all of this are the "tricks" and skills of our amazing
writers and illustrators, as they use all their powers of language and
illustration to engage the reader in this world they are building. (Children’s
Book Council of Australia.)
Books to be Studied in Term 3 are taken from the CBCA
Notable and Short Lists.
Early Stage One:
Hope is the Thing by Eric Wagner
Easy Peasy by Ky Garvey
Who’s Afraid of the Light? By Anna McGregor
The Swaddledok by josh Szeps
How to Hatch a Dragon by NickBland
Dad, Get Off Your Phone! By
Bowerbird Blues I by Aura Parker
Where Will the Sleepy Sheep Sleep? By David Metzenthen
Trees! by Victor Steffensen
Stage One
The Concrete Garden by Bob Graham
Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker
Raised by Moths by Charlie Archbold
Etta ns the Shadow Taboo by Jeremy Field
Dad, Get Off Your Phone! By Craig Sheather
Mini and Miloand the Teeny Tiny Voice by
Venita Dimos
Trees by Victor Steffensen
The Garden of Broken Things by Freya Blackwood
Stage Two
Midnight by Peter Cheong
Where History Happened by Mark Greenwood
Timeless by Kelly Carnby
When You’re a Boy by Blake Nuto
Votes for Women by Mark Wilson
Caroline by Mark Wilson
Gargoyle by Zana Fraillon
Stage Three
The students will study the shortlisted novel Scar Town by
Tristan Bancks.
Tristan Bancks is a very popular Australian author. His
books have won and been shortlisted for many awards. His novel Two Wolves
is an absolute favourite in our library.
Bancks has a stated mission to re-engage readers and take
them away from screens. He trusts his targeted readership to cope with slightly
scary plots that do, however, resolve themselves in a positive way. This book
does just that. The child characters in the book (who are aged 12 and 13), face
dangers and challenges that test them both physically and emotionally as well
as testing their loyalty to each other.( CBCA Reading Time 2024.)
