Greetings from Malaysia

Hello from Borneo! I hope the library is being well-used and well taken care of. Morag and I miss you all. We have seen monkeys, snakes, lizards, crocodiles, giant spiders (in the toilet, ugh!) and amazing fireflies. We also got to release an endangered baby turtle into the sea today - think that was a highlight for us all. It is very hot here but luckily we are staying right by the ocean just now so we jump into the sea whenever we can. We are actually sleeping in tree huts which is very cool especially during thunder and lightening storms.
Sorry to be posting this on the library blog - it is hardly a literary posting but we just wanted you to know that we are missing you. From Morag and Kerry, the librarian.

Two weeks of bookworm awards...

My apologies for not posting the winners of the bookworm awards for the last two weeks.
The bookworm 2 weeks ago went to Liv for being such an awesome and dedicated librarian. She has been doing a splendid job at keeping her area neat, tidy and shelved properly. Well done, Liv, and thank you.
Last week's bookworm award went to Tahlia because she was very persistant, but patient, about a certain picture book which she wanted to read to Maisie. Finally the book came back, Tahlia read it to Maisie and by all acounts Maisie was wide-eyed throughout. Well done, Tahlia, for reading to a younger person. That is a super thing to do!

Science Fiction

I have been reading your definitions of science fiction that are up around the school. Fascinating stuff and you all have put so much thought into your work. Here is a quote from a very old edition of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth about the author Jules Verne (this edition will soon be in our library for all you sci-fi fans out there):

"Many people have said the Verne 'invented the future'. They may be right, for Verne 'invented' the submarine in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, space travel in From the Earth to the Moon, heavier-than-air flying machines in The Clipper of the Clouds, and around-the-world travel in Around the World in 80 Days."

This quote is a little scary when you think about the kinds of stuff we read about now in modern sci-fi books - humanoid experiments for one! Yikes.