Initially, I approached both this subject and this assignment with limited knowledge regarding the delivery of library services for children and young adults. Due to this, I have ensured I have kept an open mind, played close attention to the modules, and critically reflected on opinions and experiences of those who currently work with children […]

Minecraft: Education Edition Playing games at school or in the library when you aren’t supposed to. A lot of us have seen or experienced this scenario either as the student, or as the educator. But what if there was a program available that combined one of the most popular games ever made, with eduction, teaching […]

The activity undertaken here involved me investigating the wondrous world of book awards tailored to young people. While I could find many that awarded the author of children and YA books, or competitions where single winners are picked, the NSW Premiers Reading Challenge (PRC) exemplifies a different type of award. The PRC brings together students […]

To explore the topic of diversity, I chose to write a book review on Ahn & Suzanne Do’s evocative, emotional real-life retelling story ‘The Littlest Refugee’. The topic and prevalence of refugees and ‘boat people’ in Australia is still relevant today, as it was in 1980 when Do and his family fled Vietnam in the […]

To ban or not to ban? To effectively explore the topic of censorship I read and analysed a peer-reviewed journal article by David Hastie called ‘Should We Ban Books in Schools? Arguments from the Public History of Australian School Text Censorship’. The article seeks to understand whether censorship is ever justified in both schools and […]