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Library For All is coming to Vanuatu! With our focus on local languages and providing remote schools with reading materials, we can't wait to experience this beautiful Pacific culture alongside Save the Children.

September 30th is International Translation Day! It's easy to overlook how hard translators work and how pivotal their job is to keeping the world connected. Library For All wants to take today to thank all the translators that we've worked alongside over the years. ID: A graphic of the globe with little speech bubbles in different languages popping out of it. On the edge of the graphic are three children smiling and waving. #translate #translations #internationaltranslationday #languages #libraryforall #lettheworldlearn #childrensbooks #kidslit #creativewriting #picturebooks #writingcommunity #aussieeditors #aussiewriters #aussiebooks #editingtips #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #aussiebookstagram #booktok #booktoker #aussiebooktoker #writertok #editing #copyediting #grammar #newreleases

Library For All proudly creates books for the Our Yarning collection that celebrate First Nations stories by First Nations creators. #IndigenousLiteracyDay2024

Applications close 5th September! Are you a First Nations artist from Queensland looking to improve your skills in children's book illustration? Library For All is offering a paid Artist in Residence Program designed for you. This amazing opportunity will include mentoring from our experienced Publishing Team, and the chance to illustrate books that will be published. We would love to hear from you. Please send your bio and a link to your portfolio to jessica.wimbus@libraryforall.org by 5th September 2024. #artistinresidence #ouryarning #childrensbooks #illustration #libraryforall #picturebooks #firstnations #firstnationsartists #aboriginalartist #emergingartists Image description: A graphic seeking an artist in residence for the Our Yarning program, including illustrations from other Our Yarning books. The first image is of a boy from the Torres Strait Islands wearing traditional clothing and waving. The second image is of three Aboriginal men wearing traditional clothing and dancing on the sand. The third image is of an Aboriginal boy and girl jumping in the air, wearing their swimmers. The fourth image is a rough sketch of an older woman reaching her arms out with her hands open to receive .

Are you a First Nations artist from Queensland looking to improve your skills in children's book illustration? Library For All is offering a paid Artist in Residence Program designed for you. This amazing opportunity will include mentoring from our experienced Publishing Team, and the chance to illustrate books that will be published. We would love to hear from you. Please send your bio and a link to your portfolio to jessica.wimbus@libraryforall.org by 5th September 2024. #artistinresidence #ouryarning #childrensbooks #illustration #libraryforall #picturebooks #firstnations #firstnationsartists #aboriginalartist #emergingartists Image description: A graphic seeking an artist in residence for the Our Yarning program, including illustrations from other Our Yarning books. The first image is of a boy from the Torres Strait Islands wearing traditional clothing and waving. The second image is of three Aboriginal men wearing traditional clothing and dancing on the sand. The third image is of an Aboriginal boy and girl jumping in the air, wearing their swimmers. The fourth image is a rough sketch of an older woman reaching her arms out with her hands open to receive .

Today, Our Yarning's Program Coordinator and Cultural Advisor, Jessica Wimbus, visited Little Ducks Childcare in Annerley. Jessica presented the Our Yarning program to a diverse range of educators across Brisbane, along with the KU Children's Services inclusion team.  What a beautiful spot in the sun to share our collection of First Nation stories. Image description: a yellow and orange wave graphic that includes a photograph. The photograph is of the Our Yarning banner and a table containing Our Yarning books. The photograph is taken outside of the Little Duck Childcare in Annerley. The graphic also includes the Our Yarning logo in the bottom right hand corner. The text: Little Ducks, Annerley, Brisbane is sitting under the photograph.

After nearly two months, the tragic Mulitaka landslide in Papua New Guinea continues to negatively impact the local communities including over 3,000 children. Mathew* (pictured below with his father) is 13 years old. He loved going to school, learning about animals and playing rugby with his friends. He lost his classroom to the landslide. "Mi nidim skul… Mi sa stap long haus nating. Skul nogat, skul graun karamapim", Mathew* told us. Matthew’s* family lost everything in the landslide. Without books and a uniform, Matthew can’t attend school and the family doesn’t have the means to support him. Save the Children is supporting children like Matthew* to process their experiences and to return to school through the setup of Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) and the distribution of important resources for their education and well-being. Over three hundred girls and boys regularly attend the two recently established Save the Children CFSs in Mulitaka. We plan to support even more children to access education with the distribution of recreational kits and school bags as well as a Spark Kit (classroom in a box) containing 36 tablets for offline learning and 2,000 books contextualised for use in PNG from Library For All, a not-for-profit entity of Save the Children Australia. *Name changed #Mulitaka #DisasterResponse #DFAT #AHP #LFA #SaveTheChildren

NAIDOC week is almost here! This is a week for all Australians to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our Brisbane team will be at the Musgrave Park celebrations on 12th July. We hope to see you there! There will be special Our Yarning book packs available for sale on this one day only.  - - - Image description: a graphic highlighting NAIDOC week. Two illustrations on the graphic have been repurposed from books published by Library For All, in the Our Yarning collection. The first illustration is of a cute Aboriginal boy dancing to music. The second illustration is of an Aboriginal girl performing a traditional dance. In between the two illustrations is text that reads, 'Let's Celebrate First Nations Peoples #NAIDOC'. Beside the illustrations is a map and the text, 'Musgrave Park, Meanjin'. 

If you wanted a reason to check out 'The Curious Mermaid', now you have six! - - - Image description: an ocean-themed graphic showcasing 'The Curious Mermaid', written by Joanne Wood and published by Library For All. This book is a part of Library For All's First Nations collection, Our Yarning. The graphic has the cover of this book, which is surrounded by arrows pointing to key aspects of the book: First Nations author, playful imagination, colourful illustrations, fun sea creatures, rhyming and word play, childlike curiosity. Below the cover is a banner, featuring the Library For All logo, an illustration of an octopus, an illustration of a manta ray, an illustration of some coral, an illustration of a turtle, an illustration of a jellyfish and the Our Yarning logo.

"The notion that reading children's books as an adult is somehow a step backwards erroneously suggests that our lifelong reading journey is entirely linear." There's a constant narrative that children's literature and picture books are only good as a stepping stone to reading longer, more 'important' pieces. It's simply not true, and Lara Cain Gray, the Head of Acquisitions at Library For All, showcases this fact in her moving and informative piece. Read her article in Griffith Review, and appreciate a side of children's books you may never have realised existed.