Sign up to the Shire Monthly Newsleer Community FAQ’s - What’s Happening in the Shire – Community Noticeboard denmark.wa.gov.au/subscribe Children’s Book Week 21st -27th August 2021 Children's Book Week is always such a joy. Wonderful children, enthusiasm about books, and amazing costumes. So much fun to be had by children, teachers and librarians! Aſter a week of school visits and lots of Bookish dress ups , Children Book Week 2021 in Denmark ended with fantasc school visits with author/ illustrator Gabriel Evans. Gabriel did an amazing job inspiring the budding authors and illustrators from Denmark Primary School and Spirit of Play Community School. The children truly enjoyed making a picture book character and a hilarious adventure for the character! The imaginaon of children is unlimited!! We would like to sincerely thank our sponsors who each and every year support Children’s Book Week in Denmark, contribung to it's on-going success. Denmark Public Library Strickland Street, Denmark 6333 Phone: 9848 0306 Email: [email protected] Website: hps://denmark.spydus.com/ Like us on Facebook Shire of Denmark 953 South Coast Highway (PO Box 183) Denmark WA 6333 Ph (08) 9848 0300 Email: [email protected] Website: www.denmark.wa.gov.au Library Opening Hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10am - 4.30pm, Wednesday 1pm - 7pm, Saturday 9am - 12pm Rhymetime Rhymes, movement and a simple story with your babies and toddlers Tuesday mornings 9.30 - 10am Play in the Park Outdoor Play Time to support your child’s development through play First Wednesday of the month 10am - 12 pm @ Berridge Park Shakespeare Reading Group Read and chat about one of Shakespeare’s plays, and enjoy a cuppa. First and third Tuesday of the month @ 2pm Poetry Reading Share your favourite poems and enjoy new ones. This is a great way to appreciate poetry being read out loud! Second Tuesday of the month @ 2pm Novel Idea Book Club Share what you have been reading for new ideas for what book to choose next. Last Tuesday of the month @ 2pm Mah- Jong 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesday of the month 1.30pm - 3pm Regular Library Programs It has been a long, wet winter in Denmark and it certainly has been good reading weather, but how nice is it to spring into reading in the sunshine! We are very excited to introduce a opportunity for our members to learn a new language. Using your library card you have free access to Transparent Language Online, with Kidspeak! Why not learn a language before we can visit the world again!! Check it out!! Let's Learn a Language or hps://library.transparent.com/denmarkau/ game/ng/#/login. We are grateful to the State Library of WA for their support, enabling us to access this resource. Our winter Seasonal Spice Club, starring Nutmeg was such fun. Thanks to everyone who shared their recipes and came along to our morning tea, where we chaed over a cuppa and delicious nutmeg treats. We will soon have our own book of recipes! I wonder what tasty culinary creaons will be inspired by our Spring spice, Star Anise? Our new Paern Library has inspired people to get out their sewing machines and sew something new, whether it be clothes, bags, or even homemade cloth nappies. What a wonderful way to recycle, and up-cycle and create something uniquely you. The next season of seeds will be available in our Seed Library. We have had so many seeds donated to us for which we are grateful. Many thanks to our volunteers Acaysha and Kit for helping us package the seeds and to Karlee and the students Great Southern TAFE for their support. The Toy Library is now open for families wishing to get toys, puzzles and games for their families. We have used the me of closure to sort, clean and dy the Toy Library items. Many thanks to Catherine for all the me spent with the Toy Library. Gabriel Evans with Denmark Primary School student, Anouka, with her work of art.