Southern View: November 06, 2018

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Bigger and better book fair
• By Matt Salmons
A MOUNTAIN of donated
books is growing at Lyttelton
Primary School in the lead up
to its second biennial book fair.
Organised by parents from
the school’s family hub, the
November 10 event would see
thousands of donated books go
up for sale out of the Lyttelton
Arts Factory.
Lyttelton Primary School
secretary and librarian Rita
Norris said the first book fair in
2016 had boosted the library’s
stock and allowed the school to
run literary events over the last
two years.
“It enabled us to top up with
new books as it had been a bit
depleted [after the merger].”
The 2016 event saw the
library receive about 300 books
from the more than 5000 donated,
while book sales raised
$5500.
Mrs Norris said it had meant
the library could get “back up to
where it should be.”
She said the organisers were
“just amazing” and the school
library would not be where it
was without them.
Family hub member and
organiser Ruth Connor said the
school’s library was looking “a
lot healthier” after the last book
fair.
“But to be honest, the whole
thing needs
overhauling, especially nonfiction.
A lot of that is 10-yearsold
and things have changed.
“We need to keep the collection
exciting for kids.”
She said people could still
donate books to be sold and
organisers hoped to “have a
similar or greater amount of
books this year and we’re well
on the way.”
“If people have good quality
books, absolutely we’d love
them,” Ms Connor said.
While they would accept any
donated books, not everything
was going to sell, she said.
“People are always trying to
get rid of their 1980s microwave
cookbooks.”​
Ms Connor said the books
were priced low, adults books
LIBRARY:
Lyttelton
Primary School
librarian Rita
Norris (left) and
Ruth Connor
sort through
hundreds of
donated books
as they get
ready for the
book fair.
for $2 and children’s books $1.
“People were going home with
a box load of all their summer
reading [last year],” she said.
•Lyttelton Primary School
book fair: November 10,
9am at the Lyttelton Arts
Factory. People can drop
donation books off at the
school reception or email
familyhub@lyttelton.school.
nz.
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