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DEPARTMENT OF THEPREMIER AND CABINET
Wilbur – A Multilingual Australian Picture Book for New Arrivals and Migrant
Families.
One Story – Fourteen Languages Teresa [email protected]
Acting Manager Application & Network Services
Public Library Services8348 2324
Wilbur Multilingual Book Readings
Wilbur – A Multilingual Australian Picture Book for New Arrivals and Migrant Families. One Story – Fourteen Languages
In partnership with
http://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/about-us http://www.mylanguage.gov.au/www.libraries.sa.gov.au
Literacy
Family Reading Pack
The multilingual picture books were created to fill a need within culturally diverse communities and to assist New Arrivals families settling in Australia with young children.
10,000 New Arrivals Family Reading Packs featuring Wilbur and other culturally appropriate reading and play resources were distributed to libraries and migration/settling agencies nationally
3,000 Wilbur DVD’s and packs
Reading Pack For Parents and Babies
New Arrivals Family Reading Pack
The Wilbur Project Book 1: Somali /Tamil /Burmese / Farsi /English
(orange cover)
Book 2: Dinka/ Hindi/ Khmer / Nuer /English (purple cover)
Book 3 : Amharic / Chinese / Arabic / Vietnamese /English (red cover)
Book 4: Amharic / Chinese / Arabic / French /English (green cover)
The Wilbur projecthttp
://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/programs/wilbur-multilingual-video-audio-resources
Bilingual Story Times in the Community – Hume Libraries, Victoria
Cultural Conversations – Logan City Council, Queensland
Story Time with Dad – Fairfield City Library, New South Wales
Building Foundations for Early Learning -LBBC Training
Acknowledgments
This paper is written with the assistance from Sue Hill, General Manager, The Big Book Club Inc. Nicole Marshall, National Marketing & Project Officer for The Little Big Book Club, Wendy Quihamption, Manager Public Libraries & Community Engagement, State Library of Victoria, MyLanguage partners, Donna Edwards, Hume Library Service, Manjit Uppal, Fairfield Library Service, Deb Cooper, Logan Central Library Regional Librarian, Libraries and Cultural Services, Logan City Council and the staff of Public Library Services South Australia.
Wilbur in Chinese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXUAqOImSd4
Wilbur – A Multilingual Australian Picture Book for New Arrivals and Migrant Families. One Story – Fourteen Languages
In partnership with
http://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/about-us http://www.mylanguage.gov.au/www.libraries.sa.gov.au
DEPARTMENT OF THEPREMIER AND CABINET
South Australian Public Library NetworkWilbur – A Multilingual Australian Picture Book for New Arrivals and
Migrant Families. One Story – Fourteen Languages
Teresa [email protected]
Acting Manager Application & Network Services
Public Library Services, 8348 2324