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DEPARTMENT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET. Wilbur – A Multilingual Australian Picture Book for New Arrivals and Migrant Families . One Story – Fourteen Languages. Teresa Brook Teresa.brook@sa.gov.au Acting Manager Application & Network Services Public Library Services 8348 2324.
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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 Brook Teresa.brook@sa.gov.au Acting Manager Application & Network Services Public Library Services 8348 2324
Wilbur – A Multilingual Australian Picture Book for New Arrivals and Migrant Families. One Story – Fourteen Languages In partnership with http://www.mylanguage.gov.au/ www.libraries.sa.gov.au http://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/about-us
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
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 project http://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/programs/wilbur-multilingual-video-audio-resources
Bilingual Story Times in the Community – Hume Libraries, Victoria
Story Time with Dad – Fairfield City Library, New South Wales
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, ManjitUppal, 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.mylanguage.gov.au/ www.libraries.sa.gov.au http://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/about-us
DEPARTMENT OF THEPREMIER AND CABINET South Australian Public Library Network Wilbur – A Multilingual Australian Picture Book for New Arrivals and Migrant Families. One Story – Fourteen Languages Teresa Brook Teresa.brook@sa.gov.au Acting Manager Application & Network Services Public Library Services, 8348 2324