{"id":2137,"date":"2012-08-20T02:50:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T16:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/inthenews\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2015-04-29T13:46:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T03:46:46","slug":"childrens-book-week-at-the-rch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/childrens-book-week-at-the-rch\/","title":{"rendered":"Children&#8217;s Book Week at the RCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/2012\/08\/20\/childrens-book-week-at-the-rch\/960x360\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2138\" title=\"teacher book week\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/960x360-210x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a>Champions Read<\/em> is the theme of this year\u2019s Children\u2019s Book Week and at the RCH we\u2019re on the lookout for gold medallist readers, heavyweight non-fiction champions, short-story loving sprinters and those who prefer the long-distance literature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0teachers will share easy techniques for children to make their own books to take away and share with their friends and families. We will also be enjoying the titles that have been shortlisted for the \u2018Book of the Year\u2019 awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s on?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12\u20132pm, Monday 20\u2013Friday 24 August<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Making Books and Radicool Reading on Main Street<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Children are invited to join us for book-making workshops where they can create their own \u2018Hot Dog\u2019 book to take home. We\u2019ll also be looking for the most Radicool Readers who can take a snapshot of themselves, friends or family reading in an unusual place.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nSpecial events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meerkats Book Launch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When: Wednesday 22 August,<strong> <\/strong>2\u20133pm<br \/>\nWhere: The Meerkat Exhibit, Specialist Clinics, Ground Floor<\/p>\n<p>The RCH Education Institute launches <em>The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital Meerkats<\/em>, a delightful book of stories and artworks created by RCH patients, in which the meerkats enjoy all kinds of adventures.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The RCH Reading Hour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When: 12\u20131pm, Friday 24 August<br \/>\nWhere: Main Street<\/p>\n<p>The hospital will celebrate the <em>RCH Reading Hour<\/em> during Children\u2019s Book Week. The aim of the Reading Hour is to encourage parents and carers to read to their child for at least ten minutes each day, to ensure their child has the best chance of becoming a good reader with all the social and educational benefits that brings.<\/p>\n<p>Pull up a bean bag on Main Street and join us for a leisurely read between 12pm and 1pm\u00a0this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Children&#8217;s Book Week and the hospital&#8217;s involvement in National Year of Reading by visiting our <a href=\"www.rch.org.au\/education\">Education Institute website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, between 12 and 2pm each day, patients, families, staff and visitors are invited to join in activities in Main Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions\/2142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}