Summer Reading Club winds up/ some new books

Over the school holidays, 70 Gilgandra children and teenagers took up the Summer Reading Club challenge. Each person had a goal of either five or ten books to read before 31st January, knowing that when they reached their target, they could collect a small surprise gift from the Library. So far, 33 young people have collected their gift; a library bag containing a few small treats. The Library would like to congratulate everyone and we hope they enjoyed their reading.

The Library recently received “The Autism sourcebook: everything you need to know about diagnosis, treatment, coping and healing” by Karen Siff Exkorn. In this book, the author provides a moving account of her own experiences as a mother of a child with autism. In the foreword to the book Fred R. Volkmar from the Yale University Child Study Center states that this book is an invaluable resource for parents who want basic, comprehensive information about what treatments are available.

Another recent arrival is “Look me in the eye: my life with Asperger’s” by John Elder Robison. Robison is the brother of Augusten Burroughs, author of “Running with scissors”, and like Burroughs, he had a very difficult home life. On top of that, he grew up with Asperger’s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn’t even exist. Robison has written a moving and blackly funny story, which gives us insight into the experience of living with Asperger’s syndrome.