CONTENTS
From the President............................................................................ 4
The Starter Kit for Five Year Olds: A Literacy Initiative reaching over 4000
children in Southland : A project's journey. Helen Campbell-O'Brien..................... 6
Ambassadors and Advocates: The Role of the Student Librarian. Carrie Bouffard 11
Story telling. Elizabeth Miller.................................................................... 12
At the chalk-face: A morning visit to a Grade 1 classroom in Chicago. Tom Nicholson. 16
New River Primary School - Oral Language Intervention. Elaine McCambridge .......... 21
Literacy in a Gifted Kids Programme Alana Findlay, Darryn Rae & Katie May............ 24
Making Round Robin Reading a Practice of the Past: Supporting Teachers to
Change. Tracey C Cullen, Jill M Paris .......................................................... 28
Book Reviews:
- The Travelling Restaurant: Jasper's Voyage in Three Acts; Organ Music. J. Gibbons.38
- The Ghosts of Iron Bottom Sound, Joy Brown.......................................... 39
- An Elephant in the Garden; Herbert the Brave Sea Dog, Joy Brown ................ 40
- Cork in the Ocean, Joy Brown; The Terribly Tired Try-Anything Tuatara, Joy Brown 41
- Night Monkey, Day Monkey; Judy Moody, Girl Detective. Joy Brown 5
New NZRA Executive Member, Mal Thomson ................................................... 41
News from the Councils 43
Cover photograph: Carrie Bouffard from the National Library ran a workshop for student librarians
about the roles, responsibilities and importance of pupil librarians. In this photo a group of children
are busy categorising roles of a librarian into Service, Promotion, Environment and Shelving.