The last few days have not been kind to the little island that our little family calls home.
While Tiger and I have luxuriated in the sunbeams of a gorgeous few Summer days, up North in the backyard of the Candy Pink House, our fellow islanders down South (and, horribly today it seems, on the coast where Cackle Mummy and Daddy Bear grew up), are suffering terribly.
The fires have come to our little island, and they have brought with them ruin and heartbreak.
Summer can be every bit as cruel as it is wondrous.
The Little Family are not rich peoples. We wish we were at times like this, so we could help more. We have watched in huge admiration as people we know have given so much to those who have suffered.
We have especially admired the efforts of Fullers Bookshop, in Hobart and Launceston. If our own home burned, it is books we would miss the most. And, since Cackle Mummy and Daddy Bear were both library-dwellers at school, we are very sad that Dunalley Primary has lost not only its building but its books as well. So we have donated some of our own books to the appeal, and Cackle Mummy is chuffed that others have answered her call to donate also.
We would love it if you'd think about doing the same.
Authors, illustrators, publishers, please think about donating your books. Individuals in Tasmania can drop books off at Fullers in Launceston or Hobart. Interstate Kind People can buy gift vouchers over the phone, to be used to buy books for the rebuilt Dunalley Primary, and to donate to families who have lost everything.
It may not be food or clothing, but books ARE one of the essentials of life, and the people who have lost so much will appreciate what you can give.
Here are the contacts. If you could help at all, it would be so lovely, and gratefully received.
Fullers Bookshop Hobart
93 St John Street Launceston, Tasmania 7250 Australia
Tel: 03 6334 8499 Fax: 03 6334 8411
And here are some further details, from Fullers: http://www.fullersbookshop.com.au/we-are-helping-rebuild-dunalley-primary-school%E2%80%99s-library
~ Love, Miss Cackle x
1 comments:
Thinking of your beautiful little island (and fast becoming my other home), it's people in need, and all those animals that have perished in the fires.
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