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Perth Children’s Book Week in August 2010 Encourages Reading And Creativity

The 65th annual Australian Children’s Book Week with kick off in Perth and across the country on 21August with parades and events aimed at encouraging reading.

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has been encouraging the country’s youngsters to read, learn and boost their creativity for a full 65 years. Established in 1945 and run by dedicated volunteers as a non profit making organisation, CBCA also hosts a ‘Children’s Book of the Year’ award.

Children’s Book Week celebrates Australian children’s’ book and their authors and illustrators, and is the longest running children’s festival in the country. Teachers, librarians both in schools and in the municipalities and parents take part, organising competitions, story telling sessions and fancy dress parades.

The aim of the festival, slated this year for 21 to 27 August and fully supported by Australian educators, is to open the world of books to all children, encouraging reading as a hobby in order to stimulate creativity. Each year’s festival has a theme, with this year’s being ‘Across the Story Bridge’.

Australia and its city of Perth, close to resort areas, are increasingly popular as visitor destinations, with local hotels often tending to be fully booked, especially in winter when the weather is cooler. Brand leader DirectRooms.com suggest booking rooms in Perth hotels well in advance in order to be sure of satisfactory accommodation.

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Summer Schools And Fun Clubs 2010 Gear Up For The Season

Bookings for Bangkok’s summer schools and fun clubs for kids may result in shortage of family hotel rooms.

Summer school programmes after term ends are popular with parents whose kids attend international schools all over Thailand, and always include learning through playing as well as fun. The capital city of Bangkok has many international schools which provide the service, not just for their own pupils but for other children as well.

Ploenchit International Kindergarten’s Summer Fun Club 2010 is one of the most popular, and incorporates two programmes, with the first beginning 28 June and ending 21 July and the second running from 22 July to 19 August. Parents who holiday in Bangkok hotels during the school break find the programmes useful for keeping their kids occupied

Both Ploenchit’s summer programmes aim to give children aged between 2 and 6 confidence and knowledge through interesting, enjoyable and creative experiences involving music, drawing, crafts and games as well as lessons. Daily reports are sent to parents, and classes contain no more than 15 children.

The Thai capital has been a major tourist destination for many years, with the summer period a favourite with families from colder climes. Although the city has many hotels, finding suitable family accommodation during the summer months is best done by booking well in advance.

Lek Boonlert, marketing director of DirectRooms.com, comments, “We advise that hotel bookings for suitable family accommodation should be arranged as early as possible, as rooms of this type in Bangkok are sought after during the holiday period.”

Parents who wish to enrol their kids in the Summer Club should contact Ploenchit International Kindergarten at 02 256 6452-3.

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