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Shortlisted Book of the Year titles donated to a good cause

Act for Kids is a not-for-profit organisation that provides services to children and families who have experienced or are at risk of abuse and neglect. The service runs programs on the Gold Coast including parent groups for children aged 3−5 years, and a parent/child group for 2+ years called ‘Talk Learn and Grow’. These wonderful groups are based around early interaction/attachment building, play, language and literacy. They also have specialists in home support who work closely with families to support play and interaction, and target book sharing interactions. Angie Canning (Speech Pathologist) was in the fortunate position to be a judge for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards (3−5

From left: Angie Canning donating the 12 shortlisted books in the 3–5

year Book of the Year category to Jennifer West at ACT for Kids (Burleigh, Gold Coast) on 16 October.

years category) this year. Knowing what a wonderful job ACT for Kids have been doing, and being aware of their book sharing interactions, Angie generously donated the 12 beautiful hardcover picture books (3−5 years category nominees) to their

service. The service was selected as they do lots of great work with preschool aged children and their families, including story sharing sessions targeting language and emergent literacy skills and school readiness groups.

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