Today Emily-Jane Woodhead and I were honoured to meet with the OAMS Elders for a few hours to discuss our Little Libraries project. They were very enthusiastic about the selected books written by Indigenous authors, and rated by 35 OAMS staff during 2024.
The list of Indigenous children's books is here: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/first-nations-resources
They provided many great ideas for using the books with OAMS children and families, as well as within the local schools and community. One wonderful idea was for elders to sit in the waiting rooms where some of the libraries will be housed and read books with children while they are waiting to be seen for medical and dental services.
We hope to learn more from the OAMS elders in the future. It was such a special day (and thanks for allowing us to use this photo).
The site where one of the little libraries will be located
