Postscript to Queen's Jubilee

On Monday we put out our display of books that celebrate Queen Elizabeth and this afternoon as we were about to leave I had a quick look at the display ...not much left. We had scrummaged around and added things that I had long forgotten about and they too had gone. Quite a few of the students had watched the concert and seen the Queen having tea with Paddington, so they were keen to borrow Paddington books! When they had gone others went too.

Books we added:

• Paddington at the Palace  by Michael Bond and R.W.Alley

• Horrid Henry Meets the Queen by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross

                                                                                           

• Me, the Queen and Christopher  by Giles Andreae and Tony Ross

• Don't Chew the Royal Shoe!  by Kate Leake

• Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party by Megan McDonald and Peter Reynolds

In this quarto-sized  book of beautiful dog photos  there is a photo of a corgi wearing a crown and it was such a good centrepiece for the display. Wish I'd taken a photo of it before all the books disappeared.

• Eyes on Dogs  by Maggie Fischer

Then we just added any book that featured London, Buckingham Palace, London buses, taxis, beefeaters and guards and there were so many. Nearly every series visits London...Maisy, Charlie and Lola, Topsy and Tim, Katie, Madeleine...

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest reigning monarch in British history and 2022 marks her Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years of service as Queen, and while I think Australia should  cease to be part of the Commonwealth and govern without a Governor General appointed by the Queen, I do think that Queen Elizabeth has proved herself to be an amazing individual and someone to be revered. My daughter lives and works in London and this weekend coming there is a four day weekend there (Thursday 2nd to Sunday 5th June) to celebrate the culmination of the Queen's Jubilee which I am sure she will appreciate.

What will I be doing to celebrate? Well we could have a display in the library of the few books we do have that feature the Queen in some capacity, but given that this week is also National Reconciliation Week which I think is very important for Australia, it would probably not be timely or diplomatic to celebrate the Queen and Australia's links to British history. Perhaps after Reconciliation Week we could have a very low key display.

What books? We have these:

• Steve Antony's series

 

• Nicholas Allan's The Queen's Knickers

• Peppa Visits the Queen

• Little Elizabeth by Valerie Wilding and Pauline Gregory

• Queen Elizabeth II by Susannah Davidson

• Tea With the the Queen by Pip Jones and Ella Okstrad

• Shhh! Don't Wake the Royal Baby by Martha Mumford and Ada Grey

• And one to buy, the latest in Little People Big Dreams  series