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Reading online for kids: how can we protect Australian publishers and creators?

Reading online for kids: how can we protect Australian publishers and creators?

28 Oct 2020

Amidst the challenges of 2020, we’ve seen libraries, schools and individuals adapt to connect with patrons, students and family members digitally, with special arrangements implemented during the coronavirus pandemic to allow children’s stories to be read across social media or other digital platforms. As we move towards a COVID-normal and see a return to standard publisher permissions, there’s a risk that this lack of awareness of copyright issues will grow. Online readings provided in times of difficulty is to be applauded, but in doing it for the kids, how can we protect Australian publishers and creators?
Spooky Stories for Brave Kids

Spooky Stories for Brave Kids

21 Oct 2020

We’ve just released Sigi Cohen and James Foley‘s There’s Something Weird About Lena read by Osher Günsberg, which takes readers on a spooky quest to discover the hideous truth about the odd, weird girl called Lena. It joins a very spooky collection of stories on Story Box Library for the scariest month of the year, with stories to scare even the bravest kids and one very unscary story full of MONSTROUS apple trees and FRIGHTENING rainbows for the children who like the not-so-scary things.

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