Books still popular with children
Children’s books sell like hot cakes at the Rotary Club Book Fair.
Children growing up in the electronic age still have an appetite for old-fashioned books, if the Fairfield Rotary Book Fair is anything to go by.
Despite fears that children are losing interest in reading, some of the book fair’s biggest customers at the weekend were families.
The annual fair featured three times the usual amount of children’s books.
“You can’t beat having a book in your hands,” said Seddon Polglase, Fairfield Rotary Club president.
“And it’s the physical experience of reading for children, the touch and the pictures.”
Mr Polglase noted that many of the children’s books donated to Rotary have chewed pages as evidence of children’s physical enjoyment of them.
Melody Woodward, who was shopping for books for her children, agreed.
“The fair’s great for the young ones because they can sometimes go through a lot of books.”
There was something for everyone at the Rotary Book Fair, Mr Polglase said.
“It doesn’t matter what your taste is, we have everything. We have a good run of Mills and Boon but on the other hand I was talking to customers yesterday about the merits of the classics.”
By Saturday afternoon sales at the fair had reached $38,000, slightly up on previous years.
“It’s all about money going back in to the community,” said Mr Polglase.
