International Women's Day 2010 will be Celebrated in Boonah

Many of us young women take our working conditions and rights for granted these days. Having grown up in a generation where women have almost equal rights to men, we don't often think about what it would be like to live in a world where women worked long hours for half a man's wage and had no right to vote.

In the early 1900's, thousands of women marched through New York to petition for womens rights. From the actions of these women, International Women's Day came to be celebrated in many countries over the world as an official day for women to speak out our rights, the changes we would like to see in the world and how we can try to effect these changes.

So on Monday 8th March head over to the Fassifern Community Centre on Little High Street for stalls, arts and craft, free workshops, and health and lifestyle discussions. It starts at 9:30 and continues until 2:30pm. Feel free to bring your littlies!

There will be a range of FREE workshops on yoga, holistic well being, belly dancing, and heaps more.

The Story Tree will have a stall, so please pop in and have a cup of tea with me.

B. Graham joins the party..

Two words. Bob. Graham.
Recently The Story Tree added to its children's collection many of his much loved picture books and lets just say, I (Laura) pretty much wanted to jump for joy. As a child it was tradition for my Dad to read me a story before I went to bed and generally, as tradition goes, I pestered Dad to read the same story..every night. (Awkward silence) Hey don't judge me, he was really great with the characters voices!

Anyhow this book was called the Ship of Hope by, you guessed it, none other than Mr Graham.
With his beautifully detailed illustrations and clever story lines, Bob Graham became a hit with not only me but my Dad.

While our collection contains more of his newer releases such as Dimity Dumpty - The Story of Humpty's Little Sister, we also have some of the great classics like Greetings From Sandy Beach.

So should you be in the need for a great book that will entertain both you and the kids look no further than Australia's award winning author and illustrator, Bob Graham. He's the man.

When not at work, we play!

We visited Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Tobes is clearly over the kangaroos...

At the beach, Oskar has this great idea involving massaging sand into Tobey's hair

Ah, feeding the Roos

Oskar frolics

while Tobey and Matt brave the waves

Well g'day folks, thought I'd pop in and say hi, cos it's been awhile. I, Rachel have got such a great team at The Story Tree that I have put many tasks into their capable hands. Towards the end of 2009 i was quite unwell and had my gall bladder removed as a result. Between convalescing, the christmas madness and a beach holiday with the family, I have had a good mix of rest, activity and play.

Valentine's Day Schmalentine's Day....Whateva...

As Valentine’s Day looms upon us once again, love is in the air… and for better or worse it has recently intoxicated the premises of The Story Tree.

Hello there dear friends! My name is Laura or as I am now currently referred to – “Schloz”. Without telling you my life story, I’m a born and bred member of the Boon and I graduated from high school last year. I’ve been working at the Story Tree now for… heck, let me think… well since we were at our first location at Coronation Drive anyhow.

As I mentioned before, the decorations are up, the books are out, The Story Tree is ready for lovers day but to be honest we’re not all that fussed. Now don’t get me wrong, I can be a sentimental schmuck if I put my mind to it, give me the Notebook to watch any day and I’ll need a box of Kleenex Aloe Vera Super Soft! However, the approach of the day of Valentine’s makes this sexy singleton a tad pessimistic. The thought is nice, the thought of reminding someone how much you care for them is something we all could use every now and then. However giant teddy bears with chocolates and balloons is pretty lame is it not? Eh? Eh….. Ok fine so truth be told, maybe I just wish I had someone to spoil me *sigh..

So to all you terribly attractive but slightly single people out there...

The Story Tree feels your pain, for one day of the year it down right sucks to be alone. But never fear! Head forth on Valentine’s weekend (13^th, 14^th) to the center of the universe and enjoy a symphony in your mouth with coffee, cake and free love advice!

Some terribly attractive but
slightly single people as mentioned earlier.

Whilst love might not always be fair, sometimes as Maddie found out the universe does hand you a hunk of spunk right in the palm of your hand just in time for V. Day (impeccable timing)

There is always hope my friends!

"Lonesome and... alone."

"Oh why hello you.."

"So umm, do you like to read? I like to read."

P.S All that being said as you can see here we have a great range of perfectly appropriate goodies for that special someone : )

These are the chuckle worthy, perhaps even knee slapper cards Shannyn mentioned in the last blog…