The Children’s Book Council of Australia NSW Branch Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch presented their anthology ‘Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds’ on 28th May 2021. The anthology was launched by the Governor of NSW and her husband at the State Library in Sydney.
Contributors include Libby Hathorn, Ursula Dubosarsky (Australian Children’s Laureate 2020-2021), https://www.childrenslaureate.org.au/the-current-laureate, Susanne Gervay, Sarah Davis, Louise Park, Belinda Murrell and so many more famous authors. All proceeds go the Children’s Book Council of Australia for the promotion of children’s reading and literature.
‘Rat Visits the Library’ is on pages 101- 103 of the anthology. The book should be in public libraries in NSW or can be purchased from the CBCA at https://www.cbcansw.org.au/merchandise.

“Scaredy Rat’s whiskers quivered with excitement. He scampered on the hot pavement with Cunning Cat and Tricky Dog to the library entrance. Rat sang at the top of his voice.
We are Cat, Dog and Rat all three.
We are going to the library,
To unknown lands and adventures untold,
To other places new and old.
Rat gazed around the huge room lined with bookshelves smelling of paper and polish.
The Librarian frowned at them. ‘We can’t have a rat in the library.’”
‘Rat Visits the Library’ is the first story in The Fang series to be published.
Contributors (authors and illustrators) to the anthology are:
Nat Amoore – Kristian Aus – Dianne Bates – Patricia Bernard – Sonia Bestulic – Jenny Blackford – Wendy Blaxland – Liz Bowring – Jill Carter-Hansen – Sare Christensen – Kathy Creamer – Marjorie Crosby-Fairall – Elizabeth Mary Cummings – Sarah Cummings – Kristin Darell – Ramona Davey – Sarah Davis – Ursula Dubosarsky – Mick Elliott – Alison Evernden – Jules Faber – Wendy Fitzgerald – Kate Forsyth – Susanne Gervay – Lesley Gibbes – Amy Golbach – Margaret Hamilton – Maxine ‘Max’ Hamilton – Tim Harris – Jacqueline Harvey – Libby Hathorn – Lisa Hathorn-Jarman – Christina and Jessica Huynh – Cate James – Mo Johnson – Anne Kelly – Sadami Konchi – Ashling Kwok – Julie Paine – Jan Latta – Liz Ledden – Dub Leffler – Amanda Lieber – Fiona Lloyd – Nathan Luff – Victoria Mackinlay – Sophie Masson – Marian McGuinness – Amelia McInerney – Alexa Moses – Sue Murray – Belinda Murrell – One More Page – Louise Park – Aura Parker – Gemma Patience – Mel Pearce – Oliver Phommavanh – Felicity Pulman – Bethany Rule – Kirli Saunders – Jean Saxby – Jasmine Seymour – Matthew Shallvey – Pat Simmons – Kate Simpson – Paula Stevenson – Debra Tidball – Robert Vescio – Jodie Wells-Slowgrove – Sue Whiting – Brydie Wright.
The Children’s Book Council of Australia:
‘We strive to achieve a positive social impact by engaging the community with quality literature for young Australians. We are a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organisation.’