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The Growing Child Needs To Read Books

Published: Mon 6 Aug 2012 10:03 AM
The Growing Child Needs To Read Books
The guest this week In Conversation with Noel Cheer on Triangle Television is the children's author Dorothy Butler who is one of New Zealand’s legendary writers for children and about children. At 87, Dorothy is a passionate advocate for the importance of reading in the life of the growing child,
Dorothy Butler wrote this: "For relationships, minds have to engage. Ideas are essential, and books constitute a superlative source of ideas. Books can be bridges between children and parents, and children and the world."
Triangle Television, Wednesday 8th of August at 7:00pm and repeated Thursday 9th of August at 12:30pm.
Triangle Television, the home of original public broadcasting, can be received in the Auckland region on UHF Channels 41, 42 and 52.
Triangle Television is also transmitted live on streaming TV – an emerging technology – which can be received (as a live feed) on broadband-connected computers and on Internet-connected television sets throughout New Zealand. Point your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari ...) to www.ecasttv.co.nz
"In Conversation with Noel Cheer" receives funding from New Zealand on Air. This has enabled Triangle Television to introduce viewers to over 200 New Zealanders on Air over the last 5 years of continuous weekly broadcasting.
ENDS

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