What is Paint the Town REaD?
Paint the Town REaD (PTTR) is an early literacy initiative that encourages everyone to read, talk, sing and rhyme with children from birth so that they are ready for reading and writing by the time they start school.
This community initiative started in Parkes NSW in 1996 and has now expanded to over 50 local government areas across Australia.
Go to the Paint the Town REaD website to learn more about PTTR's history.
About Camden Paint the Town REaD
Camden Paint the Town REaD's journey started in 2016 when Binyang the Bookasaurus hatched from an egg at the first Camden PTTR reading day held at Narellan Library.
Our goal is to initiate Camden children's love reading, talking, singing and rhyming in their early years, and for this to continue to grow with them in their school years and adulthood.
Camden Paint the Town REaD reading tent and Binyang the Bookasaurus out and about in the Camden community.
Above: 2016 Camden Paint the Town REaD reading day at Narellan Library.
Above: Binyang visiting the Love Food Hate Waste demonstration at the 2017 Camden Grandparents Day event.
Above: Binyang's Naming Ceremony performed by Aunty Denise at the 2018 Camden Paint the Town REaD Annual Reading Day on 27 April 2018.
Above: Binyang celebrating National Families Week at the 2018 Camden Play Day For Families event held on 20 May 2018 .
Above: Binyang and the Camden PTTR Committee at the at Oran Park Library opening on the 30 June 2018.
Above: Binyang and the Camden PTTR Committee at the 2018 Camden NAIDOC celebrations held at Oran Park Library on the 10 July 2018.
Above: Binyang visiting Aspect Macarthur School's new school library on the 22 August 2018.
Above: Binyang meets Paws (Camden Council's Responsible Pet Ownership mascot) and children at Camden Kids Fun Day on 19 September 2018.
Above: Binyang visiting students at KU Cobbitty Preschool to congratulate them on their community street library initiative.
Camden Paint the Town REaD Book Lists
Camden Paint the Town REaD has also made it easy for people to purcahse a book for a child with its book lists.
2018 Disability Inclusion (International Day of People with Disability) Book List
2018 NAIDOC Book List
2018 Multicultural March Book List
2017 Christmas Book List
Thank you to our Committee members and project partners:
Committee members
- Camden Council (Committee convenor)
- Benevolent Society (Committee member)
- Camden Council Libraries (Committee member)
- Camden Family Day Care (Committee member)
- Narellan World of Learning (Committee member)
- Northcott (Committee member)
- NSW Health - Narellan Speech Pathology Team (Committee member)
- Sector Connect Incorporated (Committee member)
- Steve Matthews, local children's author (Committe member)
- The Big Yellow Umbrella (Committee member)
Project partners
- Camden Men's Shed (Thank you for donating the materials and building our book boxes).
- Vision Australia (Thank you for supporting our 2018 Reading Day)
For more information about Camden Paint the Town REaD phone Camden Council on 4645 5050.
