Gilgandra Library "Dream Library" competition results

During the school holidays, the Library held a competition called “Draw your dream library”. We received 16 entries, from children aged from 5 to 13. There were some beautiful drawings and some fantastic ideas. Several children drew an outside view of their dream library. Most were imposing buildings, with multiple stories and interesting windows. We especially loved the pretty library decorated with hearts and flowers, and the beautiful library which consisted of three towers with a large diamond on the roof of each of the towers. There was also a wonderful rocket ship library.

Other children drew floor plans for the interior of their dream library. There were some interesting new ideas, such as an open plan room containing all the usual shelves and books, with a wide set of stairs leading up to a smaller second storey which was entirely devoted to quiet space. Another child drew a library with lots of books, a café, a play room and a room devoted to electronic games. Another child drew a library with a separate enclosed sound proof movie room and another space for babies to sleep. In most of the entries, the children drew a separate clearly defined room for kids, and most included a play area. One great idea was to have an outdoor play area attached to the library, with swings.

Most of the children included more computers in their dream library, and several had separate computer rooms. One had a quiet room where older people could sit and relax near the front of the library, and a noisy children’s play room at the back. The teenagers section featured a bean bag corner and lots of shelves of books.

There were six prizes for the “dream libraries” which showed the most new ideas. It was very difficult to choose the winning entries, because each of the drawings included lots of fresh ideas. First prize was won by Jael, and the five runners up were: Shea, Sophie, Joshua, Wesley and Amber. The other entries were so beautiful that we decided to give each of the other entrants a small gift, too. We would like to thank the children for their lovely drawings, which will be displayed at the Library.