Preschool poetry with Maxine Beneba Clarke

A young girl engrossed in a book, surrounded by shelves of books in a library.

In a very special storytime session at the City Library, pre-school aged children and their carers were introduced to the enchanting world of language and rhyme of award winner author Maxine Beneba Clarke.

The session started with an exploration of picture books and poems about wiggling, animals, family, and even fashion. The little ones then had the chance to express their creativity and identity by adorning paper bow ties with colourful drawings and fun stickers.

Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of over ten books, including the ABIA winning short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the memoir The Hate Race and the poetry collections How Decent Folk Behave and Carrying the World. She was appointed as the inaugural Peter Steele Poet in Residence by the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts in 2022.