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All Southern Downs Regional Libraries will be closed on

Monday 28 January for the

Australia Day Holiday

Stanthorpe Library will be closed on

Friday 1 February for the

Stanthorpe Show Holiday

Allora Library

will be closed on

Friday 8 February

for the

Allora Show Holiday

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Warwick Library

Every Thursday

10.30 am

Stanthorpe Library

Every Tuesday

10.30 am

Storytime starts again

Stanthorpe: Tuesday 5 February

Warwick: Thursday 7 February

The Queen of Hearts The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts

all on a summer's day;

The Knave of Hearts he stole the tarts

and took them clean away.

The King of Hearts called for the tarts

and beat the Knave full sore

The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts

and vowed he'd steal no more.

The sun is beating

down. Can you

find your way to

the hat for some

protection?

Try some frozen grapes—stick them in the freezer in the

morning and they are ready by afternoon. Yum!

Make your own fruit juice popsicles and slushies. Yum yum!

3-d hanging paper hearts

Use the template below to draw

4 hearts. Colour them in

and then cut them out.

Fold them in half

Glue each half to an-

other until only one side is

left.

Place a piece of string down the

middle, then glue the final side.

Your heart is now ready to hang.

You can add a tassel if you wish.

Summer fruit ripple This creamy, light dessert looks great and tastes delicious! Although this recipe sug-gests fresh fruit, frozen fruit would be fine, but you must thaw it completely be-fore you begin. On a hot summer’s day, you can freeze the finished ripple for at least 4 hours, to make a super-cool treat.

Makes 4 servings

250g ripe strawberries

125g ripe raspberries

125g ripe blueberries

4 tbsp of fresh orange juice

275 ml natural yoghurt

275 ml double cream

2 tbsp of clear runny honey

2 tbsp of icing sugar (sieved)

1. Wash all the fruit and put a handful to one side. (they will be used to

decorate the finished dessert.) Hull the strawberries and cut them

into quarters.

2. Place the orange juice, icing sugar and half of the fruit into a proces-

sor. Put the lid on securely and blend to make a smooth puree.

3. Sieve the blended fruit into a mixing bowl to separate the seeds and

fruit pulp. Use a wooden spoon to press the liquid through.

4. Carefully stir the rest of the strawberries, blueberries and raspber-

ries into the fruit puree with a metal spoon (excluding the fruits set

aside in step 1.)

5. Lightly whip the cream in a large bowl. When it is ready, it will stand

up in soft peaks.

6. Fold the yoghurt, honey and half of the fruit mixture into the cream.

Layer the marbled cream mixture with the rest of the fruit mixture

in serving glasses.

Ibbs, Katharine “DK children’s cookbook: delicious step-by-step recipes” Mel-

bourne, VIC: Dorling Kindersley, 2004. Call number: 641.51 IBB

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