Blue Dragon Book Fair at Ngaio Town Hall Saturday 29 May 9am to 4pm AND Sunday 30 May 9am to 1pm.

You are invited to come and buy books, puzzles/games, DVDs and CDs. Children’s books are $1 each. Other books are $3 (and $2 each, after the first five books purchased).

If you feel it's not long since we had our last book fair, in November, you'd be right. However, this is the time of year that works well for a number of reasons, and last year was - please - just an aberration in that we had to postpone twice.

If you have books to donate, please be in touch. We are particularly happy to have more children’s books.

All proceeds - over $16,000 last year - will go to the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, which helps to break the poverty cycle for Vietnam's poorest children. This includes street kids, children with disabilities, children from rural families living in extreme poverty, and victims of human trafficking and slavery.

Dinah Dobson, trustee (027 686 4554) Blue Dragon New Zealand, www.bluedragonnz.wordpress.com