Help! NCACL Campaign Message from Dr Belle Alderman AM

This year the National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature (NCACL) is reaching out to all Australians interested in children’s literature for help. We have been here and growing for 50 years, loving and preserving over 65,000 children’s books and hundreds of authors’ manuscripts, original artworks, translations, ephemera and so much more. This treasured collection needs your help.

We need money to keep growing and managing the collection and we need money to make sure these precious pieces of our national story are available for whomever needs them. They might be teachers, researchers, authors, illustrators and especially children.

It is the end of the financial year when many of us think about making donations to charity. Think about NCACL. Your tax-deductible gift will really help us to continue building this unique collection and longer term, perhaps consolidate even in new accommodation. Protecting, classifying and making available thousands of these treasures takes effort and money. This June we have set a target of $200,000 to be sourced from your community and every dollar helps us towards our goal.

Scan the QR code to take you directly to our website’s secure donation page or if you prefer, here is the direct link to our donation page.

Thank you.

Dr Belle Alderman AM
Emeritus Professor of Children’s Literature
Director, National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature Inc

Posted by: NCACL | Published: 16 May 2025