An Autumn Cabbage Leaf

The Cabbage Leaf is the name of a free magazine which is distributed locally by Botany and Other Stories. It's a slang term in France for a low quality newspaper, but also has the advantage of being green - and the message of the magazine is that we are all part of Nature.

In this issue, they have been working with the children of Clyro School, who have provided pictures and two stories from eleven year olds about plastic pollution in the seas.
A group of children from Clyro School also visited the National Botanical Garden of Wales. They interviewed Amy, who works there, went to look in the pond for tadpoles and pond snails, and spent the afternoon in the butterfly house. There are lots of pictures of butterflies.

There's also an article about Maria Sibylla Merian, an artist and scientist who lived from 1647 to 1713, a botanical illustration by Françoise Verger, a book review by Elspeth-miri Llewelyn Funnell, aged eleven, and an article about the Mexican Cempoalxochitl flower by Karen Francis Torres, who is from Mexico.

There's also news of a new session at Hay Library called The Enchanted Hour, in which "writers and performers will read aloud to transport the Library visitors to another world". This happens on the second Friday of each month at 3.30pm, starting on 11th October.
The Library also has Storytime for babies and toddlers every Monday from 11am to 11.30am.