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Notable and Shortlisted Books
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Visit the official CBCA website for lists of notable and shortlisted books.
Aaron Blabey Piranhas don't eat bananas
Aaron Blabey books
Aaron Blabey – Picture Book Maker from Story Box Library – YouTube
Yellowbean learning ideas for Piranhas don’t eat bananas
Other books by Aaron Blabey –
Thelma the Unicorn read by Aaron Blabey - ScholasticAustralia YouTube
Pig the Pug- Scholastic YouTube
How to draw Pig the Pug Booktopia TV
Bad Guys: Episode One trailer
Alison Lester My dog Bigsy
Alison Lester website
Book trailer 11secs
Danny Parker and Freya Blackwood Perfect
Freya Balckwood blog
Danny Parker website
Teacher notes at Scholastic pdf
The Little Big Book Club notes pdf
Ronojoy Ghosh Ollie and the Wind
Ronojoy Ghosh bio
Teachers resources pdf – Random House
Anna Walker Mr Huff
Anna Waker website
Book trailer
Study notes – Scholastic doc
Tony Wilson and Laura Wood The cow tripped over the moon
Tony Wilson website
Laura Wood website
Teachers notes pdf - Scholastic
Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwood The Cleo stories: A friend and a pet
Libby Gleeson
Freya Blackwood
Morris Gleitzman Soon
Morris Gleitzman
ScholasticTeacher's Notes
Morris Gleitzman talking about Soon (YouTube 4:01)
Once read by Morris Gleitzman prt 1 (a good way to introduce the main character) YouTube 10:02
Once booktrailer YouTube 2:02
J C Jones Run Pip, Run
J C Jones on Facebook
Allen and Unwin information
Sally Morgan Sister Heart
Sally Morgan on Children's Books Daily
Sally Morgan ABC.net
Fremantle Press Teaching Notes
Martine Murray Molly, Pim and the Millions of Stars
Martine Murray
Text Publishing Teacher's Notes
Martine Murray talks on YouTube about Molly and Pim (1:30)
Emily Rodda Shadows of the Master
Emily Rodda
Scholastic Australia Book Trailer YouTube 1:04
ABC RN interview with Emily Rodda – Podcast (14:24)
Shane Devries & Phil Cummings Ride, Ricardo, Ride
Phil Cummings
Digital paintings from Shane Devries
Pinterest board for Shane Devries
Shane Devries information on design42day
Shane Devries on artofday On this site you will find a number of illustrations about toys floating across fantasy landscapes. Use them as a stimulus to create a story to match one or more of the illustrations.
Scholastic Teachers Notes
Phil Cumings reading Ride, Ricardo, Ride! YouTube 4:57
James Foley & Sigi Cohen My dead bunny
Sigi Cohen info on Walker Books
James Foley
James blog posts tagged My Dead Bunny
Book Trailer YouTube 2:10
How to draw My Dead Bunny YouTube 4:48
My Dead Bunny - Shading and texture illustration timelapse YouTube 4:01
My Dead Bunny Mindlessness colouring sheet
My Dead Bunny Mindlessness colouring sheet 2
Armin Greder & Nadia Wheatley Flight
Windy Hollow Books - Flight
Armin Greder The Literature Centre information
Reading Time interview with Armin Greder
Reading Time interview with Nadia Wheatley
ABC interview with Nadia Wheatley
Life matters interview podcast
Riverbend Books School Book Club Teachers Notes
Sally Heinrich & Jane Jolly One step at a time
Sally and Jane funded the publication of this book via the crowd funding site Pozzible. They raised $11,726 dollars. Read their story here
Sally Heinrich illustrator
Sally Heinrich artist
http://www.janejolly.com/Jane Jolly
One Step at a Time website
One Step at a Time Teachers Notes
Matt Ottley & Lucy Estela Suri's Wall
Matt Ottley
Lucy Estella
Book Trailer
Scholastic Teaching notes
Bruce Whatley & Eric Bogle And the band played Waltzing Matilda
Allen & Unwin Book Trailer YouTube 5:21
The song with WW I images YouTube 7:24
Eric Bogle
Song lyrics
Bruce Whatley
Allen & Unwin Teacher Notes
Phasmid – Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
I Need a Hug - Aaron Blabey - Notable book (509 KB)
This activity is also in our Book Week publication in a different version.
My Dog Bigsy - Alison Lester (870 KB)
This page is also in our Book Week publication with different graphics. It shows you the type of activities we put in our book.
My Dog Bigsy - Alison Lester - Story Map (119 KB)
Follow the story map. Create your own diagram of Bigsy.
Brian Piranha's Awesome Fruit Platter (115 KB)
Make fake fruit for Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey
Australia: Story Country
Create a map Australia: Story Country using MY MAPS as a library project. Get students to help identify stories that are set in actual Australian towns. These can be plotted onto the map. The map can be shared on your library blog and viewed by anyone without the need to sign in.
An alternative to this is instead of naming the books, leave a clue in of the locations and have students identify the books. The map can be designed so each ‘pin’ has a letter designated to it. Tutorials can be found on You Tube on how to use My Maps. You need a google account, and you can access through your google drive, clicking on new, more.. My Maps. You could also do the same with a physical map.
Look at this library blog as an example. Click on the places on the map to see what books are set in that location.
Songlines: The Narrative of our Nation
Australia: Story Country (759 KB)
This display promotes and engages active participation in researching and selecting books that are colour coded to represent categories of Australian stories.
This year our network supported Priamry Arts Network Ipswich in running a series of workshops on art activities for Book Week. We are now making those pages avaialble for people to access, especially those who attended the workshops. Some are in our publication.
Australia: Story Country (759 KB)
This display promotes and engages active participation in researching and selecting books that are colour coded to represent categories of Australian stories.
My Dog Bigsy - Alison Lester (870 KB)
This page is also in our Book Week publication with different graphics. It shows you the type of activities we put in our book.
Book Week Art Workshop notes (743 KB)
Contents
Piranhas don’t eat bananas by Aaron Blabey
My Dog Bigsy by Alison Lester
Mr Huff by Anna Walker
Phasmid, Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect by Rohan Cleave and Coral Tulloch
One Step at a Time by Jane Jolly and Sally Heinrich
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle and Bruce Whatley
