Library
Book Swap Library
Lilly T and Lucy W our library captains are excited to announce our book swap library is ready to go. Their book swap will happen on a Wednesday before and after school outside the library 8:40am-8:50am and after school 3:30pm-3:40pm. Students will need to bring a book to take a book. Please make sure you have given permission for the book swap. Our first book swap will be on the 13th of May.
Book Club issue 3
Book club issue 3 has been sent home. There is some amazing new books and some old favourites. Orders will close on the 10th of May.
https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/issue-preview/
CBCA Shortlisted Books 2026
As a school we are extremely proud to be able to have these amazing books in our school library. They will be on show soon for everyone to enjoy them. They will then be ready to borrow in term 3.
Book of the Year: YOUNGER READERS
Run, Sarah Armstrong (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
Something Terrible: Tim Tie-Your-Shoelaces, Sally Barton, illustrated by Christopher Nielsen (Walker Books Australia) Interview with Sally Barton
Little Bones, Sandy Bigna, illustrated by Tamlyn Teow (University of Queensland Press) Interview with Sandy Bigna
Spirit of the Crocodile, Aaron Fa’Aoso & Michelle Scott Tucker with Lyn White (Allen & Unwin) Interview with the authors
The Paperbark Tree Committee, Karys McEwen (Text Publishing)
Inked, Karen Wasson, illustrated by Jake A Minton (Figment Books) Interview with author and illustrator coming soon
Other books from this list to feature soon
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Derek, Anne Donaldson, illustrated by Matt Shanks (Little Hare)
Frogs Are Our Friends, Toni D’Alia, Madeline White (Bright Light)
My Nonno Loves, Adelle Frittitta, illustrated by Claudia Frittitta (Little Hare)
The Colours of Home, Sally Soweol Han (Thames and Hudson Australia) Review on the way
The Emperor’s Egg, Rae Tan (Lothian Children’s Books) Review on the way
Other books from this list to feature soon
Picture Book of the Year
Bob and Dob, Sean E Avery (Walker Books Australia)
Tiwi in Paris, Glen Farmer Illortaminni (Thames and Hudson Australia)
Dear Broccoli, Cate James, text by Jo Dabrowski (Affirm Press) Author interview
Dawn, Marc Martin (Walker Books Australia)
The Frog’s First Song, Jason Phu, text by Jazz Money (University of Queensland Press) Review on the way
Once I was a Giant, Zeno Sworder (Thames and Hudson Australia) Author/illustrator interview
Other books from this list to feature soon
Eve Pownall Award
There’s a Prawn in Parliament House: The Kids’ Guide to Australia’s Amazing Democracy, Annabel Crabb, illustrated by First Dog on the Moon (Allen & Unwin) Review on the way
A Loo of One’s Own, Eleri Harris, Eleri Harris (Allen & Unwin) Review on the way
Peculiar Parents, Stephanie Owen Reeder, illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak (NLA Publishing)
The Thylacine and the Time Machine, Renée Treml (Allen & Unwin) Author/illustrator interview coming soon
Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles, Corey Tutt, Ben Williams (Allen & Unwin) Author interview on the way
Ningaloo, Tim Winton, illustrated by Cindy Lane (Fremantle Press) Interview with Tim Winton
Other books from this list to feature soon
New Illustrator
Save the Gum Trees, Bees and Big Blue Seas, Luke John Matthew Arnold (Scholastic Press) Beyond the Shore, Mark Chester Harding, text by Kirli Saunders (Scholastic Press) A Loo of One’s Own, Eleri Harris (Allen & Unwin) Review on the wayPrayer for a River, Uncle Glenn Loughrey, text by Andrew Kelly & Uncle Glenn Loughrey (Wild Dog Books) Review on the wayA Farm by the Sea, Jillian Packer (Berbay Publishing) Being Indy, Estee Sarsfield, text by Zoe Gaetjens (WestWords Children’s) Creator interview on the way
Book Reviews
This newsletter Lilly and Lucy have done a book review on a Picture book and a Junior Fiction Book. You can find both of these books in the school library. Both book reviews can be found on the library window.
If your child would like to share a review please follow the link.
https://rollinghillsps.vic.edu.au/send-us-your-book-review/
Keep on Reading!
Mrs Donnelly, Lilly T & Lucy W
