Book Week 2026

Book Week Parade

Come along to our annual Book Week Parade at our school assembly on Monday 24th August at 9:00 am.  Children are invited to dress as a favourite book character for the parade. The children are welcome to bring the matching book if they have one, but that is not obligatory!

Toddlers are very welcome to join in the fun too!

If the weather is not kind to us on Monday morning, we will hold our parade in the Community Hall.

Some costumes may not be suitable or comfortable to wear all day, so please send your child with a change of clothes if that is the case.

Author and Illustrator Visits

Over the next two weeks, we have three wonderful opportunities for our students to learn about how authors and illustrators create their work.

Lucinda Gifford - Author and Illustrator

This Friday our Prep to Year 4 students will begin celebrating Book Week with a visit from Lucinda Gifford, who is both an author and illustrator. We have been exploring many of her books during Library sessions this year. A particular favourite of Lucinda’s books is Valerie: Australia’s Bravest Sausage Dog which is inspired by the incredible true story of a sausage dog that went missing on Kangaroo Island for many months.

Families have the opportunity to pre-order Lucinda's books if they wish through The Little Book Room. Simply click on the link below. 

Jo Dabrowski - Author

On Friday 28th August all of our students will participate in a session with Jo Dabrowski who is a local author. Jo has two books shortlisted for the CBCA awards this year: Dear Broccoli and The Thing About Christmas so we have our fingers crossed that she wins a prize.

Andy Griffiths - Author

Renowned author Andy Griffith will visit Corpus Christi on Thursday 27th August! Andy’s Treehouse series and Just series are very popular and very well read!

Use the link below to purchase Andy's books from The Little Book Room who organised the competion for Andy's visit. The deadline for purchasing signed copies of Andy's book has passed. However families can still order unsigned copies of  his books until Sunday 30th August.

We are looking forward to celebrating Book Week. 

Happy reading!

Jane Wilkinson

Teacher Librarian