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Book Week Friday 23 August 2024

Dear Parents,

This year for Book Week we have planned for another fun-filled Better Buddies/Book Week Day/Grandparent visit on Friday 23 August.  Your child can come dressed as their favourite book week character or come dressed in line with this year’s theme, ‘Reading is Magic.’

The outline of the morning will be: 

8:35 Book Fair held in the Hall until 3:30. Grandparents and parents are welcome to purchase books throughout the day.

9:00-9:30 Book Parade - Grandparents and parents are welcome to view the Parade from the balcony or bottom yard.

9:30-10:00 Grandparents only (unless there are mobility issues, then a parent can assist)  are invited to visit their grandchildren's designated ‘Family Grouping' class to share a favourite book.  (Students will know the day before which class they will be in, so be sure to check and ask your child the night before, which class they will be found in).  Posters will also be in the foyer to assist with this.   

All adults must sign in before entering any classrooms to ensure Child Safety.  

If parents are not required for support they are asked to leave the classroom and enjoy some time together in the Parish Hall. 

Due to privacy regulations photos are permitted of your child/children only on this day.

10:00-11:00 Grandparents and parents are invited to morning tea hosted by PIC in the Hall. Parents and Grandparents can browse through the Book Fair and if they like, can purchase books that will be on display in the Hall.

Author Visit - Kym Lardner

On Thursday 22 August or Friday 23 August the students will enegage in a fun story telling session with Kym Lardner, a well-known Australian children’s author and illustrator.   He will be selling his own books and signing them during his visit if families are interested, but you are under no obligation to purchase books. 

The students will be immersed in fun Book Week activities for the rest of the day which will finish with an Assembly (weather permitting) hosted by the Creative Arts SAT Team.

Shortlisted Books - Categories:

• Book of the Year: Young Readers “Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. Ages 7-12 years.”

BEING JIMMY BAXTER by Fiona Lloyd

HUDA WAS HERE by H. Hayek

REAL PIGEONS FLAP OUT by Andrew McDonald Illustrated by Ben Wood

SCAR TOWN by Tristan Bancks 

SCOUT AND THE RESCUE DOGS by Dianne Wolfer Illustrated by Tony Flowers

THE SIDEWAYS ORBIT OF EVIE HART by Samera Kamaleddine

• Book of the Year: Early Childhood “Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.”

BEAR & DUCK ARE FRIENDS by Sue deGennaro 

CAN YOU TEACH A FISH TO CLIMB A TREE? By Jane Godwin 

GRACE AND MR MILLIGAN by Caz Goodwin

GYMNASTICA FANTASTICA! By Briony Stewart 

ONE LITTLE DUCK by Katrina Germein Illustrated by Danny Snell 

THE CONCRETE GARDEN by Bob Graham 

• Picture Book of the Year “Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and Illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through Illustrations. Ages 0-18 years (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).”

BOWERBIRD BLUES by Aura Parker

EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT by Peter Cheong 

IF I WAS A HORSE by Sophie Blackall

PAPER-FLOWER GIRL by Mateja Jager Written by Margrete Lamond

THAT BIRD HAS ARMS by Niharika Hukku and Ronojoy Ghosh Written by Kate and Jol Temple 

TIMELESS by Kelly Canby

• Eve Pownall Award “Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.”

AUSTRALIA: COUNTRY OF COLOUR by Jess Racklyeft

COUNTRY TOWN  byIsolde Martyn and Robyn Ridgeway Illustrated by Louise Hogan

EWW GROSS: FOUL FACTS AND PUTRID PICTURES by Dan Marshall

OUR COUNTRY: WHERE HISTORY HAPPENED by Mark Greenwood Illustrated by Franè Lessac

TAMARRA: A STORY OF TERMITES ON GURINDJI COUNTRY by Violet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal, Leah Leaman, Cecelia Edwards, Cassandra Algy, Felicity Meakins, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti 

THIS BOOK THINKS YA DEADLY! By Corey Tutt Illustrated by Molly Hunt