Book Week 2025

This year, the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is celebrating its 80th Children's Book Week! Since 1945, they have brought children and books together to celebrate books through Children's Book Week.

This year's theme is Book an Adventure.

Book Week Parade

Along with the many and varied Book Week activities that we will do this year, we will celebrate with a Book Week Parade at our school assembly on Monday 25th August at 9:00 am.

On this day, children are invited to come dressed as their favourite book character or as a character matching the theme. If your child's costume is not suitable to wear all day, please send along some other clothes and shoes they can change into after the parade.

A few ideas for Book Week costumes:

Mythical creatures
Harry Potter characters
Fairy tales or nursery rhymes
Pirates
Alice in Wonderland
Wizard of Oz
Dr Seuss stories
Roald Dahl characters
Adventurers such as Tintin
Mr Men and Little Miss Characters
Football/soccer players

Book Week Performance

At 2:00 pm on Monday 25th August the children in Years Prep to 4 will experience the re-enactment of one of the shortlisted books. Meerkat Productions will bring to life The Garden of Broken Things by Freya Blackwood.

This is a beautiful story that celebrates curiosity and the joy of listening.

Illustrator Visit - Ben Wood

Last week our Year 3 - 6 students enjoyed an interactive session with Ben Wood, the illustrator of Real Pigeons and Hello Twigs books. Ben was a very engaging presenter who encouraged the children to keep a drawing/writing journal to record their ideas for future reference.

Happy reading!

Jane Wilkinson

Teacher Librarian

jwilkinson@cckingsville.catholic.edu.au