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Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week 2020, 17-23 October is here https://www.cbca.org.au/
Curious Creatures, Wild Minds
Hello everyone and welcome back!
Get Curious and Wild and CELEBRATE CBCA BOOK WEEK with us! https://cbca.org.au/
Join us and foster a love of reading and literature with your curious creatures and support our talented CBCA authors and illustrators with their wonderful craft.
Visit our library, now OPEN! for the 2020 CBCA Shortlist treasure trove of the best Australian childrens' books published over the last year. https://www.cbca.org.au/shortlist-2020 https://www.cbca.org.au/notables-2020
Come and see our lovely Book Week decorations and displays in the library also featured on the CBCA VIC Instagram. http://www.instagram.com/p/CEahE1FjlAk/?igshid=1k1o5fh3upt7r
Get curious and go wild with our Australian books, fun activities and events with the CBCA Curious Creatives shortlist authors and illustrators. Get up close and personal with them at Taronga Zoo for a wild journey for the CBCA's 2020 Book Week theme, Curious Creatures, Wild Minds. https://taronga.org.au/education/digital-programs-online-resources/cbca-book-week
Have fun and try these Student Tasks and Resources
https://taronga.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-10/Student_Task_CBCA_Book_Week_Lesley_Gibbes_0.pdf
https://taronga.org.au/sites/default/files/2020-10/A_Hollow_is_a_Home_Story_of_a_Tree.pdf
Challenge yourself with these Reading Recommendation for various age groups.
https://vic.cbca.org.au/reading-recommendations
Tune in LIVE for the CBCA 2020 Book of the Year Awards and joinEmily Rodda, Will Kostakis and other creative creatures for the Kid’s Book of the Year Event @ Taronga Zoo.
Streaming live online on Friday October 16, 2020 10.30am–12.00noon AEDT and then available onwards. View on the CBCA NSW Branch website or Taronga TV.https://www.cbcansw.org.au/curious-creatures-wild-minds
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxmWkzrQnc69ImBAB9kHazQ
Zoom with Sue deGennaro, author and illustrator of We’re Stuck (shortlisted for the CBCA 2020 Early Childhood prize), The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog, Eddie Frogbert and Missing Marvin.
https://library.frankston.vic.gov.au/Whats_On/SuedeGennaro
Pop into the Story Box Library CBCA Book Week activity resources.
https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/blog/story-box-library-cbca-book-week-2020-activity-resources
write a letter to a curious creature, solve a curious message, discover what it’s like to be a CBCA judge or take part in our digital escape room, where you can piece together information using clues based on CBCA-shortlisted titles to find a missing creature!
Listen to Ms Lowe’s story time here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhlx4SLvmcY&feature=youtu.be
Have a fun and fantastic Book Week!
Tune in https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxmWkzrQnc69ImBAB9kHazQ
CBCA 2020 Book Week Colouring Competition
Curious Creatures, Wild Minds
Please collect your colouring sheets here and from the library loans desk.
https://cbcacloud.blob.core.windows.net/documents/National/CBCA_BOOKWEEK-COLOURINGINPOSTER-A4.pdf
Colour in the sheet, write your name on it and put your entry in the box at the library loans desk for a chance to win a lovely book written by a wonderful Melburnian author and illustrator, Heath McKenzie.
Closes: Friday, 23 October 2020
Prize: "The Wildest Book Week Ever!" by Heath McKenzie
Get colourful, creative and have FUN!
Regards, May Vos-Rutter
