The CBCA (Children’s Book Council of Australia) Book Week kicks off tomorrow 17 August for a week of activities celebrating Australian Literature. Book Week is heralded by the announcement of the book awards on the third Friday in August at 12 noon.
The awards are presented to books in the following categories:
- Older Readers
- Younger Readers
- Early Childhood
- Picture Book
- Eve Pownall (for information books)
(Click this link to see the Notables, a fine collection of books) from which the Short List was compiled and from which Winners were selected in each category.)
2019 Book Week Theme and Resources
The theme for this year’s Book Week is Reading is My Secret Power.
To celebrate, poet Mike Lucas has written a great poem. You can download a copy of Mike’s poem Reading is my Secret Power here.
The CBCA website provides these useful links to resources to help you celebrate Book Week.
Children’s Rights to Read
Reading may be a secret power, but it is also a superpower and a right of every child. Book Week is an appropriate time during which to reflect upon our classroom practices and consider how well they meet the International Literacy Association’s Children’s Rights to Read. (You can download and support the rights through this link.)
Continue reading: Celebrating Book Week’s Secret Power — Reading – readilearn
Norah Colvin 
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