Book Week Fun Continued…

Click these links to find Book Trailers and fun activities for the short listed books.

Early Childhood Category | Picture Book Category
Younger Readers Category | Information Books Category

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Information Books Category

Emu
by Claire Saxby. Illustrated by Graham Byrne

In the open forest, Emu gathers granite-green eggs under soft feathers. Emu will care for the eggs and protect the stripy chicks once they hatch. There are many hazards in the forest for this unusual family.

Do a jigsaw | Author’s website | Illustrator’s website |
For teachers

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Tea and Sugar Christmas
by Jane Jolly. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.

For 81 years, from 1915 to 1996, the Tea and Sugar Train travelled from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie once a week. It serviced the settlements along the Nullarbor Plain, a 1050-long rail link.

Film of the actual train (1954) | Do a jigsaw  | Author’s website  |  For teachers | History Curriculum unit

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Mary’s Australia
by Pamela Freeman.

Mary MacKillop watched Australia grow from a collection of small colonies into a nation – and she was proud of the country she had a part in creating. How did Australia change in her lifetime? And how much influence did Mary MacKillop have in shaping Australia?

Do a jigsaw | Author’s website