Book Week Fun
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Early Childhood Category | Picture Book Category
Younger Readers Category | New Illustrators Category
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New Illustrators Category
About the books in the New Illustrators Category 2023
Australia Dawn to Dusk Illustrated by Michael Wagner Brentos
It’s a new day in Australia. Let’s follow the sun!
Wake up with kookaburras on Arakwal Country (Byron Bay), bask with wombats on wulinantikala (Cradle Mountain), watch black and red cockatoos flying over Anangu Country, scratch the Daintree Rainforest floor with cassowaries on Kuku Yalanji Country, and go to sleep as quokkas wake up on Whadjuk Noongar Country (Rottnest Island).
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Text by Jane Godwin
One, two, three,
four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten …
Coming, ready or not!
Archie has found the best hiding place but after a while, it feels too quiet. Is the game still on? Has Archie been forgotten?
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Teaser Do a jigsaw | For Teachers
Naturopolis Illustrated by Ingrid Bartkowiak.
Text by Deborah Frenkel
Look closer, look with care
And you may find a forest…
Among the steel and stone canyons of the city, nature flourishes in tiny, tenacious ways. Follow the ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus) to discover the scraps of wilderness hiding in plain sight in this lyrical celebration of urban flora and fauna.
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Teaser | Trailer | Making Naturopolis | Do a jigsaw | For Teachers
Tiny Wonders Illustrated by Sally Soweol Han
April thinks if her town was a colour, it would be grey. Everyone is too busy to stop and look around. How can she help them slow down? When she remembers the happiness that dandelions brought her grandmother, April comes up with a plan.
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There’s No Such Book Illustrated by Jake A. Minton.
Text Jessica Dettmann
It's the night before the Book Week parade and Ellie announces that she needs a costume by the morning. Mum, who is taken by surprise, desperately tries to piece together a costume from what's lying around the house.
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Teaser | Enjoy the story | Do a jigsaw | For Teachers
We are Australians Illustratedby Jandamarra Cadd. Text by Duncan Smith and Nicole Godwin
For those born in Australia, it’s easy to take citizenship and its responsibilities for granted. But there is much more to being an Australian citizen than having a passport and the right to vote.
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Teaser | Trailer | Enjoy the book | Do a jigsaw | For Teachers
Song – I Am Australian with Pitjantjatjara lyrics