Book Week Fun
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Early Childhood Category | Picture Book Category
Younger Readers Category
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Picture Book Category
A Walk in the Bush
by Gwyn Perkins
Little Iggy doesn’t want to leave the house, but Grandad insists — they always have fun together.
Florette
by Anna Walker
When Mae has to move house from the country to the city, she feels lonely and sad – until she discovers a beautiful place full of green in the centre of Paris. What she finds there sparks something special and beautiful that will make her feel much more at home.
Trailer | Do a jigsaw
The Great Rabbit Chase
by Freya Blackwood
Gumboots is a beautiful pet rabbit, but he likes to escape.
Mopoke
by Philip Bunting
This is a Mopoke. Mopoke loves peace and quiet. He is about to find out that you can’t always get what you want.
Scroll down this page for a book trailer.
Phillip Bunting talks about Mopoke
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Swan Lake
by Anne Spudvilis
The iconic ballet Swan Lake, the tragic love story of a princess transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer, has been revered for more than a century.
Dance of the Little Swans from the Swan Lake Ballet.
Barbie of Swan Lake [The story is an adaptation of Swan Lake.]
This is a long movie. Watch it at home.
Ten Pound Pom
by Carole Willkinson
Illustrated by Liz Anelli
In the 1950s and 60s Australia welcomed thousands of British immigrants as part of the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme. Ten Pound Pom is the true story of award-winning author Carole Wilkinson’s immigration to Australia.
Learn more about Ten Pound Poms through websites and You Tube clips.