Book Week Fun
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Early Childhood Category | Picture Book Category
Younger Readers Category | Eve Pownall Award
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Younger Readers Category
Aster’s Good, Right Things
By Kate Gordon
Aster attends a school for gifted kids, but she doesn’t think she’s special at all. If she was, her mother wouldn’t have left.
The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
By Jaclyn Moriarty
Illustrated by Kelly Canby
Long ago, the little Prince of Cloudburst was stolen from the seashore. Ten years later, the prince has found his way home. Can he be connected to strange things happening in the life of Esther?
Jaclyn Moriarty talks about her book.
Read some of this story
[Scroll to Contents for Parts 1 & 2]
For Teachers (Scroll to end of page at the link.)
Worse Things
By Sally Murphy
Illustrated by Sarah Davis
After a devastating football injury, Blake struggles to cope with life on the sideline. Jolene, a gifted but conflicted hockey player, wants nothing more than for her dad to come home. And soccer-loving refugee, Amed, wants to belong.
We Are Wolves
By Katrina Nannestad
When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee.
Read some of this book
[Scroll to Contents for Chapters 1 & 2]
Bindi
By Kirli Saunders
Illustrated by Dub Leffler
A verse novel for mid-upper primary students. Bindi’s year starts like normal but doesn’t go to plan.
The Book of Chance
By Sue Whiting
Chance is in Year 7 and thinks she has it all but when a reality TV team makes over her house, she discovers things that cause her to question the world as she knows it.
Sue Whiting talks about her book