Shortlisted Books – Eve Pownall Award
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ugly Animals (Honour Book)
Author: Sami Bayly Channel 7 report 4:41 mins Timelapse illustration showing Sami painting the brush-turkey 55 secs ABC Adelaide video 4:44 mins Samy reads from her book YouTube Video 14 mins.
Publisher: Hachette and Teachers Resources
Book Preview first 20 p. on Hachette website
IDTL Resource Weird Wild Amazing – Skim and Scan Activity (161 KB)
Use the Skim and Scan bookmark on page 65 of Curious Creatures, Wild Minds Book Week publication to explore two of the EP Notable books.
Searching for Cicadas
Author: Lesley Gibbes
Illustrator: Judy Watson and on Style File Creative Process including free downloads of roughs from Cicadas
Publisher: Walker Books and Teachers Notes
Children’s Books Daily
YouTube of Lesley Gibbes talking about the book. 2:59 mins.
Leaf Litter Endpapers activity
A Hollow is a Home
Author: Abbie Mitchell
Illustrator: Astred Hicks
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
CSIRO World Habitiat Day: Home is where the hollow is – blog and Teachers Notes
Children’s Books Daily
Wilam: A Birrarung Story (Honour Book)
Author: Aunty Joy Murphy – YouTube video 3:15 mins Breathing life into Koori language Culture Victoria about Coranderrk including Video 7:06 mins and Andrew Kelly
Illustrator: Lisa Kennedy and more at Walker Books
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
ABC Program
Teachers Notes – Booktopia
Aboriginal History of Yarra
Q&A with Andrew Kelly on Booktopia
Young Dark Emu: A Truer Story (Winner)
Author: Bruce Pascoe on YouTube 1:47 mins TedX Talk Sydney about Dark Emu 12:33 mins
Publisher: Magabala Books and Teachers Notes
Story Links Review
Guardian Article
Book Links Narelle Oliver Lecture/ Talking Ideas 1 hour
Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery
Author and Illustrator: Tohby Riddle and on Creative Kids Tales
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Notes on Creating the book
Story Links Review
IDTL Network resource for all Information Books. Text Type Features template (712 KB)
This page is to be copied on to the back of p.65 in our 2020 Book Week publication so it can be used as a booklet.