Shortlisted Books – Eve Pownall Award
Book of Curious Birds
Author: Jennifer Cossins
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time |StoryLinks | Kids Book Reviews | Paperbark Words
Teaching Notes: Learn From Play resources
Learn from Play Activities – some free
Answers to Word Search in our Book Week publication 2022
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia’s First Peoples
Author: Corey Tutt | Deadly Science
Illustrator: Blak Douglas
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Teaching Notes: Teacher’s Notes Hardie Grant Explore | Extract from the book
Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time | Paperbark Words | Indigenous news | Speaking Out ABC radio 20mins
Videos: Corey Tutt Studio 10 6:07 mins | The First Scientists Book Launch at Questacon 40:50 mins| Booktopia TV live 30:29 mins
Heroes, Rebels and Innovators (Honour Book)
Author: Karen Wyld
Illustrator: Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Teaching Notes: Teachers Resources Hachette
Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time | ABC News | Paperbark Words
Videos: Australia Reads video 3:40
Learn from Play Acitivities – some free
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature (Honour Book)
Author: Sami Bayly
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Teaching Notes: Teachers Resources Hachette
Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time | StoryLinks | Paperbark Words
Videos: ABC News 5:17 mins | Launch video with many well-known guests 15:08 mins | Sami Bayly – How to paint 1:14 mins
Additional activity page IDTLNet PDF Very Peculiar
Still Alive, Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System (Winner)
Author: Safdar Ahmed with notes on the bookincluding how he created the images.
Publisher: Twelve Panels Press
Teaching Notes: Notes for Teachers Twelve Panels Press
Reviews and Interviews: Readings | WSUP News | ABC News
Videos: SAFDAR AHMED & Refugee Art Project 4:18 mins |
Please note: Suitable for high school readers only.
Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest
Author: Diane Lucas & Ben Tyler
Illustrator: Emma Long
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Teaching Notes: Teachers’ Notes Allen & Unwin | Learn From Play resources
Reviews and Interviews: StoryLinks | Paperbark Words interview with Emma Long | Blue Wolf Reviews
Videos: Diane Lucas and Ben Tyler discuss Walking in Gagudju Country 3:41 mins| Ben Tyler Story-Time 6:02 mins (including some animated images from the book)
Audio: Walking in Gagudju Country Free Audio Reading by the authors 12:49 mins
Learn from Play Activities – some free
Additional activity page from IDTLNet PDF Indigenous words and weather