Book Week

Children’s Book Week® Resources

The Children’s Book Council of Australia

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) brings children and books together through its annual Children’s Book Week® and Book of the Year awards. Children’s Book Week 2024 will be held from 17 – 23 August. Find out more about CBCA’s Children’s Book Week on their website.

This year CBCA has developed some wonderful new merchandise to help you celebrate Children’s Book Week® and they have produced a terrific catalogue(PDF). Their Year Planner is available right now as a PDF download and other merchandise can be ordered early this year from their e-store.

CBCA will continue in 2024 with their Sun Project: Illuminating Children’s Literature — Shadow Judging for 2024.  This project will enable groups of young people across Australia to judge the CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist alongside the CBCA judging panel. These groups will be participating in a critical conversation and responding creatively. If you would like to stay up to date with registration information and critical 2024 key dates, or simply want to learn more about the popular program, please sign up to the Sun Project mailing list by filling out your details on their website.

Other Resources

The Book Curator’s Guide to the CBCA Book of the Year Awards offers detailed reviews of the titles in every category, including the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books and CBCA Award for New Illustrator (formerly the Crichton Award). Visit the Book Curator’s website for more information.

Learn From Play create a number of resources to celebrate CBCA Book Week. Some are available for free and some via subscription. Visit the Learn from play website for more information.

The Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian Network Publication

Of course, don’t forget there are a lot of other ideas in our annual IDTL Network Children’s Book Week publication. We always compile links to other online resources for the authors, illustrators, publishers, teachers’ notes, videos and reviews but you will also find other items relating to our publication added to this site.

Cover design by Anil Tortop

 

 

 

Resources from 2023

 

****Answers to Cryptic Clues Puzzle Page in our book.

Resources from 2022

Dreamcatchers
In the theme pages this year one of our ideas uses dream catchers. Here is a different set of instructions for making dreamcatchers created by one of our contributors.  They were created by high school students.

Compilation of display and competition ideas to celebrate Book Week
List from IDTL Network

Display idea – CBCA Shortlist cloud bunting – CBCA Shortlist Cloud Bunting.

Competition Ideas

How to Fold Mini-books
How to fold mini-books (43 KB) Instructions for folding mini-books to go with the IDTL Net Book Week publication. 

Secret Codes – Answers to Secret Codes Puzzles p.11 of the 2022 Book Week Publication

Jigsaw Puzzle using the cover illustration from our book

This is the cover of our book as a 20 piece puzzle. (Link to the 20 piece puzzle. | Link to 40 piece puzzle)

Resources from 2021

Additional resources and activities

pdf iconBook Nook Weblinks (114 KB)
This is a list of weblinks on the topic of Book Nooks, referring to the Dsiplay Ideas pages in our 2021 Book Week publication.

pdf iconHistory of the Book – Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds (161 KB)
Explore the History of the Book – Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds. Imagine what the future might hold.

Resources from 2020

When planning a Book Week parade in 2020, there are specific ideas in our book and a link to a playlist on Spotify. This is the link to the Spotify Playlist from the book.

On page 3 of the IDTLNet Book Week publication there are ideas for curious creatures real and imagined. There is a link to the web showing what animals would look like if they had eyes in the front of their heads. Here is an additional link to a YouTube video (30secs) showing what birds would like if they had arms. Another alternative video on the same topic of birds with arms.

Page 4 of the IDTLNet Book Week publication includes idea on writing songs for the CBCA Book Week theme.  We commisioned Sue Lewin to write a song for us to share with you. You can read the words here and download and listen to the song here. Musicians: Madeline Hagon (cello), Sue Lewin (guitar percussion and voice) produced by Marly Lüske of Alchemix Recording West End.

Book Week Jigsaw Puzzle 20 pieces embeded above or for something a bit hard try the 40 piece one.

Book Week Jigsaw Puzzle 40 pieces

Additional resources and activities

word iconCurious Creatures Song (15 KB)
Words written by Sue Lewin for the CBCA Book Week theme 2020, comissioned by the Ipswich District Teacher-Librarian Network

pdf iconCreature Features (527 KB)
Creature Features – Body parts to be used with Stop Motion collage activity in the 2020 Book Week publication by IDTL Network

pdf iconStop Motion Studio Explained (1330 KB)
This set of instructions it to accompany the Curious Creatures Stop Motion collage activity in the 2020 Book Week publication by IDTL Network

pdf iconCurious Facts or Wild Fiction Answer Page (691 KB)
Curious Facts or Wild Fiction Answer Page for Page 10 or the 2020 Book Week publication.

pdf iconWord Search answer sheet (687 KB)
Answers for Word Search on p.15 of our 2020 Book Week publication.

pdf iconBookmarks by Grace Eastwood (565 KB)
The reverse side can be where students list, draw or collage what they are – curious and wild about, what creatures they want to know about, what their mind muses on. They can add their name into the colouring in side, laminate. Collage side up – students guess their colleagues from the clues they’ve put into the collage.

Visit our Archives Page for Class Resources earlier than 2020