Category: Older Readers

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2023 Older Reader

Older Readers Shortlist 2023

Cover links to CBCA Website

Ask No Questions
Author: Eva Collins
Publisher: Puncher & Wattmann
Teaching Notes: Teaching notes Hachette |
Reviews and Interviews: Launch report | Compulsive Readers Review |
Videos:

 

Cover links to CBCA Website

Completely Normal (and Other Lies)
Author: Biffy James
Publisher: Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
Teaching Notes: Scholastic |
Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time | Sydney Morning Herald article |
Videos: LoveOzYA interview 15 mins |

 

Cover links to CBCA Website

The Greatest Thing
Author: Sarah Winifred Searle
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Teaching Notes: Allen & Unwin download pdf |
Reviews and Interviews: Kirkus Reviews | Kids Book Reviews | Women Write about Comics website | Books and Publishing |
Videos: Teen Pride Books talk 7 mins |

 

Cover links to CBCA Website

Neverlanders
Author: Tom Taylor
Illustrator: Jon Sommariva
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Teaching Notes: Penguin Teachers Notes |
Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time | Penguin Interview |
Videos: Penguin interview with the creators 15mins 16 secs |
NOTE: This book could be used from Year 6+

 

Cover links to CBCA Website

The Other Side of  Tomorrow
Author: Hayley Lawrence
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Teaching Notes:
Reviews and Interviews: Lamont Books Review |
Videos:

 

Cover links to CBCA Website

What We All Saw
Author: Mike Lucas
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Teaching Notes: Book Club questions from Penguin |
Reviews and Interviews: Books + Publishing |
Videos:

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2022 Older Readers

Shortlisted Older Reader

Girls in Boy’s Cars (Honour Book)

Author: Felicity Castagna

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Teaching Notes: Sample Pages |

Reviews and Interviews: Paperbark Words | Kids Book Review | LoveOzYA Interview |

Videos: Felcity Castagna reads from the book 3:35 mins| Sun Project video 4:03 mins

 

 

How to Repaint a Life (Honour Book)

Author: Steven Herrick

Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Teaching Notes: Teachers’ Notes UQP | Books & Publishing | LoveOzYA interview |

Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time |

Videos: Sun Project video 2:46 mins|

 

 

Tiger Daughter (Winner)

Author: Rebecca Lim

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Teaching Notes: Teachers’ Tips Allen & Unwin | Chapter Sampler

Reviews and Interviews: Reading Time | Kids Book Review | Maddison’s Library | Books and Publishing interview

Videos: Sun Project video 5:03 mins |

 

The Boy from the Mish 

Author: Gary Lonesborough

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Teaching Notes: Excerpts | Great resources at NCACL including videos, reviews and interviews |

Reviews and Interviews: StoryLinks/IBBY | Reading Time |

Videos: Sun Project video 6:40 mins |

 

Terciel and Elinor 

Author: Garth Nix

Publisher:

Teaching Notes: Teachers’ Tips Allen & Unwin | Chapter Sampler |

Reviews and Interviews: ReadPlus | HK Loves Books | LocusMag

Videos: Sun Project video  5:39 mins|

 

 

Sugar Town Queens 

Author: Malla Nunn

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Teaching Notes: Teacher’s Tips Allen & Unwin |Sample Pages

Reviews and Interviews: Kirkus Reviews | LoveOzYA Q&A | Books & Publishing Review | Books & Publishing Interview | StoryLinks

Videos: Malla Nunn 1:40mins | Sun Project video 12:50 mins

 

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2020 Older Readers

Shortlisted Books – Older Readers

The Boy who Steals Houses (Honour Book)
Author: C G Drews
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Book Preview on Hachette website.
Book Trailers: Bucks Book Award 2:16 mins
Reviews:
•    Never Judge a Book by its Cover (includes interview)
•    Good Reads
•    Readings
•    The Nerd Daily
•    Christchurch City Council Libraries
•    Kids Book Review

 


How it Feels to Float
Author: Helena Fox
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Book Preview on Pan Macmillan website
Teaching Notes: Pan Macmillan
Book Trailer: Penguin 29 secs
Reviews:
•    Good Reads
•    Kids Book Review
•    Common Sense Media
•    Publishers Weekly

 

 

Ghost Bird (Honour Book)
Author: Lisa Fuller  Interview on ABC 21m 20s In this blog there is a link at the bottom to a 45 min reading by Lisa of the first few chapters.
Publisher: University of Qld Press
Reviews:
•    Reading Time
•    Good Reads
•    Books and Publishing
•    The Nerd Daily
•    Diva Book Nerd including interview

 

 

When the ground is Hard
Author: Malla Nunn
Publisher: Allen & Unwin including an excerpt to read.  Malla Nunn Discusses the book 1:04 mins
Teachers Notes
Book Preview via Scribd on the Allen & Unwin website
Reviews
•    Malla Nunn’s collection
•    Good Reads

 

 


Four Dead Queens
Author: Astrid Scholte  YouTube 1:02 mins
Publisher: Allen & Unwin  Teacher’s tips
Book Preview via Scribd on Allen & Unwin website
Reviews
•    Kirkus Reviews
•    Kids Book Review
•    Teen Reads
•    That’s Normal

 

 

 

This is How We Change the Ending (Winner)
Author: Vikki Wakefield
Publisher: Text Publishing  This links to a lot of information including a sample chapter, interviews and reviews.
Text Teaching notes
Book Preview on Text website
Reviews
•    Story Links
•    Readings
•    Reading Time

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2021 Older Readers

Shortlisted Books – Older Readers


The End of the World is Bigger Than Love (Winner)
Author: Davina Bell
Publisher: Text with links to Interviews and Reviews plus first 33 pages | Teaching Notes
Reviews and Interviews: ABC radio interview | Paperbarkwords words
Videos: Davina Bell talks about the End of the World is Bigger Than Love 42 mins

 

 

 

 

 

The Lost Soul Atlas
Author: Zana Fraillon
Publisher: Lothian Hachette including sample pages | Teaching Notes
Reviews and Interviews: Kids Book Review | Better Reading | Dark Matter Zine
Videos: Zana talking about The Lost Soul Atlas 1 min. | Zana Fraillon on The Lost Soul Atlas YouTube  3:07mins | Zana talking about writing The Lost Soul Atlas YouTube 3mins | Zana’s magic map for The Lost Soul Atlas YouTube 1:53mins

 

 

 

When Rain Turns to Snow
Author: Jane Godwin
Publisher: Lothian Hachette including sample pages | Teaching Notes
Reviews and Interviews: Children’s Books Daily | Better Reading | Paperbarkwords
Videos: Better Reading Kids (Facebook video) 1 min

 

 

 

 

Metal Fish, Falling Snow (Honour Book)
Author: Cath Moore
Publisher: Text with links to Interviews and Reviews plus first 42 pages
Reviews and Interviews: The Stella Prize including links to other reviews and resources
Videos: Cath Moore reads and excerpt from the book | Cath Moore on Metal Fish, Falling Snow YouTube 1:05mins | part 2 – reading YouTube 2:22mins

 

 

 

 

Where we begin (Honour Book)
Author: Christie Nieman
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Reviews and Interviews: Wheeler Centre including an extract | ArtsHub | Happy Mag
Videos: Author Talk  1 hour | Christie Nieman on Where We Begin YouTube 1:40mins

 

 

 

 

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Author: Anna Whateley
Publisher: A&U includes Read an excerpt, Teachers’ Tips, Learn with Anna Whateley (video) and trailers. Teaching ideas
Reviews and Interviews: Just Kids Lit