Every year the CBCA announce a list of books that are notable from the previous year and every year we sit and wonder who will win.
Many schools hold their own voting competitions but I thought it would be much better for the students to learn how to judge a book themselves.
Attached are three documents that you can use in the lead up to the CBCA announcements and any other book competition for that matter!
Enjoy
Older readers
Lenny’s book of everything by Karen Foxlee
Tales from Inner City by Shaun Tan https://educateempower.blog/2019/03/06/tales-from-the-inner-city-by-shaun-tan/
Younger readers
Black Cockatoo by Carl Merrison
His Name was walter by Emily Rodda
Early Childhood
Collecting Sunshine by Rachel Flynn
Beware the deep Dark forest by Sue Whiting
Picture book of the year
Room on our rock by Kate and Joe Temple
The incredible freedom machines by Kirli Saunders
The all new must have orange 430 by Michael Speechley
When you’re going to the moon by Sasha Beekman
Eve Pownell Award
Digby and Claude by Emma Allen and Hannah Somerville
The flying optometrist by Joanne Anderton and Karen Erasmus
The great lizard trek by Felicity Bradshaw and Norma MacDonald
Bouncing Back by Coral Tulloch and Rohan Cleave
Under the Southern Cross by Frane Lessac
Waves by Rawlins, Donna, Potter, Heather , Jackson, Mark
Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha by Stubbs, Siena
Sorry Day by Vass, Coralillus. Leffler, Dub
Need some inspiration for this year’s CBCA Book Week? Check these out!
Sustainability
Literacy
Geography
Numeracy :
Science
Art
Where can you find treasure in storybooks? With dragons of course!
This week we found as many dragon books as we could and created a display.
Dragons can be treasures
And
Dragons can be the guardians of treasure
Dragons can be mysterious and dragons can be dangerous.
Dragons can be kind and dragons can be helpful.
There are so many wonderful journeys you can go on with dragons in mind. Check out some ideas we are using in the library!
Treasure is the word in our library and this week we have created some book marks that will ignite thinking about the wondrous treasures books can bring.
These book marks have been created by children of all ages and through this I can see the different ways students think about treasured books, the different books they love and how they want other students to love the books they have enjoyed.
Each bookmark will be hidden inside a book that is on a shelf in the library and whoever finds it, gets to keep it!
I wonder who will find these treasures?
What type of treasure will you find in your library today?
What will it look like?
Will it be what you expected?
Will it surprise you? horror you? confuse you? love you? worry you? engage you?
Will it make you talk about it for weeks and week?
Will you share it with others or keep it for yourself?
There are so many treasures in the library and they are all there to share.
Today might be the day to visit the library and find a treasure that is just right for you!
This year the theme for book week is Find your treasure, so each week in our library we will be taking part in a small activity where the theme will be promoted.
I have some much loved covers from my Who gives a crap toilet paper and instead of putting them straight into the bin they are being converted into book covers (see below)
Each book that has been covered has three clues on the front. The idea behind this is for children to see what sort of books could be ones that they treasure.
We have books about adventure, women’s rights, battles and laughter. Not only will children get to guess which books are hidden behind the paper, they will also discover these covered books hidden on our shelves throughout the year.
Finding treasure is exciting and I hope that by covering some much loved books other children will also discover that exploring in the library can be fun!
This year’s CBCA book week theme is Find your treasure. In our library the students will be participating in a variety of competitions with great book prizes!
Perhaps you would like to participate in some of these at your school?
Visit my Tpt store and for a term one special of $3.99 you can download and use these ideas too!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Find-your-Treasure-CBCA-Book-theme-2018-3653620
There are two competitions each term for all terms of the year – Finding your treasure doesn’t end in book week!
Just some of the ideas…..
Term 1, Competition 2.
Choose a book that you have read recently and using your mathematical skills, be creative and explain e.g.
The cost of keeping a dragon as a pet,
The tuition fees of a magic school,
The money you would give to one of the characters and why,
Draw a map to scale,
Create graphs about the characters in the story. Choose at least 3 aspects of the book to use your mathematical skills.
Term 3, Competition One.
Find some facts about a treasure that has never been found but many stories have been told about it.
Present these facts in an engaging way for display in the library.
