Information on the four books we selected from the CBC short list.
For Lower Primary
Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
- by Libby Gleeson
Illustrated by Freya Blackwood - Published by Little Hare Books www.littleharebooks.com
- AUTHOR: Libby Gleeson Lots of
information about
Libby and the books she has written.
- ILLUSTRATOR: Freya Blackwood
For Middle Primary 
Matty Forever
- by Elizabeth Fensham
- Published by University of Queensland Press www.uqp.com.au
- AUTHOR: Elizabeth Fensham This
link provides some information about this author.
For Upper Primary 
To the Top End: Our Trip Across Australia
- by Roland Harvey
- Published by Allen and Unwin www.allenandunwin.com
- AUTHOR: Roland Harvey
For Junior Secondary
A Small Free Kiss in the Dark
- by Glenda Millard
- Published by Allen and Unwin www.allenandunwin.com
- AUTHOR: Glenda Millard
and Profile
From the Children’s Book Council of Australia
-
Full list of short listed books http://cbca.org.au/shortlist.htm
Planning to capitalise on your school activities during Children’s Book Week is one place to start.
- You might like to extend your activities to involve more classes, incorporate some writing or involve a wider community.
- Perhaps you could adopt the theme of one of the Book Week stories and explore it within a range of books.
- It might be fun to explore the ways that different authors have shared their messages or how friendship is portrayed in books.
- What were the problems that characters confronted? How were they resolved?
