Each year since 1945 the CBCA has brought children and books together across Australia through CBCA Book Week. During this time schools and public libraries spend one glorious week celebrating books and Australian children's authors and illustrators.
Saturday, 19 August to Friday, 25 August 2023
Theme: READ, GROW, INSPIRE
What a wonderful parade with the boys making such an effort with their costumes. Thank you to Mrs Muchall for being a wonderful MC and Ms Gresham for the sound and photography. It was also wonderful to have two boys from the BBC Mob do the Welcome to Country to start the event. Here are a few photos from the day.
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Samantha Wheeler fell in love with animals when, at the age of six, she received a tortoise. She went on to study agriculture, work with dairy farmers and teach science, until writing her first children’s book, inspired by koalas, in 2011. Her books, which include Smooch & Rose, Spud & Charli, Mister Cassowary, Wombat Warriors, Turtle Trackersand Everything I’ve Never Said, have been shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards, the Readings Children’s Book Prize, the Wilderness Society’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature and the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitley Awards. Samantha hopes her books will encourage everyone to make a difference.
Our visiting author Samantha Wheeler visited us on the 24th and 25th of August.
Samantha was amazing and kept the boys very entertained from Prep through to Grade 6.
Please note:
User name - your student number eg 25601
Password - bbc123
User Name is your student number
E.g. 20014
Password is your student number plus your first and last initial and add a 1
E.g. Tom Smith 20014ts1 (no capitals)
Alice in Wonderland used to be banned in parts of China. "bears, lions and other beasts cannot use a human language", said General Ho Chien in 1931. "To attribute to them such a power is an insult to the human race."
Norman Bridwell almost called his big red dog Tiny, but his wife suggested Clifford - the name of her childhood imaginary friend.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar was almost called A Week With Willi Worm.
Dr. Seuss said he expected to spend "a week or so" writing The Cat in the Hat. It ended up taking a year and a half.