Update: the 2011 Merchandise order form is also available to download The theme for Children’s Book Week 2011 is “One World, Many Stories.” CBW merchandise is now available for order. The order form was posted with your April issue of the WA Branch newsletter. The merchandise features artwork by Gregory Rogers, winner of the CBCA [...]
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The 2011 Book of the Year Awards Shortlist and Notable Books have been announced. What do you think of the books chosen for the Shortlist and Notable Books? Are your favourites there, or did they miss out? And which books do you think will win in the five categories? CBCA Book of the Year: Older [...]
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Children’s Book Week is the longest running children’s festival in Australia, celebrating its 65th birthday in 2010 and the theme is “across the story bridge” This year’s merchandise features the exciting artwork of award winning illustrator Kylie Dunstan, winner of the 2009 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award, with her book Collecting Colour. The CBCA WA Branch [...]
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At the WA CBCA Book Discussion Group in March, we delved into the dystopian future of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, 2008). A couple of us have already read book 2: Catching Fire and are looking forward to book 3: Mockingjay, due out 24 August. Others weren’t quite as enamoured, but we all [...]
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The 2010 Book of the Year Awards Shortlist and Notable Books have been announced. What do you think of the books chosen for the Shortlist and Notable Books? Are your favourites there, or did they miss out? And which books do you think will win in the five categories? CBCA Book of the Year: Older [...]
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