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25.01.2022 Why do I read? I just can't help myself. I read to learn and to grow, to laugh and to be motivated. I read to understand things I've never... been exposed to. I read when I'm crabby, when I've just said monumentally dumb things to the people I love. I read for strength to help me when I feel broken, discouraged, and afraid. I read when I'm angry at the whole world. I read when everything is going right. I read to find hope. I read because I'm made up not just of skin and bones, of sights, feelings, and a deep need for chocolate, but I'm also made up of words. Words describe my thoughts and what's hidden in my heart. Words are alive--when I've found a story that I love, I read it again and again, like playing a favorite song over and over. Reading isn't passive--I enter the story with the characters, breathe their air, feel their frustrations, scream at them to stop when they're about to do something stupid, cry with them, laugh with them. Reading for me, is spending time with a friend. A book is a friend. You can never have too many. By Gary Paulsen

24.01.2022 CBCA ACT Branch Survey 2020 is ready. It only takes a few minutes to do and we would value your input. Help us provide the best membership benefits and tailor events to suit your needs. Your voice is important to us. Fill out the survey and you could win a 2020 Bookweek merchandise pack.

24.01.2022 Our second guest in the Curious Creatures, Wild Minds program will be Abbie Mitchell on October 1. Abbie is the author of 'Hollow is my home’ (CSIRO), shortlist...ed for the Eve Pownall Award, 2020 CBCA Book of the Year, is pictured here at Taronga Zoo during her filming with one of the most curious and glorious birds at Taronga Zoo, Seisa (pronounced ‘Say-Sha’) a Palm Cockatoo. She obviously wants to read all about herself in Abbie’s book! Read more about this exciting upcoming program here: https://www.cbcansw.org.au/curious-creatures-wild-minds #cbcansw #cbca2020 @cbcaustralia @cbcansw @tarongazoo @csiropublishing

24.01.2022 Heaps fun to visit Picture Book Book Club on twitter with this week's Sunday Shelfie! Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather is storming into bookshops now! Stephanie Owen Reeder National Library of Australia National Library Bookshop

22.01.2022 This is the first adventure in a spellbinding magical world. Tamzin Merchant writes elegantly and with a sense of humour, teaching readers aged 8+ that you're never too young to set things right.

22.01.2022 Some of the best spontaneous conversations I've every had, have been in bookstores ... if the booksellers look up from what they are reading of course. (I believe I caught that moment with Fiona, at A&f Mcilreavy Buderim Rare Books) #loveyourbookshopday is tomorrow

22.01.2022 The most amazing kids authors & illustrators are on creative business. Working on an anthology of stories, poetry, plays & art to share imagination - Old Worlds..., New Worlds, Other Worlds for Children's Book Council of Australia - NSW Branch. So much talent - Amanda Lieber, Elizabeth Mary Cummings, Libby Hathorn Gemma Patience Liz Bowring - coming out for Book Week. Jan Latta The Children's Bookshop HarperCollins Books Australia Nathan Luff - children's author Belinda Murrell Kate Forsyth Creative Kids Tales Network EK Books Jacquie Harvey Victoria Mackinlay Wendy Jane

20.01.2022 WANTED: Curious Creatures with Wild Minds for CBCA Book Week 2020! Watch CBCA-shortlisted titles for clues and make knowledge-based choices to solve the mystery... of a missing Story Box Library creature! Engage students at home or in the classroom during CBCA Book Week with our CBCA-shortlisted stories and activities for Curious Creatures with Wild Minds.

19.01.2022 Ahead of Love Your Bookshop Day tomorrow, check out this awesome window Remy Lai painted at Where The Wild Things Are Bookshop in Brisbane to celebrate the launch of her new book Fly on the Wall! Isn't it lovely? credit to Remy

19.01.2022 A new months brings a NEW and FREE Writing Activity from Australian Children's Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky. In October Opens, young people will learn about... Pig Latin and the fun you can have with the sounds that open words. Download your copy of October Opens and Ursula’s past writing activities from the ACLF website today. https://www.childrenslaureate.org.au/write-with-ursula Ursula Dubosarsky Australian Children's Writer

16.01.2022 We are thrilled to share the latest ACLF Newsletter. Find out what the Australian Children's Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky is up to, as well as lots of other excit...ing news and opportunities from the world of Children's Literature. CLICK HERE https://mailchi.mp/childrenslaureate/october-opens Ursula Dubosarsky Australian Children's Writer

16.01.2022 Here’s a sneak peek of our second episode in the Curious Creatures, Wild Minds program: Abbie Mitchell, now live on our website! Abbie is the author of 'Hollow ...Is A Home’, shortlisted for the Eve Pownall Award, 2020 CBCA Book of the Year. View Abbie's episode here: www.cbcansw.org.au/curious-creatures-wild-minds #cbcansw #cbca2020 Children's Book Council of Australia Taronga Zoo Sydney CSIRO Publishing Copyright Agency See more

15.01.2022 The Queanbeyan Lions Community Bookshop @ 146 Monaro Street, is open Wed-Sat 10am-4pm. The Bookshop has a good range of excellent books covering all categorie...s. There's been many new/old books that have come through and we are getting them out onto the shelves as quickly as we can. What about buy some books as Christmas gifts? Plenty of DVD's and CD's to select from as well. The Bookshop has introduced GIFT VOUCHERS to the value of $5 & $10. Perfect as a gift. Vouchers are not redeemable for cash and must be spent in one transaction. Come by and visit us. See more

13.01.2022 Next Wednesday (October 6th) Remy Lai will be joining Harry Hartog Bookseller for a comic-drawing workshop on zoom! Let pro-sketcher Remy teach you how to creat...e your very own sketch diary, just like Henry in Fly on the Wall! For more information and to sign up the budding young artist in your life, see the link below (admission also includes a copy of Fly on the Wall!): https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/comic-workshop-start-a-sket

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11.01.2022 Sumptuous nonfiction picture books are a growing trend in children's literature. Check out my review article on some recent examples in today's Canberra Times. ...As FB won't let me share the link to the online version of my article, just search for "Books to Look to for Fascinating Facts" and my name. Enjoy! See more

11.01.2022 What book gets through to you?

09.01.2022 Love your Bookshop Day - Love Books Illustrated! Our special offer for you is ... $25 instead of $35 !

09.01.2022 Write to a curious creature for CBCA Book Week 2020! Madge, Boris, Edna and Ernie have been roaming around the Story Box Library website looking for their next ...read! Kids can write to one of Story Box Library’s curious creatures recommending the most suitable CBCA-shortlisted title. Engage students at home or in the classroom during CBCA Book Week with our CBCA-shortlisted stories and activities for Curious Creatures with Wild Minds.

08.01.2022 This week we finished our display for the CBCA Book Week next term! We decided to bring to life the gorgeous mascot characters created by Gwyn Perkins, and enjo...yed ourselves a little too much in the process! Our students at Carey Baptist have been highly entertained, watching the creatures interact with books shortlisted for Book of the Year! Quite a few people have been asking how we made the creatures! My sister Mel Pearce and I actually recycled a bunch of boxes left over from this year's Scholastic Book Fair! We drew Gwyn's creatures as big as we wanted them, cut them out, painted them up and sharpie-ed in the details, then Mel constructed stands out of the leftover cardboard and hot-glued them to the backs! Floating bits (the yellow and purple creature's hat, and the bees and signs) are strung with thin wire. The trickiest bits were drawing the creatures, getting their proportions and expressions right, and then making those stands. Other than that, really fun!!!! :)

07.01.2022 Print from 'Don't Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen' by Narelle Oliver. Forever missed. x

06.01.2022 AlphaKid window is go! Drop into Little Sprout in Colbee Court, Phillip (Canberra) to see this installation at the most beautiful wonderland of a store. Huge t...hanks to Helen (and Brooke!) and the team for this glorious opportunity. I had such a fun morning, and there are heaps of books signed and ready for purchase if you're interested in books for the kids for Christmas (what a silly question!!). If you're local, I hope you get the chance to check it out. If not, I'll post a video shortly. Tx Windy Hollow Books Cristina Pase #AlphaKid

06.01.2022 The first volume in the long-running girl detective series, "The Secret of the Old Clock," was published 90 years ago under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. In a tr...ibute to the iconic sleuth, author Theodore Jefferson writes, Agency. It is that which forms the foundation for any hero’s ability to save the day. In America, agency for teenage girls in literature made its debut in 1930 in the person of Nancy Drew. This original Mighty Girl character paved the way for many more heroic female characters and inspired generations of real-life girls and women. Ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt Benson and later revised by Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, the first volume of Nancy Drew had a huge influence on young readers. Jefferson writes, Nancy Drew provided them with stories of someone like themselves who had a positive effect on the world instead of passively sitting at home She is a character with that magical ‘what if’ question woven into her identity, and one that effortlessly captures the imaginations of readers by allowing them to participate in a world where the answers to that question are just as entertaining as the stories themselves. At the time, some viewed Nancy Drew as a poor role model, contradicting adults while she squared off with the villains she is mechanically inclined and at the same time doesn’t act like most people in the 1930s would have expected a teenage girl to act. In fact, many libraries and bookstores refused to carry the Nancy Drew stories. Despite -- or because of -- that disapproval, kids collected the books voraciously, and in the midst of the Depression, used copies were shared and traded like trading cards are today. As a result, any kid, even those who couldn’t afford new books, would very likely get to read every adventure starring their favorite character. The tremendous influence of Nancy Drew continues to this day asserts Jefferson: It is difficult to overstate how powerful Nancy Drew’s presence remains in literature."

06.01.2022 Just popped into my local @harryhartog bookshop to sign a few of my books, chat to other booklovers, buy a couple of much anticipated reads, and buy some exerci...se books to start handwriting the first draft of my new historical novel. Happy author and bibliophile! Enjoy @loveyourbookshopday! See more

05.01.2022 Lovely to have @catewhittle pop in today & sign copies of her book ‘Emergency Rescue Angel’ today! @scholastic_au #dymockscanberra #booklovers #welovebooks

05.01.2022 Out of town for LoveYourBookshopDay, but managed to find Boobook on owen a beautiful book shop in Huskisson picked up this little beauty by Stephanie Owen Ree...derand Tania McCartney Sending best wishes to all of my gorgeous local stores that I love so much Paperchain Bookstore Dymocks Books Harry Hartog Bookseller BOOK FACE Gungahlin National Library Bookshop and Muse See more

04.01.2022 We are holding a drawing competition for children! (English) !... Children's Book Council of Australia - ! comments post ( ) ( -) Gwyn Perkins https://bit.ly/2SfldHS ! This month, children around Australia will be reading their favourite books and dressing up as their favourite book characters to celebrate the Children's Book Council of Australia's annual ‘Book Week’. Book week is a seminal Australian childhood event and we are pleased to share the fun with Cambodian children and their families. To celebrate ‘Book Week’ and the joys of reading, the Australian Embassy will host a ‘virtual’ book week from 17-23 October via our Facebook page. We are kicking it all off with a drawing competition from 1-14 October with the theme ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds’ the theme of Book Week 2020. So send us drawings of your most curious creatures! Take photos of your works of art and post the photos in the comments of this announcement. We will judge the entries during book week 17-23 October and announce winners on 23 October in the categories of Most Creative, Weird and Wonderful, Most Adventurous, Cutest, Most Colourful. For each category there will be a ‘juniors’ (ages 0-7) and ‘seniors’ (ages 8-12) prize. If you need inspiration, check out these great tips from Australian author, Gwyn Perkins https://bit.ly/2SfldHS We look forward to seeing your children’s wild and wonderful creations! #DrawingCompetition #BookWeek #CuriousCreatures #WildMinds

02.01.2022 Happy book birthday, Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather! Stephanie Owen Reeder and I are thrilled to officially launch our breezy book into the tropospher...e (which is the layer where weather hangs out, just quietly) and we hope you love the book as much as we've loved putting it together. In celebration, the NLA have created the most ASTONISHING digital classroom for the book - you can view it at the link below. Ideal for teachers and librarians, but for parents, too (and kids, of course!). It has a bunch of links and resources and activities - ideal for those of you homeschooling at the mo, too. https://www.nla.gov.au/digital-classroom/year-4-5-6/weather Check out our hilarious Weather book trailer right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_qZIwxQ7Mg&t=2s. And you've just got to try out the very special weather quiz Stephanie put together, to get your kids thinking hard about the weather *Hint: all the answers are in the book. See it here http://stephanieowenreeder.com//Australia-Wild-Weird-Wonde If you just happen to need a copy of the book (who wouldn't!?) then the National Library Bookshop currently has signed copies (both Stephanie and me). If you can't get instore, I'm sure the Bookshop can organise a signed copy for you if you contact them on Facebook. National Library Bookshop Whatever the weather, we hope you love this book! National Library of Australia