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KOALA

Locality: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia

Address: PO Box 279 2038 Annandale, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.koalansw.org.au

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22.01.2022 Looking forward to this book event! From KOALA shortlistee, Philip Bunting.

22.01.2022 Thank you CBCANSW for inviting us to share a little background about our special animal mascot for the July edition of KIDS’ CORNER Colliding with Curious Creatures. So many goodies for kids, teachers and librarians to explore and connect with books and reading. Children’s Book Council of Australia NSW Branch

18.01.2022 Only a week to go...learning alongside some superb Aussie book creators. Teachers check out this fabulous program. On Butterfly Wings Thanks Littlescribe

18.01.2022 Happy Love Your Bookshop Day! Shout out to our bookshop friends whom have supported the KOALA Awards Days over the years. Gleebooks Blackheath Gleebooks Better Read Than Dead The Children's Bookshop Love this image shared by Aura Parker Love Your Bookshop

16.01.2022 Hello K.O.A.L.A. Friends, Where has the time gone? There are only two days left for your students to have their say! The 2020 awards day is fast approaching so make sure you put the 10th of November in your diaries for the online announcements and celebration. Check out the latest blog post for ways to get involved. https://www.koalansw.org.au/blog/2020/9/21/koala-news-update

15.01.2022 Thank you Oliver Phommavanh for the awesome blog post. Legend well deserved!

15.01.2022 We are so thrilled to share news of the gorgeous new book "Pierre's Not There" by Australian Children's Laureate Ursula Dubosarsky! In a mulberry brick house on... the harbour that Lara explores while her mother cleans, Lara meets Pierre, a boy about her age with a beautiful antique puppet theatre. With his puppets, he tells her a story about a boy whose family has been eaten by wolves. The boy is lost. He needs to find his grandmother. Lara takes the part of a dog, but suddenly she can no longer tell where she ends and Dog begins. Or is she Wolf? Caught up in Pierre's story, Lara has to fight to protect her identity - and her new friend. Can she help Pierre find his way home? "Pierre's Not There" is a lyrical, captivating and imaginative story that can be read on many levels. Coming November 2020!! Pre-order link: https://www.booktopia.com.au/pierre-s-//9781760525934.html Ursula Dubosarsky Australian Children's Writer Allen & Unwin Books

15.01.2022 Who let the Cheeky Dogs out!?! The Cheeky Dogs are the creation of Dion Beasley an Alywarr man born in Alice Springs. Beasley spent his early years in the ...remote community of Owairtilla, also known as Canteen Creek, before relocating to Tennant Creek, putting the remote community on the map with his renowned illustrations of the local dogs and their big personalities. Dion has muscular dystrophy and is profoundly deaf, his remarkable artistic talent was discovered when he learnt sign language with his disability carer at school. The large scale artwork is one of many new installments as part of the Darwin Street Art Festival. If you are in Darwin, head to 20 Shadforth Lane to check it out. via ABC Darwin.

15.01.2022 A great article about Tim Harris’ journey - a KOALA favourite with 2 books on the 2020 shortlists and a previous Honour Book recipient. Tim Harris Children's Author

15.01.2022 So proud that this book was nominated by children for this year’s KOALAs.

14.01.2022 Windows by Patrick Guest and Jonathan Bentley - a special digital edition.

14.01.2022 Congratulations Johanna and Dion. Kids’ choice love Cheeky Dogs.

13.01.2022 Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers who won and received honour awards today at the online 2020 K.O.A.L.A. Awards. Special thanks to the talented @dubleffler, this year's resident awards illustrator, and to @nathanluffauthor Nathan Luff for making us all look and sound great! See all the action from guest presenters, member schools, award winners and more: https://youtu.be/wsQWHSQZvM4 Thanks for watching! KOALA - Kids Own Australian Literature Awards Inc. Oliver Phommavanh Johanna Bell

11.01.2022 "I saw it with my beary own eyes!" Get ready to celebrate the 2020 KOALA Awards via video on demand from 10am tomorrow. Good luck everyone! https://youtu.be/wsQWHSQZvM4 #koalaawards @KoalaAwards Nathan Luff Argus Dubosarsky Dub Leffler Australian Children's Laureate Foundation

09.01.2022 Everyone’s an Author! What a fabulous initiative and resource.

08.01.2022 The fabulous Honour Award books for 2020! Congratulations to all.

06.01.2022 Deborah Abela Author with Adrian Beck yesterday. Tristan Bancks Author live today! I had the most fun hanging out with superstar author, Adrian Beck on his live FB stream, Author Hangout!! Every day this week Adrian is going to chat with YABBA Awards and KOALA - Kids Own Australian Literature Awards Inc. shortlisted creators, Tristan Bancks, Jane Godwin, Heath McKenzie Michael Wagner and Sally Rippin. Woo hoo! We chatted about books today but not that only, we had fun with ou...r Boredom Buster....How to make your very own rocket. If you go to my website, you can download an activity sheet to cut out and make your rocket! Thank you to the genius of illustrator Marjorie Crosby-Fairall! Penguin Books Australia Penguin Random House Walker Books Australia Australian Teacher Librarian Network Childrens Librarians Children's Book Council of Australia - NSW Branch Kids' Lit Quiz Australia NSW School Library Matters https://www.facebook.com/AdrianBeckBooks/videos/965419437239698/ See more

06.01.2022 I’m giving a free Zoom writing workshop for kids aged 9+, Mon 18 May 2-3 PM, via @statelibrarynsw. Vision Boarding! Using pictures, music, video & maps to get ...inspired and feed the writing process. Open to schools & individuals. Click here or link in bio to book. Love you to share. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/ev/vision-boarding-tristan-bancks See more

03.01.2022 What a beautiful collection and project from IBBY. So hard to choose!

03.01.2022 The 2020 IBBY Honour List is now available online. IBBY National Sections selected their best recently published children's books in three categories: Writing, ...Illustration and Translation to create an exceptional catalogue of 179 books in 48 languages from 60 countries. To view the 2020 IBBY Honour List go to: https://www.ibby.org/fileadmin/user_upload/HL_2020.pdf See more

02.01.2022 Lilah now has her own book! Congratulations Jodie McLeod and Eloise Short

01.01.2022 Over the next few weeks we are starting to post original artwork and prints by leading Australian children’s book illustrators. Artwork and prints are for sale ...at our website #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency . Illustrator Aura Parker is an award winning illustrator and some of her beautiful works are available at https://www.thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency.com.au//pa/ Stay tuned as we begin to add more to our on-line gallery. Excited @auraparker @penguinkidsaustralia @thefictive @bethanymacdonaldartist @paulmacsculpture #thechildrensbookshopspeakersagency See more

01.01.2022 KOALA Friends tune in next week for chats with some of the shared shortlisted authors. Huge thanks to YABBA and Adrian Beck. YABBA Awards @KoalaAwards @KROC @REAL_Awards