CBCA Book Week

I love CBCA Book Week although I think it should be called Book Month because on my calendar, it takes up most of August. The 2017 theme is Escape to Everywhere. Imagine the possibilities when nowhere is excluded – up, down sideways or into another dimension – every direction is a destination. Escape to Everywhere resonates personally. In…

It really ought to be called Book Week Month. According to my diary, Book Week extends halfway into September. It’s a good thing it’s a lot of fun. This was a special beginning to Book Week because it was also a Story Crowd festival with uber-talented Jules Faber and tween-scene-queen Belinda Murrell. My biggest fail…

I love Book Week and this year my dance card is overflowing. There are two things I am sure of – 1) I’ll reach the end of my seven days absolutely exhausted and 2) I will be totally exhilarated and inspired to write. (I have also just learned how to spell exhilarated. I really thought…

While I was preparing my Book Week Resources for Polar Boy I found many great site chock full of useful information and activity ideas. These sites also contain multiple links to other sites offering various resources to support individual titles or the Safari theme. Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) – activity sheets, display ideas,…

I had heaps of fun creating Interactive Whiteboard activities for Polar Boy. Hopefully they will be useful during Book Week 2009 and beyond. Here’s another sample – a quiz about arctic animals. Click on ice block to answer a question about an animal or bird found in Polar Boy. The notes also include ideas on…

Lately I’ve been finding lots of wonderful new websites. So I thought I would share them around. The best websites are often found by pure chance (Stumble Upon is so well named!). And so it was that a casual tweet mentioning my recently completed Polar Boy Teacher’s Resource Kit led me to Mrs B’s Interactive…