Children's Book Week® takes place 17 - 23 August 2024, with the theme Reading is Magic! This week is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the joy and possibilities of reading - as well as implementing some reading for pleasure pedagogy! 

As always, PETAA is creating a wealth of resources, including curriculum units, webinars, and practical teacher materials that will support you in celebrating Children's Book Week® in your school! Our approach is a little different in 2024, and we will be creating our new rich curriculum units only on those Notable and Shortlisted texts that are relevant for detailed exploration for teaching and learning purposes in the classroom.

Download PETAA's guide to Book Week:
Unit links and text recommendations 

 

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CBCA Book Week 2024 Curriculum Units - Notable and Shortlist

  

COMING SOON: Songlines: First knowledges for younger readers

Posted on 29/05/2024
A unit of work for Year 4 on Songlines, a graphic novel by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly and Blak Douglas, including cross curriculum links to HASS and The Arts.
  

COMING SOON: Eww Gross: Foul Facts and Putrid Pictures

Posted on 29/05/2024
A unit of work for Year 4 on Eww Gross: Foul Facts and Putrid Pictures by Dan Marshall, including cross curriculum links across HPE and Science.
  

COMING SOON: Being Jimmy Baxter

Posted on 29/05/2024
A unit of work for Year 6 on Being Jimmy Baxter by Fiona Lloyd, including cross curriculum links to HPE.
  

COMING SOON: The Trees: Learning tree knowledge with Uncle Kuu

Posted on 29/05/2024
A unit of work for Year 1 on The Trees: Learning tree knowledge with Uncle Kuu. Contains cross-curriculum links to HASS and Science.

Professional learning to support you using quality literature

CBCA Book Week 2024 Webinars

  

In conversation: Johanna Bell & Erica Wagner

Posted on 6/11/2023
Join us as we speak with Johanna & Erica on how their mutual love of birds led to the creation of Hope is the Thing.
  

In Conversation — with Samera Kamaleddine

Posted on 6/06/2023
Join us in conversation with Samera Kamaleddine, author of The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart, as we make connections between quality books for young people and thoughtful explorations of mental health and wellness.