Teaching Units: CBCA Shortlist 2023

Every year, PETAA creates quality units of work on all primary-age books that are shortlisted for the prestigious Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. These units are created by literacy experts, using evidence-based pedagogies and are designed with a busy classroom teacher in mind. They incorporate highlighted examples for close reading activities, as well as word recognition, phonic knowledge and spelling, plus a plethora of ways to use the book with your students for speaking, writing and creating. All activities are linked to v9 of the Australian Curriculum: English.

Book of the Year: Younger Readers

August & Jones

Pip Harry
Unit: Years 5 - 6

HONOURS: Evie and Rhino

Neridah McMullin, ill. Astrid Hicks
Unit: Years 3-4

HONOURS: The Raven's Song

Zana Fraillon & Bren MacDibble
Unit: Year 6

WINNER: Runt

Craig Silvey
Unit: Years 5-6

The Way of Dog 

Zana Fraillon, ill. Sean Buckingham
Unit: Years 5-6

Xavier in the Meantime

Kate Gordon
Unit: Year 6

Book of the Year: Early Childhood

HONOURS: Bev and Kev

Katrina Germein & Mandy Foot
Unit: Years F - 2

Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post

Bob Graham
Unit: Years F-2

Lionel and Me

Corinne Fenton & Tracie Grimwood
Unit: Years F-2

Market Day

Carrie Gallasch & Hannah Sommerville
Unit: Years F-2

HONOURS: Snap!

Anna Walker
Unit: Foundation Year

WINNER: Where the Lyrebird Lives

Vikki Conley & Max Hamilton
Unit: Years F-2

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Picture Book of the Year

HONOURS: Dirt by Sea

Tom Jellett & Michael Wagner
Unit: Years 2-3

Farmhouse

 Sophie Blackall
Unit: Years 1-2

Frank's Red Hat

Sean E Avery
Unit: Years 3-4

WINNER: My Strange Shrinking Parents

Zeno Sworder
Unit: Years 5-6

Our Dreaming

Dub Leffler & Kirli Saunders
Unit: Years F-2

HONOURS: Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment

Levi Pinfold
Unit: Years 5-6

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

A is for Australian Reefs

Frané Lessac
Unit: Years 5-6

Amazing Animal Journeys

Jennifer Cossins
Unit: Year 4

HONOURS: Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples

Isaiah Firebrace & Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Unit: Years 3-4

WINNER: DEEP: Delve into Hidden Worlds

Jess McGeachin
Unit: Years 2-3

Opal and Dart

Vianne Brain & Clare Bradley
Unit: Years 1-2

HONOURS: Wild Australian Life

Leonard Cronin & Chris Nixon
Unit: Year 5

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