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 **Sarah Allen //Busy Beaks.// Affirm Press 9781925972948**
-  *  [[https://affirmpress.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BUSY-BEAKS-TEACHERS-NOTES-ACTIVITIES.pdf | Teachers Notes]]
+  * Themes: birds
+  * [[https://affirmpress.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BUSY-BEAKS-TEACHERS-NOTES-ACTIVITIES.pdf | Teachers Notes]]
+  * Reading Time review https://readingtime.com.au/busy-beaks/
+  * Make cardboard bird beaks https://www.instructables.com/Cardboard-Bird-Beak/
+  * What bird(call) is it/your favourite
+  * Bird scavenger hunt using those common to your area
+  * Creating birdhouses / bird feeders
+  * Local birdwatchers/rescue group chat
+  * Group art - bird outline and they stick feathers on it
+  * STEM – design thinking – make a birdsnest to hold 1 egg shaker – pictures of weird, wonderful nests afterwards – more than one way of solving a task
+  * Bird books and /or pictures around library with paper roll tube binoculars for ‘bird-watching’
+  * Colouring in pictures of local birds
+  * Birds in backyards https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/
+  * Building bird boxes - milk cartons and milk bottles
+  * local Landcare groups might have resources could display of local species in your area
 **Bernadette Green (illus. by Anna Zobel) //Who’s Your Real Mum?// Scribble Kids’ Books 9781925849493**
+  * Themes: families - mums - rainbow families
   * [[http://static.booktopia.com.au/pdf/9781925849493.pdf | Teachers notes]]
+  * Tell us about your mum/s social media call out
+  * Family tree – celebrate all the different shapes
+  * My mum is secretly ...
+  * Link to History syllabus (ES1) - stories about my family
+  * Family portraits – draw or have a photography session with a background
+  * Dress up to act out the imaginary pursuits of the mums
+  * Outreach to rainbow family organizations in your area
+  * Rainbow families book display
+  * 'My mum ...’ index cards for public to add
+  * Rainbow Families https://www.rainbowfamilies.com.au/
 **Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman (illus. by Mel Pearce) //No! Never!// Hachette Australia 9780734418906**
+  * Themes: behaviour and feelings - routines - cooperation
   * Libby Hathorn [[http://libbyhathorn.com/ | website]]
+  * Tell us your parenting stories on social media
+  * safety presentation - fire, police, road safety
+  * Children illustrate a chart of routines parents can use at home to encourage them
+  * Reverse role-playing - parents acting as kids and kids as parents for a simple task
+  * Co-operative game session
+  * Parenting session on managing 'big' emotions
+  * Parenting and other picture books about children's behaviour on display
+  * Child created cartoons of themselves in their routine - could also be a routine social story as a program
+  * Readers Theatre with a sign "No, Never" to encourage audience participation
 **Anna McGregor //Anemone is not the Enemy.// Scribble Kids’ Books 9781922310118**
+  * Themes: friends - rockpools - tides - sea animals
   * [[https://www.lamontbooks.com.au/media/179635/publishers-notes-anemone-is-not-the-enemy.pdf | Teachers notes]]
+  * Trivia - under the sea facts
+  * If coastal council, photos of local rockpools / shoreline
+  * 'Under the sea' experience with live animals
+  * Paper roll anemone gardens
+  * Jar / paper plate aquariums
+  * Movie screening of 'Finding Nemo’
+  * Rockpool sensory experience - sandy, wet, slimy, hard – individual trays for Covid-19 risk management
+  * STEM - Sink or float / volume experiments
+  * Crepe paper anemone with non-fiction sea animal books 'socially-distanced’
+  * Rockpool or under the sea diorama
 **Heidi McKinnon //There’s No Such Thing.// Allen & Unwin 9781760877279**
+  * Themes: camping - monsters - night time
   * [[https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/1796-theresnosuchthing9781760877279tt | Teachers notes]]
+  * Set up a tepee in the library and ask children to contribute pictures of their fears / imaginary creatures that are displayed outside
+  * Simple Storytime craft - 'Mr Squiggle' - using our imaginations perhaps paired with sounds
+  * STEM - using our senses - pairing sounds with the things that make them
+  * STEM older kids - sound effects with external faciliatator / coding a game for younger kids - What's that sound?
+  * camping books display with teepee and other camping artefacts
+  * Monsters from book - make and display (Scavenger hunt)
+  * Night-time books against a starry sky
 **Briony Stewart //We Love You, Magoo.// Penguin Random House Australia 9781760896904**
+  * Themes: dogs - pets
   * [[https://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/sites/thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/files/files/title_resource/weloveyoumagoo_lt_toddlers_october_2020_final_0.pdf | Learning time notes]]
   * CBCA video of author and illustrator Briony Stewart talking about creating the book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T41nQ399jt0
+  * Social media montage of adorable dogs / cat videos
+  * Dogs of .... photo call out of your pet / pet poll
+  * Paper plate dogs/paper puppets as a Storytime craft
+  * Talk with local pound about how to take care of our pets
+  * Pet first-aid for kids and parents with local vet and stuffed animals
+  * Collage of orange Magoo and with blue-themed background
+  * Decorate a collar / bandanna for your dog
+  * STEM - graphing what pets everyone has or making dog biscuits
+  * Sensory play - cleaning 'dirty' dog figurines; playdough pets
+  * Pet-themed display
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