====== Shortlist: Book of the Year: Younger Readers ======
Entries may be fiction, drama or poetry. They must be appropriate in style and content for readers from middle to upper primary years (ages 7 - 12 years).

===== General notes and copyright =====
NB: Photocopying of book covers is covered by the 2016 agreement between ALIA and the Australian Publishers Association is in place see https://www.alia.org.au/copyright-and-book-covers (please note the following publishers are not members of the Australian Publishers Association: EK Books, Riveted Press, Scribble Kids’ Books, Starfish Bay Publishing).

===== Ideas for using the books =====

Judy Hannah's {{ :wiki:children_s_book_week_2020_young_readers_category_for_state_library_presentation_4_.pdf |presentation slides}} from the Book Week Forum 
  * online tool for making anagrams of book titles https://wordsmith.org/anagram/ 
  * online tool for making jigsaws https://www.jigsawexplorer.com/

**Kate Gordon //Aster’s Good, Right Things.// Riveted Press 9780648492573**
  * Themes: contemporary - island - setting (Tassie?) - mental health/anxiety disorder 
  * Age: upper primary/lower secondary
  * [[https://kategordon.com.au/ | Kate Gordon's website]]
  * The [[https://cbca.org.au/book/aster-s-good-right-things | CBCA judges comments]]
  * Teachers' resources https://www.yellowbrickbooks.com.au/AstersGoodRightThings_teachingnotes_2020_web.pdf 
  * Display information from kidshelpline https://kidshelpline.com.au/teens/issues/anxiety 

**Jaclyn Moriarty (illus. by Kelly Canby) //The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst.// Allen & Unwin 9781760875060**
  * Themes: fantasy, third novel in the Kingdoms and Empires series
  * Age: 10 - 14 years
  * [[https://jaclynmoriarty.com/ | Jaclyn Moriarty's website]]
  * Teaching notes https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/childrens-fiction/The-Stolen-Prince-of-Cloudburst-Jaclyn-Moriarty-9781760875060
  * The [[https://www.cbca.org.au/book/the-stolen-prince-of-cloudburst | CBCA judges comments]]
  * Reading Time Review http://readingtime.com.au/the-stolen-prince-of-cloudburst/

**Sally Murphy (illus. by Sarah Davis) //Worse Things.//  Walker Books Australia 9781760651657**
  * Themes: contemporary, sports, verse novel 
  * Ages: 10 years + 
  * a display of "fridge poetry" with sporting themes - each visiting class could write a poem together
  * Reading Time review http://readingtime.com.au/worse-things/
  * Sally Murphy's website http://sallymurphy.com.au/2020/05/welcome-worse-things/  

**Katrina Nannestad //We Are Wolves.// HarperCollins Publishers 9780733340888**
  * Themes: WW2 - set in Germany - war - survival
  * Age: 10 years +
  * [[https://www.katrinanannestad.com/ | Katrina Nannestad's website]]
  *  "Wolf children" was the name given to East Prussian children who lost their parents in the last days of World War II and fled to neighboring Lithuania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_children and an image of some Wolfskinder https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lost_children_russia_about_1942.jpg
  * Better Reading review https://www.betterreading.com.au/review/our-review/uplifting-and-heartbreaking-read-our-review-of-we-are-wolves-by-katrina-nannestad/
  * Reading Time review https://readingtime.com.au/we-are-wolves/

**Kirli Saunders (illus. by Dub Leffler) //Bindi.// Magabala Books 9781925936667**
  * Themes: contemporary - Indigenous author and character - climate - bush fires - verse novel
  * Age: 10 years +
  * [[https://kirlisaunders.com/ | Kirli Saunders' website]] including lots of links to teaching resources https://kirlisaunders.com/resources/
  * Teaching Indigenous Content (notes from Magabala Books) https://www.magabala.com/pages/teaching-indigenous-content
  * Reading Time review http://readingtime.com.au/bindi/
  * Teaching resources from Reading Australia (Copyright Agency) https://readingaustralia.com.au/lesson/bindi/

**Sue Whiting //The Book of Chance.// Walker Books Australia 9781760651367**
  * Themes: contemporary - set in Wollongong - social media - family & friendships - truth & lies
  * Sue Whiting's website https://suewhiting.com/the-book-of-chance/
  * A CBCA video of Sue introducing the book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iCtyncYuHM
  * Reading Time review https://readingtime.com.au/the-book-of-chance/
  * Teacher notes https://classroom.walkerbooks.com.au/home/the-book-of-chance-by-sue-whiting/
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