====== CBCA Award for New Illustrator 2019 ======

This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration.
Ages 0-18 years.

===== Australian Birds / Chun, Matt =====

  * Themes: feathers | colours | endangered | zoom in  
  * “Usually I do human portraits, so I think I brought some of that to the depiction of the birds … **I treated them as portraits**, rather than studies as a species. It’s not intended to be a field guide, it’s more playful and more focused on creating a character.”  Matt Chun Bega District Times |https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/5731172/matt-chun-releases-his-first-picture-book-australian-birds/  
  * 16 different Australian bird species
  * activity idea: compare to portraits of people
  * activity idea: zoom in and examine real feathers with magnifying glasses or microscopes and draw them


===== Grandma Z / Gray-Barnett, Daniel =====

  * Themes: grandmothers | stereotypes | contrasting colours 
  * Printable Grandma Z activity pack (with colouring in, drawing and maze activities) https://danielgraybarnett.com/grandma-z 
  * activity idea: students doodle with contrasting colours (see colour wheel) while listening to the story; talk about opposites and stereotypes
  * activity idea: draw pictures of grandmothers that don't fit the stereotypes


===== Dingo / Harricks, Tannya =====

  * Themes: endangered wildlife | dingoes
  * activity idea: explore the different habitats that dingoes live in (eg alpine vs desert vs Fraser Island etc.); paint the different habitats
  * activity idea: listen to the description of the dingo features and draw what is described
  * Bargo Dingo Sanctuary https://dingosanctuarybargo.com.au/

===== The Singing Seal / Langton, Allison =====

  * Themes: performance | perseverance | wildlife in the city 
  * Teachers notes http://affirmpress.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/THE-SINGING-SEAL-TEACHERS-NOTES-.pdf 
  * Benny the seal at Sydney Opera House https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/backstage/2018/05/seal-of-approval.html
  * activity idea: what other animals would like the chance to perform at the Opera House?



===== Carmichael's Journey / Metcalfe, Samantha =====

  * Themes: black cockatoos | feathers | endangered birds 
  * Kaarakin Black cockatoo conservation centre https://www.blackcockatoorecovery.com/ 
  * match with Black Cockatoo / Merrison, Carl & Hustler, Hakea

===== Red House, Blue House, Green House, Tree House! / Reiseger, Jane =====

  * Themes: colours | feelings | homes 
  * Teachers notes http://affirmpress.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RHBHGHTHTEACHERS-NOTES-.pdf 
  * activity idea: compare with the artwork of Dr Seuss stories
  * activity idea: using LEGO build the various houses while listening to the story; display houses 
  * match with Andy Griffiths Tree House books http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/books/