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).

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).

Judy Hannah's 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
• Kate Gordon's website
• The 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
• Jaclyn Moriarty's website
• Teaching notes https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/childrens/childrens-fiction/The-Stolen-Prince-of-Cloudburst-Jaclyn-Moriarty-9781760875060
• The 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

Katrina Nannestad We Are Wolves. HarperCollins Publishers 9780733340888

• Katrina Nannestad's website

Kirli Saunders (illus. by Dub Leffler) Bindi. Magabala Books 9781925936667

• Themes: contemporary - Indigenous author and character - climate - bush fires - verse novel
• Age: 10 years +
• 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

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