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Book Week 2009

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Shortlisted Titles           Reading Safari Challenge         

 

 

The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is a volunteer run, not for profit, organisation that was established in 1945 and is comprised of individual members who are passionate about children's and young adult literature.

  • The CBCA Book of the Year Awards, supported by the Awards Foundation, with significant prize money awarded to the winner and honour book/s in each category
  • CBCA Children’s Book Week- the longest running children’s festival in Australia (63 years)
  • Production of a national merchandise line that is sold around Australia in the lead up to Children’s Book Week
  • Encouraging reading and involving children and school communities through the Junior Judges' Project
  • Engaging and communicating with key Australian children’s literature communities through our website, national and branch based activities and the review journal Reading Time
  • The CBCA National Conference- held biennially, highlighting national and international authors and speakers on reading and literacy

  • Forming partnerships as necessary with other key stakeholders in order to raise the profile of Australian children’s literature
  • Maintaining an historical perspective and providing a wealth of research material for Australian children’s literature through the Lu Rees Archives
  • The Children's Book Council of Australia  National Archives, dating back to 1945, are held at the National Library of Australia.

 

The theme for this year's Book Week is Reading Safari. Use the links above to see the shortlisted titles for 2009 as well as the Challenge we will be completeing as part of our Library work in Term 3. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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