Teachers Notes
Publishers’ teaching notes for CBCA Book of the Year Short List 2015
Book of the Year: Older Readers
Atkins, Clare. Nona & Me, Black Inc.
http://www.blackincbooks.com/sites/blackincbooks.com/files/nona-and-me-teaching-notes.pdf
Bongers, Christine. Intruder, Random House Australia
https://penguin.com.au/teachers#secondary
Groth, Darren. Are You Seeing Me? Random House Australia
https://penguin.com.au/teachers#secondary
Keil, Melissa. The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, Hardie Grant Egmont
http://www.hardiegrant.com.au/egmont/resources/teachers-resources/other-fiction
Sweeney, Diana. The Minnow, Text Publishing
Zorn, Claire. The Protected, University of Queensland Press
http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/store/images/Hi-RES/teachersnotes/1300/3569.pdfhttp://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/store/images/Hi-RES/teachersnotes/1300/3569.pdfhttp://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/store/images/Hi-RES/teachersnotes/1300/3569.pdf
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Bancks, Tristan. Two Wolves, Random House Australia
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/content/teachers/tr_twowolves.pdf
Condon, Bill, ill. Norling, Beth. The Simple Things, Allen & Unwin
https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/583-simplethings9781743317242tn
Gleeson, Libby, ill. Blackwood, Freya. The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present, Allen & Unwin
*No notes available on website
Herrick, Steven. Bleakboy and Hunter Stand out in the Rain, University of Queensland Press
http://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/store/images/Hi-RES/teachersnotes/1288/3291.pdf
Janu, Tamsin Figgy in the World, Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Rossell, Judith. Withering-by-Sea: a Stella Montgomery Intrigue, ABC Books Harper Collins Publishers
http://www.scool.scholastic.com.au/schoolzone/toolkit/assets/pdfs/Withering-by-Sea.pdf
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Blabey, Aaron. Pig the Pug, Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
http://resource.scholastic.com.au/resourcefiles/8303794_18556.pdf
Gibbes, Lesley, ill. King, Stephen Michael. Scary Night, Working Title Press
http://www.workingtitlepress.com.au/teachers_notes/Teacher%20Notes%20Scary%20Night.pdf
Gleeson, Libby, ill. Blackwood, Freya. Go to Sleep, Jessie! Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
http://www.hardiegrant.com.au/egmont/resources/teachers-resources/picture-books
Hughes, Jenny, ill. Bentley, Jonathan. A House of Her Own, Hardie Grant Egmont
http://www.hardiegrant.com.au/egmont/resources/teachers-resources/picture-books
King, Stephen Michael. Snail and Turtle are Friends, Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
http://resource.scholastic.com.au/resourcefiles/8256140_13857.pdf
Lester, Alison. Noni the Pony goes to the Beach, Allen & Unwin
http://www.scool.scholastic.com.au/schoolzone/toolkit/assets/pdfs/noni.pdf
Picture Book of the Year
Balla, Trace. Rivertime, Allen & Unwin
Blackwood, Freya, Text Kobald, Irena, My Two Blankets, Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
http://www.hardiegrant.com.au/egmont/resources/teachers-resources/picture-books
Camilleri, Michael, text Metzenthen, David. One Minute’s Silence, Allen & Unwin
https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/335-oneminutessilence9781743316245tn
King, Stephen Michael, Text Millard, Glenda. The Duck and the Darklings, Allen & Unwin
https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/257-duckandthedarklings9781743312612tn
Voutila, Ritva, Wild, Margaret. The Stone Lion, Little hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
http://www.hardiegrant.com.au/egmont/resources/teachers-resources/picture-books
Whatley, Bruce, Text French, Jackie. Fire, Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
http://lamontbooks.com.au/media/14424/Fire-Teacher-Notes.pdf
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Barnard, Simon. A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land, Text Publishing
Divaroren, Demet & Pajalic, Amra (editors). Coming of Age: Growing Up Muslim in Australia, Allen & Unwin
https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/243-comingofage9781743312926tn
Freeman, Pamela. Mary’s Australia: How Mary Mackillop Changed Australia, Black Dog Books Walker Books Australia
http://www.walkerbooks.com.au/statics/dyn/1401406061694/Our-Stories-Marys-Australia.pdf
Jolly, Jane, ill. Ingpen, Robert, Tea and Sugar Christmas, National Library of Australia
http://publishing.nla.gov.au/documents/TeaandSugarChristmasTeachersNotes.pdf
Saxby, Claire, ill. Byrne, Graham. Emu, Walker Books Australia
http://www.walkerbooks.com.au/statics/dyn/1403655814938/Emu-Classroom-Ideas.pdf
Walker, Carlie, ill. Hatherly, Brett. Audacity: Stories of Heroic Australians in Wartime, Department of Veterans’ Affairs
https://www.awm.gov.au/sites/default/files/Audacity.pdf
Crichton Award for New Illustrators
Balla, Trace. Rivertime, Allen & Unwin
Briggs, Karen, Text Seden, Paul. Kick with my Left Foot, Allen & Unwin
Note: these are not publisher’s notes.
Camilleri, Michael, Text Metzenthen, David. One Minute’s Silence, Allen & Unwin
https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/335-oneminutessilence9781743316245tn
Cowxher, Robin, Text Fenton, Corrinne. Little Dog and the Christmas Wish, Walker Books Australia
http://lamontbooks.com.au/media/24964/Little-Dogs-Christmas-Wish.pdf
Note: these are not the publisher’s notes.
Green, Snip, Text Dumbleton, Mike. Meet Douglas Mawson, Random House Australia
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/content/teachers/meetdouglasmawson.pdf
Tobin, Leanne, Text Kwaymullina, Ambelin. The Lost Girl, Walker Books Australia
http://resource.scholastic.com.au/resourceFiles/8300121_19169.pdf