Reading Australia

'Dragonkeeper' is an award-winning historical fantasy book – and now a major motion picture! Dive into this riveting adventure with upper primary students. 👉️ https://buff.ly/QTU6km1
✏️ Carole Wilkinson
📖 Walker Books Australia
🎓️ Year 5
💭 Bravery, friendship, responsibility

'Afloat' highlights the importance of respecting and preserving cultural knowledge, and of working together to create a better future. We're honoured to add this title to our resource collection. 👉️ https://buff.ly/ww4xWGT
✏️ Kirli Saunders
🖌️ Freya Blackwood Books
📖 Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
🎓️ Year 1
💭 Climate, community, culture

Still feeling inspired after ? Our 'Luna Roo' resource will be available for posterity on Reading Australia – both web and PDF versions! You can also relive the excitement of the day by watching the official NSS recording via SBS On Demand (until 31 July) or the Australian Library and Information Association's YouTube channel.

These workshops – one each for upper and lower secondary – are FREE and open to all teachers across Australia! 🙌 Register with VATE to get some fresh ideas for teaching and fostering appreciation of Australian literature.

Ready to reimagine how you teach literature? 📚✨

Join us for two FREE online workshops exploring the Copyright Agency's Reading Australia resources led by author and librarian Karys McEwen and VATE’s Education Officer Emma Jenkins.

These workshops will demonstrate how to utilise the Reading Australia resources to move beyond comprehension and toward genuine meaning making in your classroom. Leave with fresh ideas, new possibilities for text studies and a greater appreciation for Australian literature.

🗓 Years 10-12: Thursday 13 August
🗓 Years 7-9: Thursday 3 September
⏰ 4-5pm AEST
💻 Online via Zoom

Free and open to all teachers across Australia – register here: https://www.vate.org.au/events/reimagining-text-study-reading-australia

National Reconciliation Week runs from Wednesday 27 May until Wednesday 3 June. If you're preparing to go 'All In' at your school, consider signing up to Reconciliation Australia's Narragunnawali platform. You'll get free access to early learning, primary, and secondary curriculum resources, plus other tools to support your reconciliation journey beyond . 👉️ https://buff.ly/MvNVdVa

Tuesday 26 May is National Sorry Day. This an opportunity to promote understanding of, respect for, and truth-telling about the histories of Stolen Generations survivors. If you need help getting started with classroom discussions and activities, the Healing Foundation has an excellent resource kit for teachers of all year levels.
🎓️ Resource kit: https://buff.ly/H3nOrcz
ℹ️ National Sorry Day: https://buff.ly/6pudFfo

'Grace Notes' is a sensitive verse novel about two young people finding themselves – and each other – while navigating a pandemic. Another excellent choice for secondary. 👉️ https://buff.ly/XPoadfg
✏️ Karen Comer
📖 Hachette Children's Books ANZ
🎓️ Year 8
💭 COVID-19, creativity, rebellion

'Future Girl' is a thought-provoking story about coming of age as a Deaf teenager in the midst of big societal challenges. An exciting new addition for secondary. 👉️ https://buff.ly/cfftTXW
✏️ Asphyxia
📖 Allen & Unwin Books
🎓️ Year 10
💭 Deaf culture, sustainability, activism

Two weeks until ! Go for gold with Luna Roo, supported by curriculum-linked activities for lower and upper primary teachers PLUS a special set for parents and caregivers. All freely available – and with downloadable PDFs – from Reading Australia! 👉️ https://buff.ly/rwtQD5O
📣 Australian Library and Information Association, Little Book Press
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With just under a month until , Reading Australia is delighted to present our teaching resource for 'Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller'. Join the Australian Library and Information Association for Australia's biggest read-along on Wednesday 27 May! 👉️ https://buff.ly/rwtQD5O
✏️ Adam Jackson, Adrian Lloyd
🖌️ Jake A. Minton
📖 Little Book Press
🎓️ Upper and lower primary + home use
💭 Bravery, resilience, teamwork
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