Author Studies

Australian authors and illustrators	HarperCollins author profiles
New Zealand Authors
OZ Lit Australian Children's Books	Focus on Fiction
Author's Home pages Di Bates - write to Di Bill Condon - write to Bill Mem Fox - go to Chapter 5 of Mem Fox's website	Author Studies Pamela Allen Andy Griffiths Jeannie Baker Paul Jennings Eric Carle A.B. (Banjo) Paterson Mem Fox Alison Lester Julie Vivas

Books

OZ Lit Australian Children's Books	Mighty Book.com Choose your age group, then the story that you want to read or listen to.
Children's Book Council	4Kids Treehouse - choose an online book or an interactive book
Children's Literature Web Guide
Novel Guide The premier free source for literary analysis on the web. An educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary literature through Chapter Summaries, Character Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies.	Spot's Official Webpage

Mythology

Greek Mythology	Encyclopedia Mythica

Dewey Decimal Classification - a multimedia tour

Children's Book Week Book Week is from the 18th August to 24th August, 2001 2001 A Book Odyssey - Clickable Worksheet

Book of the Year: Early Childhood Winner You'll Wake the Baby Catherine Jinks, illus. Andrew McLean Honour Book Max Bob Graham Honour Book Pog Lyn Lee, illus. Kim Gamble Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo Alison Lester Nighty Night! Margaret Wild, illus. Kerry Argent The Pocket Dogs Margaret Wild. illus. Stephen Michael King

Picture Book of the Year Some of these picture books may be for mature readers Winner Fox Margaret Wild, illus. Ron Brooks Honour Book The Lost Thing Shaun Tan Honour Book The Singing Hat Tohby Riddle Faust's Party Matt Ottley Rain Dance Cathy Applegate, illus. Dee Huxley A is for Aunty Elaine Russell

Book of the Year: Younger Readers Winner Two Hands Together Diana Kidd Honour Book Away with the Birds Errol Broome Honour Book Nips XI Ruth Starke Something's Fishy, Hazel Green! Odo Hirsch The Game of the Goose Ursula Dubosarsky Pannikin & Pinta Colin Thiele; illust. Peter Gouldthorpe

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books   Winner Olympia : Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece Dyan Blacklock, illus. David Kennett Honour Book Building the Sydney Harbour Bridge John Nicholson Honour Book A is for Aunty Elaine Russell Pole to Pole Pamela Freeman, illus. Philip Blythe Animal Food Jane Pearson Sick as: Bloody Moments in the History of Medicine Gael Jennings, illus. Roland Harvey

Book of the Year: Older Readers NB: These books are for mature readers (High School students) Winner Wolf on the Fold Judith Clarke Honour Book Dogs Bill Condon Honour Book Fighting Ruben Wolfe Markus Zusak The Simple Gift Steven Herrick Touch Me James Moloney Thursday's Child Sonya Hartnett