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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

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