2019 Teacher Notes

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Short List Notes 2019

 

February 2019

March 2019

April 2019
Picture Story Picture Story Picture Story
 Queen Celine   Saying Goodbye to Barkley   One Tree 
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 Bat Vs Poss   Lazy Daisy    The Anzac Billy 
 - Publishers Notes  Grandma’s Treasured Shoes   - Publishers Notes
 Mallee Sky   - Publishers Notes  In The Shadow of an Elephant  
 - Publishers Notes  When The War Is Over   - Publishers Notes 
 The Year of the Pig   - Publishers Notes  Me and My Sister 
 - Publishers Notes  Grace's Mystery Seed  Once 
 Through the Smoke   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
 The Day We Built The Bridge  Rodney   A Quiet Girl 
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   Let Me Sleep, Sheep!   Colouroos  
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Early Childhood Early Childhood Early Childhood
 Dippy's Big Day Out  Lottie and Walter  Hip Hip Hooray  
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 Sleep Tight Platypup  The World of Ruby Red Shoes   Rosie & Rasmus 
   Baz and Benz   There's Only One Mum Like You 
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Fiction Blurbs Fiction Blurbs Fiction Blurbs
Primary Fiction Blurbs Primary Fiction Blurbs Primary Fiction Blurbs
 My Australian Story - Bushfire  A Great Escape   Rebellion at Eureka 
 Fish Kid and the Lizard Ninja   Catch A Falling Star   Mermaid Holidays - The Talent Show  
 Amelia Chamelia and the Birthday Party   Noah & Blues Zooniverse - The Speedy Spidersarus    Super Sidekicks - No Adults Allowed 
 Amelia Chamelia and the Gelato Surprise   Noah & Blues Zooniverse - The Outstanding Octokey   Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery 
 Stella the Unstoppable - The Talent Show Fiasco   How Not to be Popular  This is Home
 Melody Trumpet     
 The Secret of the Youngest Rebel     
     
Secondary Fiction Blurbs Secondary Fiction Blurbs Secondary Fiction Blurbs
 47 Degrees    War and Resistance  The Honeymand and the Hunter  
 The Haven  The Quiet at the End of the World    Ursa  
 The Dog Runner  Love Lie Repeat    Kids Who Did 
 Tilly Maguire and the Royal Wedding Mess    Fish Out of Water    My Brothers Name is Jessica 
 The Girl King   Four Dead Queens    Growing Up African in Australia 
 Outside   What I Like About Me    - Publishers Notes
 Two Can Keep A Secret   Eureka - One Bloody Sunday   Cant Beat the Chemistry 
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   We Are Okay   The Secret Runners of New York   
     The Boy Who Steals Houses 
     River Stone 
     
Primary Non-Fiction Primary Non-Fiction Primary Non-Fiction
 February Non Fiction   March Non Fiction   April Non Fiction 
     

May 2019

June 2019

July 2019
Picture Story Picture Story Picture Story
 Violet & Nothing   One Careless Night   Joey and Riley 
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 Touch the Moon   Leonard Doesn't Dance   Saved! 
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 The Bug Collector  Fox & Bird    - Publishers Notes
 - Publishers Notes  The Ultimate Survival Guide to Monsters Under the Bed   Bitsy
 My Real Friend   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
 - Publishers Notes    Pippa
 Archie the Arty Sloth     - Publishers Notes
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Early Childhood Early Childhood Early Childhood
 My Friend Fred    Lights Out, Leonard   Heads & Tails Underwater 
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 The Jacket  Can You Find 12 Busy Bees?   Goodbye House, Hello House 
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     Meerkat Splash
Fiction Blurbs Fiction Blurbs Fiction Blurbs
Primary Fiction Blurbs Primary Fiction Blurbs Primary Fiction Blurbs
 Songbird   Sick Bay  Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth 
 Dream Riders - Frankie   Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire  - Publishers Notes 
 Sophia and the Corner Park Clubhouse    Lizards Tale 
 Juno Jones Word Ninja    - Publishers Notes
 Dont Follow Vee    Girl Geeks - The Hackathon 
 The Little Wave    Stella the Unstoppable and the School Camp Kerfuffle 
 Eco Rangers - Pelican in Peril    Into The Wild - Wolf Girl 1 
     Scoop McLaren - Detective Editor 
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Secondary Fiction Blurbs Secondary Fiction Blurbs Secondary Fiction Blurbs
 Promise Me Happy    Sensitive   Detention 
 - Publishers Notes  Land of Fences   - Publishers Notes 
 The Race for the Red Dragon   When the Ground is Hard   Impossible Music 
 Shauna's Great Expectations  Mindcull    All That Impossible Space
 Aurora Rising  - Publishers Notes   Nice Girls Don't Play Footy
 Alex and the Alpacas Save the World  Pirate Boy of Sydney Town   Promise 
 - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes  Rogue 
 Devil's Ballast  Little Stones  
 How it Feels to Float  Change of Heart  
 Shouting at the Rain    
     
Primary Non-Fiction Primary Non-Fiction Primary Non-Fiction
 May Non Fiction  June Non Fiction   No Non Fiction Titles This Month
     

August 2019

September 2019

October 2019
Picture Story Picture Story Picture Story
 Ella and the Ocean  The Gift   The Tiny Star
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 Dear Grandpa   Miss Kraken   Moonfish 
 Arthur and the What-If's   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
 - Publisher Notes  Little Puggle's Song   Mr Chicken All Over Australia 
 Fly   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
 Allergic Alpaca   Who's Afraid of the Quite Nice Wolf?   The Corner of My Eye 
 - Publisher Notes  - Publishers Notes  The Underhills - A Tooth Fairy Story 
   Sarah's Two Nativities   - Publishers Notes
     Clancy the Quokka 
     All the Factors of Why I Love Tractors 
     - Publishers Notes
     
Early Childhood Early Childhood Early Childhood
 There's Only One Dad Like You  Ollie and Augustus   Twelve Days of Kindness 
 - Publishers Notes   - Publishers Notes  One Blue Shoe 
   Not So Quiet Mouse   - Publishers Notes
   - Publishers Notes  A Trip To The Beach 
   Cat & Dog   - Publishers Notes
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Fiction Blurbs Fiction Blurbs Fiction Blurbs
Primary Fiction Blurbs Primary Fiction Blurbs Primary Fiction Blurbs
 Toffle Towers - Fully Booked    A Different Land  The Lost Stone of SkyCity 
 Mika and Max   - Publishers Notes    - Publishers Notes
 The Brilliant Ideas of Lily Green   How to Make a Movie in 12 Days     The Secrets of Magnolia Moon 
 The Secret Science Society's Spectacular Experiment  Atticus Van Tasticus   The Thing About Oliver 
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 Move The Mountains - The Freedom Finders   The Most Ungrateful Girl in the World   Ask Hercules Quick 
 Stardust School of Dance - Bertie the Ninja Dancer   - Publishers Notes   
   Maddie in the Middle   
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   Jinxed - The Curious Case of Cora Bell   
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   Grace's Secrets   
     
Secondary Fiction Blurbs Secondary Fiction Blurbs Secondary Fiction Blurbs
 As Happy as Here   Monuments   Angel Mage  
 It Sounded Better In My Head   The Unlisted (Book 1)   The Best Lies 
 Taking Tom Murray Home   The Lords of Melody   Scars Like Wings 
 I Am Change   This is How We Change the Ending    The Man in the Water 
 The Surprising Power Of A Good Dumpling   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes 
 Everywhere Everything Everyone  Off The Map - The Lost Girls 2   Ghost Bird 
 The Last Balfour   Greta's Story   - Publishers Notes
 - Publishers Notes    Memphis Grace 
 Take The Shot     - Publishers Notes 
 My Father's Shadow     Golden Unicorn - Rise of the Mythix 
     Dear Sweet Pea 
     Tim & Tigon 
     The Unlisted - Rebellion Book 2 
     
Primary Non-Fiction Primary Non-Fiction Primary Non-Fiction
 August Non Fiction   September Non Fiction   October Non Fiction  
     

 

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