2020 Teacher Notes

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Short List Notes 2020

 

 

 

 

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

Picture Story

Picture Story

Picture Story
Extraordinary! Anisa’s Alphabet To The Bridge
- Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
I Want to be a Movie Star How To Be A Giraffe  The Seed of Compassion
Morphing Murphy  - Publishers Notes The Colouring Competition
- Publishers Notes Jump!  The Astronaut's Cat 
The Problem with Problems  - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
- Publishers Notes Monkey's Tail - A Tiger & Friends Book   
Jelly-Boy The Other Brother  
The Year of the Rat  - Publishers Notes  
- Publishers Notes What Colour Is The Sea?  
Eureka! - A Story of the Goldfields  - Publishers Notes  
     

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Early Childhood
Roo Knows Blue Big Hug, Little Mouse There’s No Such Thing
- Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
Dippy and the Dinosaurs   Goodnight Glow Worms
Are These Hen's Eggs   I’ll Always Be Older Than You
- Publishers Notes    - Publishers Notes
    Ten Little Figs
     - Publishers Notes
     

Fiction Blurbs

Fiction Blurbs

Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs
Ninja Bandicoots & Turbo Charged Wombats The Ghost of Howlers Beach Scary Mary and the Stripe Spell
Edie's Experiments - How to Make Friends  - Publishers Notes The Honey Bees
The Besties to the Rescue League of Llamas 1 - The Golden Llama Ozzy Rules!
Aussie Kids - Meet Taj at the Lighthouse The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour The List of Things That Will Not Change
 - Publishers Notes Derek Dool Supercool 1 - Bust a Move Aussie Kids: Meet Katie at the Beach
Aussie Kids - Meet Zoe and Zac at the Zoo The Fabulous Cakes of Zinnia Jakes - The Crumbling Castle  - Publishers Notes
 - Publishers Notes   Aussie Kids: Meet Eve in the Outback
 The Chicken's Curse    - Publishers Notes
    Landing with Wings 
     - Colouring In Activity Sheet
     - Get Your Stick Figures Moving Activity Sheet
     - How To Make a Travelling Storybook Activity Sheet
     - How To Make a Travelling Storybook Example
     

Secondary Fiction Blurbs

Secondary Fiction Blurbs

Secondary Fiction Blurbs
Emergency Rescue Angel Red Day Deep Water
Break the Fall Haywire Taking Down Evelyn Tait
Orphans of the Tide The Republic of Birds How to Grow a Family Tree
The Girl with the Gold Bikini  - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
A New Kind of Everything The Vanishing Deep  The January Stars
Somebody Give this Heart a Pen E-Boy The Book of Chance
The Long Distance Playlist A Trio of Sophies Wink 
  Given  Girls Change The Game 
    Beyond Belief
    Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal
     

Primary Non-Fiction

Primary Non-Fiction

Primary Non-Fiction
February Non Fiction
March Non Fiction
April Non Fiction
     
     

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

Picture Story

Picture Story

Picture Story
The Big Old Rambutan Tree  Tippy Jellybean Finding Francois
 - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
Skadoodle & Snug’s Magnificent Plan  The Giant and the Sea  Ellie’s Dragon 
Rocky and Louie   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
 - Publishers Notes The Battle  Pink! 
Good Question   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes
 - Publishers Notes Embrace Your Body   
By the Billabong   - Publishers Notes  
 - Publishers Notes    
The Friendly Games     
 - Publishers Notes    
Littlelight    
 - Activity Sheet    
Boo Loves Books    
 - Publishers Notes    
     

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Early Childhood
Sometimes Cake  Henry Turnip Can I Give You A Squish? 
 - Publishers Notes The Shy Zebra   - Publishers Notes
    Barkley 
     - Publishers Notes
     

Fiction Blurbs

Fiction Blurbs

Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs
Lola In The Middle  Jacks Secret Summer The Pony Question 
 - Publisher Notes What Zola Did on Monday The Mummy Smugglers Of Crumblin Castle 
Her Perilous Mansion  Eloise and the Bucket of Stars Aussie Kids - Meet Mia by the Jetty 
As Fast As I Can  The Power of Positive Pranking  - Publishers Notes 
 - Publishers Notes The Theory of Hummingbirds Aussie Kids - Meet Sam at the Mangrove Creek 
Carly Mills Pioneer Girl - A New World     - Publishers Notes
Tilda Teaches Cartwheels    Edie’s Experiments - How to be the Best 
    The Secret Library of Hummingbird House  
     - Publishers Notes
     

Secondary Fiction Blurbs

Secondary Fiction Blurbs

Secondary Fiction Blurbs
The Year The Maps Changed  The Schoolmaster's Daughter When Rain Turns to Snow 
The Tell  The End of the World is Bigger Than Love  Metal Fish, Falling Snow 
 - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes Stars Like Us 
When It Drops  The Dark Tide The Lost Soul Atlas 
Please Don’t Hug Me  Again Again  The Last Paper Crane 
The Verindon Alliance     
 - Publishers Notes    
Goldfields Girl    
 - Publishers Notes    
Worse Things    
     

Primary Non-Fiction

Primary Non-Fiction

Primary Non-Fiction
May Non Fiction
June Non Fiction
No Non Fiction This Month
     
     

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

Picture Story

Picture Story

Picture Story
I Saw Pete and Pete Saw Me  This Small Blue Dot Windows
 - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes   - Publishers Notes
Searching For Seashells The Biscuit Maker  Anemone Is Not The Enemy 
 - Publishers Notes   - Publishers Notes  - Publishers Notes 
Small Town  The Lost Library  Sing Me The Summer
Gold! Happy Hearts   - Publishers Notes
 - Publishers Notes A Crocodile in the Family  Old Man Emu
A House of Mud  - Publishers Notes Norton and the Bear
 - Publishers Notes    - Publishers Notes
What Do You Call Grandpa?   How To Make A Bird
     - Publishers Notes
    Hello Jimmy!
     - Publishers Notes
    Evie Is All Ears
     - Publishers Notes
    Bandits
     

Early Childhood

Early Childhood

Early Childhood
No Early Childhood titles this month We Love You, Magoo  The Thank-you Present
  Combat Wombat   - Activity Resources
  Where The Dragons Live  Piper Picks the Perfect Pet
  Nala The Koala  - Publishers Notes
  Ruby and Graham   - Activity Resources
   - Publishers Notes Busy Beaks
     - Publishers Notes
    Back to Sleep
     

Fiction Blurbs

Fiction Blurbs

Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs

Primary Fiction Blurbs
Sunflower My Dog Is A Winner  The Grandest Bookshop in the World
 - Publishers Notes The Wolves of Greycoat Hall   - Publishers Notes
Gemma Riley and the Fashion Fiasco  Tricky Nick  Little Jiang
Across the Risen Sea Aussie Kids: Meet Dooley on the Farm   - Publishers Notes 
 - Publishers Notes Aussie Kids: Meet Matilda at the Festival  Emergency! Carly Mills Pioneer Girl
Kitty is not a Cat: Lights Out The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn  Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus
A Clue For Clara   - Publishers Notes   
 - Publishers Notes Brain Freeze   
Beady Bold and the Yum-Yams: Monty's Island 2    
     

Secondary Fiction Blurbs

Secondary Fiction Blurbs

Secondary Fiction Blurbs
Tribal Lores  The Fire Star Future Girl
The F Team  Of Boys and Boats  Before the Beginning
Remind Me Why I’m Here  Indigo Owl  The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Rise of the Remarkables: Brasswitch and Bot  Fighting Words  This One Is Ours
The Great Godden  The History of Mischief  Watch Over Me
The Erasure Initiative  - Publishers Notes Every Little Piece Of My Heart
 - Publishers Notes When This Bell Rings  All This Time
  Rebel Gods: Monuments Book 2  Skydragon
   - Publishers Notes The Courtyard Children
  You Were Made For Me  - Publishers Notes
  Spotlight The Inheritance Games
  Where We Begin  
     

Primary Non-Fiction

Primary Non-Fiction

Primary Non-Fiction
August Non Fiction
September Non Fiction
October Non Fiction
     
     
     
     
     

November 2020

 

 

Secondary Fiction Blurbs

 

 
Catch Me If I Fall    
 - Publishers Notes    
Here The Whole Time    
Glassheart    
The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow    
We Are Wolves    

 

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