Talking Books: CBCA, New Directions and New Titles! June 2013 Paul Macdonald M Ed B Ed The Children’s Bookshop Beecroft
2 “Reading for pleasure is the most important way to advance literacy attainment in children.” National Literacy Trust UK 2006
Focus Areas- National Curriculum Expanded View of Literacy Multi-Modal Texts National Identity Indigenous Focus Focus on Asia Sustainability Greater Focus on Language
CBCA 2013
Across the Universe
2013 Book Focus Library as Universe- Stations could be the planets. Staff as Intergalactic Crew Each child gets an intergalactic passport…. Whoever travels the fastest gets rewards.
Teachers’ Notes Mrs Mac’s Library
CBCA Titles Older Readers
Younger Readers
Early Childhood
Picturebook
Eve Pownall
Crichton Awards
Current Reads?
Picture Books 23
Picture Books
Easy Reads Abound
Impact of Diary of a Wimpy Kid 26
Junior Fiction
28 A Global Perspective
Thrillers/ Horror/ Romance The Genre for 2013
Teen Fiction
Classics 31
Graphic Novels 32
Non-Fiction 33
“Children who know adults who read for pleasure take it for granted that reading is a valuable and worthwhile activity” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1991) 34
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