Australian National Early Literacy Summit
7-8 March 2016 Hotel Realm Canberra
- Promote Greater Equity of Access – Birth to 6 years – CBCA ACT Branch programs
- CBCA Resource List for Early Literacy
Connect to Reading Books
Information from CBCA ACT Events
- Explore Our Indigenous Story (ASP & AIATSIS Presentation 4 August 2015)
Information about reading
- Reading Tips and Tools (Let’s Read)
- Guides for Parents (CBCA Tasmania)
- Babies and Reading 0-2 years (CBCA Tasmania)
- Growing a Reader 3-5 years (CBCA Tasmania)
- The Primary School Years (CBCA Tasmania)
- Reading and Teens (CBCA Tasmania)
- Better Beginnings (State Library of WA)
- Reference books for parents and teachers (CBCA WA)
- Ten read-aloud commandments by Mem Fox
- Let’s Read Tips and Tools
Book lists for children under 6
- Grandma’s Favourites for Babies and Toddlers (CBCA WA)
- I can listen to long stories: short stories and chapter books for 3 to 6year olds (CBCA WA)
- Let’s Read Book Suggestion Sheets
- Better Beginnings (Sate Library of WA)
- Deadly Books for Little Kids (Indigenous book list – State Library of WA)
Book Week Resources
- Book Week for Beginners. A resource to support teacher librarians, it has links to many other useful websites.
- The Book Chook. Suggestions for activities based on the theme.
- Mrs Mac’s Library. For each short listed books there are links to author/illustrator websites, teaching notes and book trailers. Plus some teaching ideas.
- 2016 CBCA Ausrtalia: Story Country on pinterest.
- 2015 CBCA Bookweek: Books light up our world on pinterest.
- Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network.
Review and activity websites
- Reading Time
- Kids Book Review
- The Book Chook
- My Little Bookcase
- The Little Big Book Club
- Better Reading Kids
- Story Mama Blog
- Reading Australia
Facebook pages
- Children’s Book Council of Australia ACT Branch
- Children’s Book Council of Australia
- Story Box Library
- Better Beginnings
- Better Reading Kids
- Kids Book Review
- 10 Minutes a Day
Australian eBooks
These titles can be purchased online.
- Aussie Animals Opposites by Elizabeth Lea
- I’ve Got a Feeling by Stephanie Owen Reeder
- Guess Who? by Susan Hall
- What’s Dad Doing? by Susan Hall
- Rocket into Space by Ragbir Bhathal
- My Band by Elizabeth Lea
- Dance Like a Pirate by Stephanie Owen Reeder
- Have you seen my egg? by Penny Olsen
- Kangaroos and Crocodile by Bronwyn Bancroft
- Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House by Libby Gleeson
- Me and My Dad by Sally Morgan
- Maudie and Bear by Jan Ormerod
- Itsy-bity Babies by Margaret Wild
- Today We Have No Plans by Jane Godwin
- I Like My Dog by Dave Murphy
- For more eBooks search;
- Hardie Grant Egmont
Online Books
- Little Big Book Club (These stories can be listened to in languages other than English)
- Story Box Library (This is a membership free based online library)
Australian book apps
- The Wrong Book by Nick Bland
- The Cranky Bear by Nick Bland
- The Hungry Bear by Nick Bland
- The Itchy Bear by Nick Bland
- Animalia by Graeme Base
- The Waterhole by Graeme Base
- Fey Mouse by Hazel Edwards
- Rules of Summer by Sean Tan
- The Wonkey Donkey by Craig Smith
- Cowzat by Bruce Atherton & Ben Redlich
- My Mum’s The Best by Rosie Smith
- I Love my Dad by Anna Walker
- How the Gunditjmara Got Fire, Joel Wright
- Also search;
- We Are Wheelbarrow Pty Ltd
- Penguin New Zealand Pty Ltd
- Snappyant
- Kiwa Digital Ltd