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Library Assistant

Marie Jerome

2020 CBCA notables announced!

With great anticipation the 2020 CBCA notable books of the year have been announced. Each category has a list of 20 books all vying for a position in the shortlist which will be announced Tuesday 31 March. Established in 1946, the CBCA Book of the Year Awards are considered to be Australia’s most prestigious prize for children’s literature. Interested in reading one or all of the notables? Pop up into the library and you can view them on our newest display, read one or read them all before the shortlist is announced, make your own shortlist. I look forward to hearing your reviews!

A new month and our latest book orders have not disappointed, in our March Stack you will find wonderful titles including Red Day. Author Sandy Fussel explores Australia’s involvement in the Second World War, with the 1944 Cowra prisoner of war camp breakout as the focus. The story is set in modern-day Australia, Charlie is a young girl with synaesthesia. When Kenichi, a Japanese exchange student comes to stay with Charlie and her family, her senses intensify and she finds herself pulled back into Cowra’s violent past.

Did you know, ‘Reading is no longer mainly about extracting information; it is about constructing knowledge, thinking critically and making well-founded judgements.’ (Pisa 2018: Insights and Interpretations)
In all learning areas, effective readers need higher-order reading skills to read, infer meaning from, think critically to evaluate, and respond to complex questions about print, multimodal and online texts.

In our stack is the latest copy of Teen Breathe beautiful graphics, inspirational articles and plenty of ideas on how to be creative and how to get back to nature to recharge and re-centre. Ditch the digital and kick back with a copy today. We also have back copies if you are looking for further inspiration.

The library as a digital detox zone is proving to be a great success. We now have an ongoing battle of Bananagrams at every break. If you feel like you can take on the Year 11 team that are the current victors feel free to take a place at the battle table! UNO is still the most popular card game in town and it is great to see students connecting with each other.

I look forward to sharing the CBCA shortlist with you next month along with our latest great reads!