Book Week

Congratulations to Amy C for her comment regarding ‘Leaf’. Amy made the comment that although ‘Leaf’ was a little title, the book was about something big….life. Amy’s prize will be posted shortly.
Thankyou to all the students who made comments on the shortlisted titles! Visit the blog again next year when we will do it all again!!

Mrs Mac

Did you agree with the judges’ decisions? At Thirroul PS, our stage 1 students voted ‘Leaf’ as the winner in the Early Childhood category, with ‘Tom Tom’ and ‘Special Kev’ close behind. Which is your personal favourite and why?

Special Kev is unique. All his family think so – especially Aunty Pav, who lives in a house of raindrops. What does this mean? How do we know that Kev is special to Aunty Pav?

What are some of the other names people call Special Kev and why?

Send us your comments! The best wins a prize!

In the book by Stephen Michael King, there is someone who plays an important role in looking after the plant sprouting from the boy’s head. Who is it and what do they do to help the plant survive? Send me your answers via the ‘comments’.
Remember, I’m awarding a special prize for the best comment – no matter where it comes from!!

Check out the author’s website here.

Puffins are unusual birds in that their young ‘fledge’ in the evening. What does this mean? Where did Puffling’s parents fly off to? The illustrations of Julie Vivas’ enable you to almost feel Puffling’s downy feathers. What medium has she used to create this effect?
Margaret Wild actually gives us information about puffins within the story of ‘Puffling’ What did you learn when you read the story?

Let us know the answers by sending us a comment below.
Read more about puffins and their habitat here On the site you will also be able to hear the call of a puffin and watch a video of puffins nesting.

Counting down now…….. students are now beginning to read ‘How to heal a broken wing’ by Bob Graham. What did you like about this book?
Can you list the symbols of war found in the book?
What about the different types of birds – what do each of these symbolise? Let us know what you think.

It was exciting to read the titles shortlisted in the CBCA annual Book Week Awards yesterday. Some of our favourite titles we have been reading are on the list – Yr 6 are happy to see ‘Then’ while some of our younger students will be cheering for ‘Sunday Chutney’. I’m very pleased to see that one of our local authors, Sandy Fussell has ‘Polar Boy’ listed, so locals in the north of Wollongong, NSW will have their fingers crossed for Sandy!
What titles have YOU read so far?

Well, what did you think of the winners in each category? At our school, no group in either Stage 2 or Stage 3 were able to pick the Winner and Honours in the Early Childhood and Picture Book categories, but 3 came VERY close!
We were rapt that Parsley Rabbit won the Eve Pownall, as David Legge had just visited our school and last year, Frances Watts visited! We were also pleased to see that ‘Cat’ and ‘Pearl Barley’ received awards.
We have just purchased a new Aaron Blabey book – ‘Sunday Chutney’ – have you read it yet?

Book Week’s over for another year…..the theme for next year is…….’BOOK SAFARI’ !

Thanks to all who left comments and answers to questions – congratulations to Aurora who picked her way through the clues to locate the correct answer re Pearl Barley. Now, I don’t know if this is really why Aaron Blabey named his characters….might have to ask him one day if I get the chance!!

Yes, he’s certainly a character, isn’t he? Loves to visit the neighbours – but just how does he manage to visit Dog?

What do you know about the little girl in the book?

You’ll need to study the illustrations – and certainly the endpapers to get the full story!

Send your answers via the ‘comment’ below!

Where exactly did Aaron Blabey find the inspiration for the names of his characters ‘Pearl Barley’ and ‘Charlie Parsley’?

Is he a fan of jazz?

Does he have a soft spot for the musical theatre of the 1950’s?

Mrs Mac’s Book Week page has the clues….will you be the first to work it out??
http://smclibrary.shaz.googlepages.com/bookweek2008/