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Review of the Short List Plus Whats Hot.September 2014

Paul MacdonaldM Ed B Ed The Childrens BookshopBeecroftstaff@thechildrensbookshop.com.au

3Reading for pleasure is the most important way to advance literacy attainment in children.National Literacy Trust UK 2006

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Ebook Growth Slows to Single Digits in U.S. in 2013

Say goodbye to the go-go years of fast-paced ebook growth at least for now. Ebook growth, once in the triple and double digits, with no signs of abating, has slowed to a crawl in 2013.

Andy Griffiths is now confirmed as Australia's best-selling children's author of the past decade, with more than 5 million sales worldwide.

BOOK WEEK 2014CONNECT TO READING 16 - 22 August 2014

2015 Childrens Book WeekTheme Books light up our world

Picture Books

Bob Graham celebrates a whole world-vision in a single moment, encouraging readers to stop, observe, and savor the world around themGood ReadsTan's open-ended tales invariably suggest possibilities beyond the frame, creating an imaginative space for readers to inhabit the storiesThe result is an ambiguous, lively tension between word and image, where neither clarifies the other, fuelling unexpected associations. Reading too much into a Shaun Tan book is a necessary goodCefn Ridout, The AustralianEarly Childhood

Younger Readers

Older Readers

Eve Pownell

Crichton Books

Current Readshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY

Sicklit- The Genre for 201416

War

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Junior Reads

Junior Fiction

Impact of Diary of a Wimpy Kid25

Secondary

Cool Non-Fiction

Children who know adults who read for pleasure take it for granted thatreading is a valuable and worthwhile activity (Csikszentmihalyi, 1991) 282829

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