2023 CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers description
Students taking part in Shadow Judging had the opportunity t write a new Blurb for their favourite book. Jonty choose to write it in a font he felt depicted the era and may have been in a newspaper at the time.
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Laughter is the Best Ending: Visual
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Jayden chose to read Fluff for his CBCA Shadow Judging book—and took his creative response to the next level! Using Minecraft, he recreated his favourite scene from the story, showing incredible attention to detail and imagination. We love seeing students blend their passions with reading. Amazing work, Jayden! 🌟💡📖
This is a bookmark that is shared across the school during Bookweek to promote and recommend the book, Laughter is the Best Ending.
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A water colour poster created by Jana Nazha, Year 6, from Australian International Academy, North Kellyville.
Munchy Crunchy Day Fundraiser – Creative Response to Saski Spark-Lee: Fundrasier Fail After reading Saski Spark-Lee: Fundraiser Fail our Grade 4 shadow judging team decided we would like to do a fundraiser for one of our local animal shelters, GAWS – Geelong Animal Welfare Society. GAWS is a wonderful centre that takes in homeless animals,
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Living in Ballarat, Ethan was inspired by page 2 of Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger and set out to recreate the setting using Minecraft. He started building the very street described in the book—adding two colonial-style buildings inspired by real houses he knows in the area. 🏘️ Ethan even included the original quote from the
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We chose ‘Aggie Flea Steals the Show’ as our favourite book because it’s funny, fast-paced, and full of heart. Aggie is a free spirited and imaginative girl who is easy to relate to, she makes mistakes like we all do, she has big dreams and learns important lessons along the way. The story is set
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Our book club made a book trailer for Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger using Lego stop-motion and iMovie.
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In response to reading Aggie Flea Steals the Show, our book club drew their own versions of the ‘Princess Zombie’ comic character.
As part of the CBCA Shadow Judging program, Abby created an incredible response to Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger. Her work features a detailed timeline of key events and a comic strip retelling of her favourite part, showcasing her creativity and deep understanding of the story. We are so proud to share that Abby’s work
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Matt Stanton’s “Fluff: Mess Up” produced much disagreement from our Year 3/4 Book Club as part of their Shadow Judging of the Younger Reader Category. In this book the two main characters talk A LOT about sitting around and drinking banana smoothies. Of course, this led to a very in depth discussion of favourite smoothie
