Cool+Reads

=Get Caught Reading =

Looking for books? OZProjects Middle Years Book Club ICDL - International Children's Digital Library - http://www.randomhouse.com.au/young-readers/ (latest books from Random House) || Pan Macmillan Australia : Teachers' Notes - http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/teachers.asp ||
 * =literature-map =
 * http://www.literature-map.com/
 * Find authors just like your favourite ones. || = Library Thing =
 * http://www.librarything.com
 * Use tags to find books you'll love. ||
 * [[image:blchicentre/goodreads.gif link="@http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/43.Best_Young_Adult_Books"]]
 * Best Young Adult Books || [[image:blchicentre/yarra.png link="@http://www.yarr-a.com/"]]
 * Review a book or read a review ||
 * Read//Plus// **: Reviews Author Index**
 * http://www.readplus.com.au/reviews/reviewsindex.html
 * Look for your favourite authors and read reviews of books by them. || [[image:blchicentre/insideadog.png link="@http://www.insideadog.com.au/"]] State library of Vic.
 * Read or write a book review. ||
 * [[image:blchicentre/spineout.png link="@http://spineout.realviewdigital.com/"]] || [[image:blchicentre/goodreading.png link="@http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/magazine.cfm"]] ||
 * [[image:blchicentre/betweenthelines.png link="@http://penguinbtl.blogspot.com/"]]
 * Penguin - Between the Lines blog || [[image:blchicentre/allenunwinteenpage.png link="@http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=450"]]
 * Allen & Unwin Teens blog ||
 * [[image:blchicentre/ozprojectsbookclub.jpg width="126" height="85" link="http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/course/view.php?id=21"]]
 * An online book club for students 10-14 years || [[image:blchicentre/icdl.gif link="@http://en.childrenslibrary.org/"]]
 * Find digital books from around the world and
 * in many languages ||
 * Random House Books Australia : Young Readers

Book Trailers Our examples Book Trailers for All - http://booktrailersforall.com/ - Find examples, music and images. **Book Trailers** - http://www.squidoo.com/booktrailers - How to make them, examples,... Screenr : Screencasts by Naomi Bates- http://www.screenr.com/user/naomibates - Make book trailers using Movie Maker.

Book Websites Skullduggery Pleasant - http://www.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/ Pottermore - http://www.pottermore.com/ - an online Harry Potter experience. Registration opens 31st July. Be quick - 1st million get early access to Pottermore. Follow the owl JK Rowling says!!! The Double Eagle has landed - a brand new, exciting and funny Diamond Brothers short story by Anthony Horowitz - read it online -> http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2011/oct/07/anthony-horowitz-short-story

Chief Minister's Reading Challenge Years 7 - 8 : See the Teacher Librarian More information: http://www.det.act.gov.au/teaching_and_learning/chief_ministers_reading_challenge

Advanced Reading Challenge Years 9 - 10 : See the Teacher Librarian

Authors talking about their writing (videos) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">-- Anthony Horowitz's top five Alex Rider villains Jon Scieszka @http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/scieszka/ Nadia Wheatley @http://dl.nfsa.gov.au/module/1407/ Paul Jennings @http://www.pauljennings.com.au/video.asp Andy Griffith http://andygriffiths.com.au/news/category/news/

Teaching and Learning Exchange : Writers talk. (Isobelle Carmody, John Boyne, Ursula Dubosarsky, Kate Forsyth, Morris Gleitzman, Andy Griffiths, Danny Katz and Mitch Vane, Alison Lester, Emily Rodda, Jacqueline Wilson.) @http://www.tale.edu.au/tale/live/global/announcements/writers_talk_2010.jsp?muid=000000&taleUserId=-445990256&userType=u&username

<span style="background-color: #dfd7d7; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Author Websites [|Alan Garner] [|Andy McNab] [|Anthony Horowitz] [|Chris Ryan] [|Christopher Paolini] [|Emily Rodda] [|Eoin Colfer] [|Gillian Rubinstein] [|Horrible Histories] [|Jackie French] [|John Marsden] [|Justine Larbalestrier] [|Michael Pryor] [|Morris Gleitzman] [|Paul Jennings] [|Phillip Pullman] [|Scott Westerfeld] [|Specky Magee] [|Tamora Pierce]

<span style="background-color: #dfd7d7; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year - @http://cbca.org.au/awards.htm

Book Week - 17-23 August 2013 - Read Across the Universe



<span style="background-color: #dfd7d7; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">ebooks - eliterature Check Search Tools page for links to free lists of ebooks. The Little Big Book Club - 3 online ebooks for younger children - The Terrible Plop and more Inanimate Alice- by Kate Pullinger and Chris Joseph. The story of Alice and her imaginary digital friend Brad in the early years of the 21st century. In episode one, Alice is living with her parents in a remote region of Northern China. Over the course of the remaining episodes, each a self-contained adventure, Alice develops into a talented animator and designer with the biggest games company in the world. The Vas(a)lisa Project - Click Bare Bones which is a new version of the fairy tale Vasalisa and the Baba Yaga. CCProse - http://www.ccprose.com/ - classic literature audio books with scrolling text. Look for "The Invisible Man", "Romeo and Juliet", ...

<span style="background-color: #dfd7d7; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">and Fiction to Film Film Education (UK) - explore