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Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia, celebrating its 64th birthday this year.
The dates for Book Week this year are August 21-28, 2009.
Each year, many schools and public libraries from all over Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians develop activities, offer competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading. The theme in 2009 is... Book Safari
These annual awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen. The Short List in each category is announced in April each year. The Winner and Honour Book/s will be announced on Friday 21 August 2009. They are presented in five categories, four of these categories contain books with content suited to primary school students. Click on the categories to see which books are on this year's Short List!
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