Teaching Notes
LoveOzYA
LoveOzYA is, at its heart, a way to focus the discussions around young adult (YA) fiction in Australia and by doing so, promote local content to local readers.
Allen & Unwin's Best New Books
This catalogue covers our major children's titles and includes a cover image, educationally focused blurb, reading age, month of release and an icon to indicate if supporting Teacher Notes will be available.
Just click on the PDF icon above
Discovering Children's Books
Get creative with activities for children of all ages. Invent your own superhero, make a pop-up book and much more.
Better Reading Diversity Podcast
Conversations with guests sharing their thoughts on the importance of Diversity in Children’s Books.
Global Words
Produced by World Vision Australia and the Primary English Teaching Association Australia to integrate the teaching and learning of English and Geography with global citizenship education.
Scoop.It
An excellent range of current resources for teachers curated by Maree Whiteley.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Resource
Freely available database of over 300 children's books by and about Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Note: this site may take a while to load but it is well worth it.
Dust Echoes
A series of twelve beautifully animated Dreamtime stories with study guidelines.
Fremantle Press
Online teaching notes and resources for books published by WA writers and artists.
Penguin Random House
Online teaching notes and resources for books published by Penguin Australia.
Scholastic
Online teaching notes and resources for books published by Scholastic.
Allen & Unwin
Online teaching notes and resources for books published by Allen & Unwin
Teachit Primary
A multitude of free resources and lesson plans for all learning areas.
Reading For Pleasure
How do you encourage children to enjoy reading?
Here, Michael Rosen, tells us how to promote reading for pleasure and why it's so valuable.
Into the Book
Reading and Comprehension resources, strategies, lesson plans, teacher guides, videos and more.
Reciprocal Reading Group Cards
Some brilliant Reciprocal Reading Group Cards to use as prompts during Guided Reading lessons.
Michael Rosen on Phonics
Children's Laureate Michael Rosen tells The Daily Politics that teaching phonics is no substitute for teaching a love of reading.
Reading Rockets
Everything you need to know to help young and struggling readers succeed.
Literature Circles
Everything you need to know about using Literature Circles in the classroom.
