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RESOURCE – Puffin Virtually Live
Puffin Books Virtually Live, is a series of free interactive webcasts from Puffin’s bestselling authors. On their website you can find a selection of previous webcasts which you can watch on-demand, as well as details of forthcoming … Continue reading
March 2015 Professional Development Days Program Announcement
Our Professional Development Days for teachers, librarians and educational support staff are back by popular demand. Join us on March 26th and 27th 2015 at Library Docklands in Melbourne, to hear from an unprecedented line-up of illustrators and authors and take home free books and teaching resources! Cost is … Continue reading
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SAVE THE DATE!! Professional Development days March 2015
We are delighted to announce that our Professional Development Days for teachers, librarians, trainee teachers and educational support staff are back in 2015 for March 26th and 27th in Melbourne. We will launch our full program and RSVP form early next week, … Continue reading
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Author and editor Susannah McFarlane talks about the Stuff Happens series
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Books and Resources for Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is an important event for students and teachers and there are some fabulous resources available for use in the classroom and the library. We have collected our favourites to share with you. The Soldier’s Gift ILLUSTRATOR: JANE TANNER / AUTHOR: … Continue reading
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New books for Primary School – November 2014
Tim and Ed AUTHOR: URSULA DUBOSARSKY/ ILLUSTRATOR: ANDREW JOYNER By the much-loved storyteller Ursula Dubosarsky comes this bouncing story about two cheeky koalas brought to life by Andrew Joyner’s classic artwork. Here is Tim. And here is Ed. Same ears, same eyes, … Continue reading
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Stuff Happens – Student Reviews
Our brand new series Stuff Happens has been a huge hit with parents and teachers who are looking for contemporary reads that have the added bonus of subtly teaching emotional literacy and empathy. With four titles in the series … Continue reading
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Tagged parents and teachers, Penguin Teachers Academy
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The Wimpy Kid READ-A-THON!
To celebrate the upcoming release of The Long Haul (book 9) in the phenomenally popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, we are hosting The Wimpy Kid Read-a-thon! To help inspire your students to read, revisit or introduce a friend … Continue reading
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Stuff Happens
Four boys, four stories, four great Australian writers in an important new series Stuff happens sometimes. Everyday stuff. At school, at home, with sport, with mates. STUFF HAPPENS is a contemporary reflected reality fiction series for young boys aged 7 to … Continue reading
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New books for school – August/September 2014
We have some beautiful new books to share with you, suitable for all ages, for the months of August and September. We hope you enjoy sharing them with your students. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to get … Continue reading
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Tagged ILLUSTRATOR, JIM STYNES, Maggie, Rose, The Soldier
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