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Books and Reading
A public group for all those interested in children's and young adult literature, particularly by Australian authors. Get involved in discussion and the sharing of teaching materials and resource lists. To contribute material to the Books and Reading Group, log on to edna Groups and use the Booklist wiki to post your list of reading suggestions.

To contribute other ideas or documents to this community, use the For Library Eyes Only forum, at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=1290

For documents to be uploaded, you must either be the author of the document or have written permission from the copyright holder to make the document available through edna Groups.

Have your students checked out the following OzProjects?
ozprojects


Beware of Books
beware of books project
 Middle Years Book Club
middle years project
 Early Years Book Club
early years project

 
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wiki Books and Reading Wikis

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lists online Online Fiction Lists

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Book Week

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Readers Cup Readers Cup Competition Documents

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Treasure Making a Difference

Information and articles about research into the evaluation of reading programs, eg

  • Reading programs
  • Reading incentives
  • Evaluation of reading programs
  • Reading programs and effect/impact on literacy
  • Effective reading programs
  • How reading supports literacy
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    Publisher Andrew Wilkins lets us know his thoughts on the ebook possibilities of the new Apple iPad.
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    Going Bovine will be published in [...]
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