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© Children’s Book Council of Australia WA Branch June 20091wa.cbca.org.auHOW TO ORGANISE CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK IN YOUR SCHOOL OR PUBLIC LIBRARYAdvance InformationThe Book Week Coordinator needs to provide the following information to the school or public library staff early in the year:dates of Children’s Book Week(always in August)theme for the yearauthors and/or illustrators who could visit during Children’s Book Weekinformation regarding activities at Regional Centres and Public Librariesdetails of the Make Your Own Storybook Competition merchandise available to promote Children’s Book Week.All the above information is available on this website.CommitteeIt is helpfulto form a committee in order to share the workload, generate a variety of ideas and provide whole institution ownership.The Committee needs to address areas such as:VenueSpecial eventsDisplaysArtists–author, illustrator, storyteller visits into or outside the schoolActivitiesPublicityCBCA MerchandiseVenueAs Children’s Book Week is held in August, indoor venues arenecessary.Halls or libraries can be used as a central focus as well as art rooms, corridors, spare classrooms etc.
© Children’s Book Council of Australia WA Branch June 20092Special EventsAt the local level the Committee could consider some of the following:Opening Ceremony–an official opening with a special guest, with music, drama or role playing performances by young people, perhaps associated with the theme or extracts from the short listed books. This may be as large as a whole school/public library event or as small as one class, Book Club or StoryTime session.Dress Up Day–Young people can be encouraged to dress up as any storybook character, or more specifically as a character from the Book of the Year Award entries. Encourage staff members to participate and record the day using photographs and children’s writing.Parent Involvement–encourage parents to become involved in Dress Up day, a Parent’s Night and Open Afternoon or School Assembly.Book Fair–some schools incorporate a Book Fair during Children’s Book Week. There are a number of companies who organize these commercially or the library can pre-select books from preferred suppliers for students to buy or for families to donate the books to the school library.Literature Quizzes–organize quiz questions around various displays. See also the Readers’ Cup information on the CBCA WA website.DisplaysWho? The Committee needs to canvass staff in order to seek offers of display help. Aim to get as many young people involved as possible both in terms of content and setting up.What?Each year a new theme is selected for Children’s Book Week. An order form for merchandise to support the theme and the short listed books is available on this website. Displays can be prepared around the theme, the short listed books, Make Your Own Storybook entries or other examples of children’s writing, visiting author/illustrator information, Australia or WA author/illustrator focus and art/craft work.Where? This will be determined by venues available. Displays can range in size depending on area tobe used.How?Layout will depend on size of venue and availability of resources. Class teachers, library staff, support teachers, specialist teachers, teacher aides, parents and young people can all be a great help. Resources include display boards, rostrum/drama boxes, trestle/tables and perspex boxes. If such items are unavailable or limited, consider hanging part of the display from the ceiling or walls or windows. The following items may be helpful –hessian, posters, prints, photographs, books, children’s writing, puppets, curtaining, sheets, fishing nets, tablecloths, real objects eg. furniture, clothing, crockery, and lettering for signs, headings and information.See Display ideas at www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/librarysupport/displays.htm