Theme: Books Light Up Our World
Book Week winners (includes Older Readers category): http://cbca.org.au/winners-2015.htm
Shortlist and notables: http://cbca.org.au/awards.htm
Here at Dickson College Library we are celebrating with trivia questions each day with prizes for the first correct answers – literature, films, quotes, science, geography, history, music etc. To tie in with the theme Books light up our world, students can also identify literature quotes from books and write the titles of their favourite and least favourite books – the “light” and “dark” side of reading.
CharacTOUR: find characters you love
Launched 4 August, this fun online database is devoted to fictional characters from movies, TV shows, books and video games. CharacTOUR helps people make reading and viewing choices based on characters, rather than just titles and genres. Each character gets their own profile page – currently there are 4 500 spoiler-free profiles about characters’ origins, interests, skills and journeys. Viewers can take personalised match quizzes; create character mash-ups; browse by genre, plot, era, quotes etc; find similar characters (If you like ….you may like ….) and vote for favourites. Interesting for classes – more for high school. The content is well written and informative but there is space for user comments….and we all know how that can end up.
https://boingboing.net/2015/08/05/new-website-charactour-is-an-e.html
Dymocks Top 101 2015
As voted by readers. 1. The book thief 2. Pride and prejudice 3. To kill a mockingbird 4. Magician 5. Lord of the rings 6. The fault in our stars 7. The hobbit 8. Jane Eyre 9. Alice’s adventures in Wonderland 10. Harry Potter series. Lots of other good reading suggestions.
https://www.dymocks.com.au/top101
Little Free Library
“Take a book. Leave a book”. Free books housed in small containers in local communities – over 15 000 worldwide in 40 countries. Also known as pop-up libraries and community book exchanges.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Free_Library
In Canberra: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-03/little-free-library/6277200
Books on screen
An interesting list of over 100 titles…and the book is always better than the movie J
http://www.bookdepository.com/dealsAndOffers/promo/id/1273
These books would make great movies: http://www.bookdepository.com/books-that-would-make-a-great-movie
50 literary quotes
“Not all those who wander are lost” – Tolkien. “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow up to be” – J.K.Rowling.
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/books/50-literary-quotes-to-start-your-day-with#
50 most inspiring quotes about books and reading
“A book is a dream that you hold in your hand” – Neil Gaiman. “There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page and closing the book” – Josh Jameson.
http://ebookfriendly.com/best-quotes-books-reading/
50 coolest book covers
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/the-50-coolest-book-covers#
“Weapons of Mass Instruction”
Argentinian artist Raul Lemesoff drives around cities and rural areas in a car/tank armed with 900 books, giving away free books to liberate people from illiteracy.
Why are children reading books?
Sales of children’s books are increasing – printed books are special.