For Teachers and Teacher-Librarians

Looking for some inspiration for your English or library lessons? Sue Scott completely understands how hectic the teaching life can be and is here to help.


Here you will find reviews of picture books, early chapter books and middle-grade fiction


and


teaching suggestions for all Australian middle-grade fiction titles.


Enjoy!

The Thing About Oliver

The Thing About Oliver
​I've only just started my annual exploration of the CBCA shortlist in the Younger Readers category for 2020, and ...

Detention

Detention
A couple of years ago, Tristan Bancks received well-deserved accolades for Two Wolves. For many years, I had been ...

She wolf

She wolf
I must admit, when this was suggested for our Y6 Book Club, I was a little dubious. Wolves and vikings aren't ...

Shouting at the rain

Shouting at the rain
Shouting at the rain was the book shared at the most recent Book Club.  As with Sick Bay, this book explores ...

Here We Are

Here We Are
Year 2 are learning about Sharing the Planet, and during library we are exploring this idea through selected works ...

Leonard Doesn’t Dance

Leonard Doesn’t Dance
Who said you can't judge a book by its cover?? When I first saw the cover of this book, I knew it was going to be ...

The Dress-Up Box

The Dress-Up Box
Although Book Week is done and dusted for another year, I am still considering the many and varied ways the ...

Sick Bay

Sick Bay
Sick Bay, by Nova Weetman, was on my radar after it kept popping up on my social media feeds with rave reviews. I ...
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