There are heaps of great activity ideas out there to help you celebrate the 2013 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.  These ideas are aimed at teachers but you could try them out at home too.

There are some general Schools Resources on the Booksellers NZ New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards pages – http://booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/2013resources.

Check out these books and their activity ideas:

Picture Books

• A Great Cake by Tina Matthews – Classroom ideas on the Walker Books Australia website.
• Mister Whistler by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Gavin Bishop – Maria Gill’s teacher’s resource for the What Lies Beneath exhibition.
• Remember That November by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher – Maria Gill’s teacher’s resource for the What Lies Beneath exhibition.
• Mister Bear Branches and the Cloud Conundrum by Terri Rose Baynton – Teacher’s notes on the HarperCollins Australia website.

Junior Fiction

• The ACB with Honora Lee by Kate De Goldi – Teacher’s Resource Kit on the Random House NZ website.
• My Brother’s War by David Hill – Teacher’s Notes on the Penguin Books NZ website.
• Red Rocks by Rachael King – Teacher’s Resource Kit on the Random House NZ website.
• The Queen and the Nobody Boy by Barbara Else – Teacher’s Notes on the Random House NZ website.
• Uncle Trev and the Whistling Bull by Jack Lasenby – Teacher’s Notes on the Random House NZ website.

Young Adult Fiction

• Earth Dragon, Fire Hare by Ken Catran – Social Sciences Unit on the HarperCollins NZ website.
• The Nature of Ash by Mandy Hager – Teacher’s Resource Kit on the Random House NZ website.
• Snakes and Ladders by Mary-anne Scott – Teacher’s Notes on the Scholastic NZ website.

Non-fiction

• At the Beach by Gillian Candler and Ned Barraud – Activity ideas on the Craig Potton Publishing website.
• Taketakerau: The Millenium Tree by Marnie Anstis – Teacher’s Notes on the Taketakerau website.