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"The concern goes beyond tertiary studies. We conducted a project exploring secondary school teachers' engagement with Australian texts. We found Australian books are not consistently taught in classrooms and, when they are, they more often than not marginalise female, refugee and Indigenous authors. "

The National Centre for Australian Children's Literature (NCACL) is contributing to this focus by celebrating and promoting children's books by and about Australia's Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander Peoples, including books in Indigenous languages.

This bibliography complements the extensive Sway presentation on the Centre's website which includes annotations, awards, themes, additional resources, and Australian curriculum links.

In March 2003, the Australian School Library Association commissioned the Australian Council for Education Research to conduct a review of the research literature on school libraries and student achievement. Commonly known as the Lonsdale Report (2003), it identifies the need for research that links school libraries to student achievement in Australia.

Book reviews, resources, tips for parents and teachers from an Australian writer who's passionate bout children's literacy, learning and literature

Book reviews, resources, tips for parents and teachers from an Australian writer who's passionate bout children's literacy, learning and literature

The Australian Poetry Library (APL) aims to promote a greater appreciation and understanding of Australian poetry by providing access to a wide range of poetic texts as well as to critical and contextual material relating to them, including interviews, photographs and audio/visual recordings.

"More specifically - do YA read young adult fiction? And if so, is it OzYA - aka Australian YA fiction?"

A gateway to a series of literature response activities that support and reflect values in education and could be adapted to support the Australian Curriculum General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum Priorities. Examples are over a decade old but the for layout and critical thinking strategies embedded are still relevant.

Stories don't just help kids develop language literacy. They help them develop life literacy too. Morris Gleitzman, Australian Children's Laureate talks about the power of literature to help students deal with life's challenges.

Reading Australia was created by the not-for-profit Copyright Agency to make the very best of Australian literature more available for teachers, librarians, and avid readers too. Every society needs to tell its own stories and Reading Australia showcases the work of our leading writers and illustrators to enrich our own diverse cultural identity. This ground-breaking online initiative presents a list of over 200 quality titles from many of Australia's finest authors.

A teacher's personal compilation of literature to support the History curriculum from Stage 1 to Stage 3 (Years 1-6) with predominantly Australian titles. At the end of the page are further resources covering other curriculum areas: Geography, Science, English and Maths

Selection of sample book trailers promoting Australian children's literature from a selection of creators including publihser's and children. Links to photo sources and a small selection of supporting documentation.

This site supports Australian literature, authors and specific books with a wealth of educational resources. Strong coverage of classics with growing collection on more contemporary works and authors

This is a blog dedicated to Young Adult (YA) and Junior Fiction with LGBTQ content written by Australian authors. A place to show what has been achieved, and what could be.

This free database is available to everyone anywhere in the world. It is especially useful for those working with children. Besides annotations for each of the 300+ books and hyperlinks to free teaching resources, we have included many different ways to find just the 'right' books. There are Australian curriculum links, the Early Years Learning Framework links, author, title, publisher, date, subject access and free text searching. You can find books in specific languages, books written and illustrated by children, or books by your favourite authors and illustrators, for example. You can share what you find with colleagues using social media links.

It offers a comprehensive collection of books which feature Australia's culturally diverse population with the focus on understanding cultures, both similarities and differences. The scope of the Cultural Diversity Database:

After listing as many Australian Indigenous representations in the superhero worlds, I noticed that many of the early characters' powers are connected to the conceptual 'Dreamtime'. Although this is presented in different ways, it's often done using separate dimensions within the extended comic multiverses. Very little have any mention of actual Aboriginal nations, and do not seem to have had much research or thought towards any level of authenticity. However, the more recent characters appear to have had much more understanding put into these characters; their origins, and their characteristics. But sadly, very few entries here are designed by Aboriginal artists or written by Aboriginal authors themselves, but given the positive development from the 1980s to today, hopefully this is something we will see more of in future.

Newspaper article on the increasing popularity and success of audiobooks in the Australian market and some of key performers

What do you look for when selecting print texts for your high school students to teach them about visual literacy? Appropriate themes, complexity of ideas, rich and beautiful illustrations, evidence of depth and layers of meaning, a variety of text type. This post present 6 titles that meet each of those requirements with the added bonus of all being by Australian authors and illustrators. Teachers notes and essays are provided for each title

The YABBA site announces the shortlist for REAL each year, provides links for each step of participation: Recommend, Read, Rate, Reward. Non Victorian schools can register. There is also a KOALA awards system run in NSW. For both primary and secondary students.