Contents

COVER : The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer
CONTENTS this issue : CBCA (Children’s Book Council Australia) 2005 shortlist; Reading Rocks : Book Week 2005 (suggestions for working with the Book Week theme - class work, reading, fairy tales, raps, poems, short stories, library displays, book lists, templates for covers, certificates & badges); On Your Mark (Celebrating the United Nations International Year of Sport and Physical Education with Russ Merrin, who suggests a co-operative approach to the topic between the classroom teacher, the sports teacher and the librarian can have some fun results); Picture Books leading to activities promoting fitness skills (A primary school goes wild with Little Humpty); Tips for Writing Poetry (Poet, Lorraine Marwood, shares ideas for writing poetry);