LibGuides: Literature for children and young adults: Children's literature : inspiration for the classroom

Welcome to the Literature for Children and Young Adults guide

This guide promotes the development of teaching literature. Included text cover

Cross-curriclum priorities areas
Picture Books (early childhood, early to mid primary and mature readers)
Young adult fiction
Novels and Verse

The videos highlight texts' themes, value and use in teaching. The presenter is a librarian and representative of the CBCA. Library holdings of the texts are also included.

Using Literature in the Classroom

PETAA - Primary English Teaching Association Australia
Teaching resources ready for use and inspiration.

Sources for finding children's literature

Story Box Library
This is a great resource to find Australian children's literature as well as to view the recordings of texts being read aloud. It contains information about the themes and reading age of the literature as well as classroom notes for teachers that are created with the Australian curriculum in mind.

Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA)
The CBCA is a great guide for selecting quality literature for children created by Australian authors and illustrators. View Previous winners. Reading Time is the CBCA's online journal with reviews, interviews and other current information and resources.

Literature for children and young adults

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Welcome to the Literature for Children and Young Adults guide

Using Literature in the Classroom

Sources for finding children's literature