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From picture books to young adult novels and nonfiction, one teacher-librarian picks her favourite Australian reads for children this year
Research shows reading books with diverse characters and story-lines helps children develop a greater understanding and appreciation of people different to themselves.
Next Thursday is World Book Day but this year, because so many pupils are at home during lockdown, the annual fancy dress parade of children's book characters skipping their way to school will be sadly reduced — but that's no reason not to celebrate reading! As in previous years, all school children will be given a £1 book token, either physically or digitally, which can buy one of 12 specially produced £1 books in participating bookshops or supermarkets including: GIGANTOSAURUS: DINO SPOT by Jonny Duddle (Templar), a bright, bold, rhyming story in which four little dinosaurs bravely defy...