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BOOK WEEK PARADE!

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Children’s Book Week Turns 80 in 2025

For 8 decades, CBCA has been dedicated to inspiring young minds to journey through the countless worlds that books offer. This year’s theme is “Book an Adventure” and the imaginative artwork created by Jess McGeachin, reflects this mission perfectly, encouraging children to set off on adventures through time, lands, and imagination.

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BOOK WEEK: Saturday, 16th August – Saturday, 23rd August 2025

BOOK WEEK PARADE: Wednesday, 20th August at 9.15am in the Jubilee Hall

BOOK WEEK THEME: Book an Adventure!

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Looking for Book Week Costume Ideas?

The theme for Book Week 2025 is “Book an Adventure.” If your child would like to use the theme for book week as inspiration for their costume, you could consider costumes inspired by popular adventure stories like:

  • Harry Potter
  • Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz
  • Alice in Wonderland

Adventurous characters like:

  • Wally from “Where’s Wally?”
  • Pirates
  • Astronauts

Or fun characters like:

  • Matilda
  • The Cat in the Hat
  • Burglar Bill

There are no right or wrong costumes, the aim is for the children to have fun and celebrate their love of books!

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For the CBCA Book of the Year Awards, the 2025 awards utilized 15 expert judges to assess the 730 entries received. In addition to the expert judges, The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) also offers a “Shadow Judging” program where 2,000 children around the country act as young judges for specific categories of the awards.

These titles are compiled into categories and only 36 make the shortlists. These entries represent a wide range of children’s literature by Australian authors and illustrators and are categorized to reflect different age groups and reading abilities.

Congratulations to all CBCA Shortlist Authors, Illustrators and Publishers.

We have the following shortlists at St Thomas More School

For more information about Book Week, please read our Book Week Families Note.

We look forward to seeing you at the parade!

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