Parts of a Book
Foundation to Year 2
Cover, spine, blurb, title page, chapters, glossary and index - the names for every part of a book.
Print the spelling list for Parts of a Book22 to 28 August 2026
Book Week 2026 packs, free for every classroom
Seven ready-made topic packs for Book Week, which runs 22 to 28 August 2026. Each one has a lesson to read, a ten-question quiz and an eight-word spelling list. They are free, they need no signup, and they will stay free.
None of them quizzes a particular book, so any of them works in any classroom, whatever is on the library shelf this week.
Free, and free for good. No account, no card, no email address. Nothing here is saved - not the score, not a name, not anything typed on the page.
The 7 packs
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The Orchestra of Stories
Years 3-6
The four families of the orchestra - strings, woodwind, brass and percussion - and what the conductor is actually doing.
Print the spelling list for The Orchestra of StoriesStory Ingredients
Years 1-3
The four things every story is made of: characters, a setting, a problem and a solution.
Print the spelling list for Story IngredientsHow a Book Gets Made
Years 2-4
From a blank page to a shelf: the author, the illustrator, the editor, the publisher and the printer.
Print the spelling list for How a Book Gets MadeThe Music of Words
Years 3-6
Onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme and rhythm - why some sentences sound like music and others do not.
Print the spelling list for The Music of WordsAustralian Authors and Illustrators
Years 3-6
Who made the books on the shelf: writers, illustrators, the people who do both, and where the ideas come from.
Learn - Australian Authors and IllustratorsQuiz - Australian Authors and IllustratorsSpelling - Australian Authors and Illustrators
Print the spelling list for Australian Authors and IllustratorsEighty Years of the Book of the Year
Years 4-6
What the CBCA is, how the judging works, the six categories, and why 2026 is the eightieth year.
Learn - Eighty Years of the Book of the YearQuiz - Eighty Years of the Book of the YearSpelling - Eighty Years of the Book of the Year
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