Term One 2020 Book Catalogue Primary Program Growing up, I was what people called a reluctant reader. It wasn’t that I couldn’t read, it just seemed a lot of work to read all the words in a regular book, and I found graphic novels easier to get through. I consumed the entire Tintin series by Herge. I remember being so sad when I finished the last book. I also enjoyed the humour of the Asterix books and British comics like Whizzer and Chips. It’s strange how many of the movies and television shows I appeared in happened to be adapted from children’s books and comics… films such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (the original Jumanji was a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg), which is about a magical board game that comes alive. Another one is Lemony Snickett’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is about the trials and tribulations of three siblings who are orphaned when their parents die in a fire and who are pursued by a dastardly villain called Count Olaf who is after their fortune. I was also the voice actor for a character called Hypno-Potamus in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. Betcha didn’t know that the Ninja Turtles first came out as a comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984. Anyway, when one of my sons turned out to be a reluctant reader like me (preferring to make up the stories himself or read comic books), I was inspired to write and illustrate a book for him. Last year, I was hugely excited with the release of my first Buttons McGinty book… The Top-Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty, which is the notebook of a 12-year-old boy on an epic adventure. It’s full of funny drawings (by me), maps, lists and diagrams, and of course my signature humour, so there’s no time to get bored. In the New Zealand army, when I worked as a signaller, I learned Morse Code. In Buttons McGinty’s action-journalling adventures, I finally found a use for it! Throughout these books, the reader has to decode messages. My son loved the book, as have thousands of other kids, both reluctant and enthusiastic readers. Hopefully you’ll love the adventure too! The Charitable Foundation for Books in Homes Australia 1767 Botany Road, Banksmeadow NSW 2019 JDE 8657525 Book & Distribution Partner OVER 2.5 MILLION BOOKS-OF-CHOICE DISTRIBUTED AROUND AUSTRALIA! Phone: 02 9434 2488 Fax: 02 9475 1333 Email: [email protected]www.booksinhomes.com.au Hey, guys! Rhys Darby here, the comedian and actor guy from the telly and big screen!
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Term One 2020
Book Catalogue Primary Program
Growing up, I was what people called a reluctant reader. It wasn’t
that I couldn’t read, it just seemed a lot of work to read all the words
in a regular book, and I found graphic novels easier to get through. I
consumed the entire Tintin series by Herge. I remember being so sad
when I finished the last book. I also enjoyed the humour of the Asterix
books and British comics like Whizzer and Chips. It’s strange how many of the movies and television shows I appeared
in happened to be adapted from children’s books and comics… films
such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (the original Jumanji was a
children’s picture book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg),
which is about a magical board game that comes alive. Another one is
Lemony Snickett’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is about the
trials and tribulations of three siblings who are orphaned when their
parents die in a fire and who are pursued by a dastardly villain called
Count Olaf who is after their fortune.I was also the voice actor for a character called Hypno-Potamus in
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. Betcha didn’t
know that the Ninja Turtles first came out as a comic book created by
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984.Anyway, when one of my sons turned out to be a reluctant reader
like me (preferring to make up the stories himself or read comic
books), I was inspired to write and illustrate a book for him.Last year, I was hugely excited with the release of my first Buttons
McGinty book… The Top-Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty, which is the notebook of a 12-year-old boy on an epic
adventure. It’s full of funny drawings (by me), maps, lists and diagrams, and of course my signature humour, so
there’s no time to get bored. In the New Zealand army, when I worked as a signaller, I learned Morse Code. In Buttons McGinty’s action-journalling adventures, I finally found a use for it! Throughout these books, the reader has to decode messages. My son loved the book, as have thousands of other kids, both reluctant and enthusiastic readers. Hopefully you’ll love the adventure too!
The Charitable Foundation for Books in Homes Australia 1767 Botany Road, Banksmeadow NSW 2019
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Book & Distribution Partner OVER 2.5 MILLIONBOOKS-OF-CHOICE DISTRIBUTED AROUND AUSTRALIA!
For your chance to win one of 25 book prize packs (10 titles in each), please read the front page of your Books in Homes Catalogue and answer the following questions:
1. Who is our Role Model this term?
2. What does our Role Model do as a career on telly and the big screen?
3. What graphic novel series by Herge did our Role Model consume when he was growing up?
4. What character did our Role Model provide his voice acting skills for in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
5. What did our Role Model learn in the New Zealand army when he worked as a signaller?
Bonus Question
6. What would inspire you to write and illustrate a book?
Please add a funny drawing that contains a map, a list or a diagram, or all three.
Make sure you also write:
1. Your full name
2. The school you attend
3. The class you are in
4. How old you are.
Good Luck!
Please send your entries by 13 March 2020 to:
Books in Homes Australia
Role Model Competition
PO Box 647, Botany NSW 1455
Thank you to all our sponsors...
WESTERNPORT
Role Model Competition
Books kindly donated by Scholastic.
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1. The Return of Thelma the Unicorn It’s time for Thelma to get her sparkle back on!
2. Dingo in the Dark Dingo’s friends help him feel safe in the dark.
3. Teen Titans Go!: Ninja Party! Can the Titans help Beast Boy become a great ninja?
4. Shoelaces are Impossible! Caterpillar learns to tie his shoelaces.
5. The Cow Tripped Over the Moon How many times will it take Cow to jump over the moon?
6. The Very Itchy Bear Bear is being bothered by an annoying flea!
7. Colour Me All the different colours and shapes that make up our amazing world.
8. Blossom Possum Blossom thinks the sky is falling down and needs to tell her friends.
9. Cocoon Dawn and her best friends are becoming moths.
10. Now That’s a Hat! Finding a hat that’s just right is hard work!
11. The Heart of a Whale Whale sings a beautiful song about hope and happiness.
12. Going to the Footy There are many different ways to get to the footy.
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13. Mack and the Missing Cheese Mack is a detective cat on the hunt for some cheese!
14. Mary Poppins The classic tale of magical nanny Mary Poppins.
15. What Makes a Hero What it means to be a hero and how to find your hero within.
16. Coming Home to Country A colourful journey through our natural home.
17. Secret Life of Pets 2: How to be a Cat/How to be a Dog Find out how to be a cat or dog!
18. Can you Tickle a Tiger’s Tummy? Answers to important questions about animals!
19. Cunning Crow A story about appreciating your own true colours.
20. The Book Chook A funny tale about learning to love who you are.
21. The Grumpy Lighthouse Keeper During a storm the lighthouse keeper discovers sea creatures in his bed!
22. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bogey? This mean, green monster is ruining your favourite stories!
23. The Last Dance Read about Australian animals and where they live.
24. Moana Share the magic of Moana with this movie storybook!
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25. TC and the Curse of the Exploding Doll TC and Lockie launch a doll into the sky and now there’s chaos everywhere!
26. The Bad Guys Episode 10: The Baddest Day Ever It’s the ultimate battle between bad and REALLY BAD.
27. Pearl #5: The Brave Unicorn Olive is missing. Can Pearl and Tweet find her before the gobble-uns do?
28. Instagraphics: A Visual Guide to Your Universe Explore the Universe through a mix of photos and graphics.
29. Pokémon: Ash to the Rescue Can Ash protect the Pokémon?
30. Japarrika Rises Will Kay-Bell overcome the many obstacles to becoming a footy star?
31. 100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet The most dangerous weather and animals on the planet.
32. Ella and Olivia #24: Hula Hoopla Ella and Olivia’s school is having a hula-hooping challenge!
33. WeirDo #13: Weirdomania! Weir is trying to win tickets to see the wrestling with his family.
34. Tiny Timmy #10: The New Coach The Lions have a new coach and he’s shaking things up!
35. The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty Buttons needs to use his Morse Code skills to find his missing parents.
36. Going Bush with Grandpa Pete and his grandpa are off on a bush camping trip to do some prospecting for gold nuggets.
37. The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #2: The Truth About Stacey Stacey’s friends help her fit into her new town.
38. Fair Dinkum Histories #3: Rotters & Squatters The warts-and-all story of Australia from 1820 to 1850.
39. The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert Stories about Mana and her family in the desert country of North-West Australia.
40. Drone Racer What happens when three kids discover a drone with a mind of its own?
41. Diary of a Minecraft Zombie #10: One Bad Apple There’s a new Mob kid in town and he looks like trouble!
42. Yinti: Desert Dog Yinti’s family adopts a dingo called Spinifex who journeys with them through the desert.
43. Ella Diaries #15: The Super Secret Club Ella is given a fancy invitation to join a super-secret club!
44. Liars #4: Lockdown Can Jarli and his friends outwit Viper again?
45. Blossom Lottie’s dream of having a sister comes true when a lost little girl arrives on her doorstep.
46. JT: The Making of a Total Legend Follow JT’s journey from his debut to total legend!
47. The Poppa Platoon in Saving Private Rabbit Abbie and her friends go to a Fluffy Furry Fuzzy Friendship-Bear Party!
48. Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks Find out what the Greeks lived like 2000 years ago.
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Imanpa School
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 14
LOCATION: 270km from Alice Springs, NT
ABOUT US: Imanpa School is a small, remote, community
school located 270km southwest of Alice Springs, half-way to
Uluru. The local people’s language group is Pitjantjatjara, with
Luritja, and Yankunyjatjara also spoken. The two-teacher school
caters for students from Preschool to Year 6 with 14 students
currently enrolled.
The community values the teaching and learning of English.
The local store mainly stocks food provisions and does not
have the selection of enticing picture books found in urban
shopping centres. Without Books in Homes our school would
not have access to the latest books other children across
Australia do. Books in Homes books are read daily during
one-to-one reading sessions with our READ tutor volunteers,
are joyfully taken home to students’ houses to share with
family, and given as prizes to students. Imanpa Primary School
students love exploring the pictures and text in the Books in
Homes books. Thank you, Books in Homes. Thank you also
to Wendy Fitzgerald—we are extremely grateful for your kind
generosity in sponsoring Imanpa School!
What a fantastic selection of books you have to choose from! You will receive three new books from this catalogue, but in case we are unable to supply one of these books, we ask you to choose four.
In the boxes below, write the number 1 against your first book choice, then 2 against your second choice, 3 against your third choice and 4 against your fourth choice. Once you have selected all four books and have completed your details above, please hand your Book Order Form to your teacher.
Don’t forget to keep a record of the four books you have chosen by circling the books in your book catalogue, and remember to enter our competition on page 2 for your chance to win some fantastic prizes.
Green37. The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #2: The Truth About Stacey
38. Fair Dinkum Histories #3: Rotters & Squatters
39. The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert
40. Drone Racer
41. Diary of a Minecraft Zombie #10: One Bad Apple
42. Yinti: Desert Dog
43. Ella Diaries #15: The Super Secret Club
44. Liars #4: Lockdown
45. Blossom
46. JT: The Making of a Total Legend
47. The Poppa Platoon in Saving Private Rabbit
48. Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks
Purple25. TC and the Curse of the Exploding Doll
26. The Bad Guys Episode 10: The Baddest Day Ever
27. Pearl #5: The Brave Unicorn
28. Instagraphics: A Visual Guide to Your Universe
29. Pokémon: Ash to the Rescue
30. Japarrika Rises
31. 100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet
32. Ella and Olivia #24: Hula Hoopla
33. WeirDo #13: Weirdomania!
34. Tiny Timmy #10: The New Coach
35. The Top Secret Undercover Notes of Buttons McGinty
36. Going Bush with Grandpa
Orange1. The Return of Thelma the Unicorn
2. Dingo in the Dark
3. Teen Titans Go!: Ninja Party!
4. Shoelaces are Impossible!
5. The Cow Tripped Over the Moon
6. The Very Itchy Bear
7. Colour Me
8. Blossom Possum
9. Cocoon
10. Now That’s a Hat!
11. The Heart of a Whale
12. Going to the Footy
Blue13. Mack and the Missing Cheese
14. Mary Poppins
15. What Makes a Hero
16. Coming Home to Country
17. Secret Life of Pets 2: How To Be A Cat/How To Be A Dog
18. Can You Tickle a Tiger’s Tummy?
19 Cunning Crow
20. The Book Chook
21. The Grumpy Lighthouse Keeper
22. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bogey?
23. The Last Dance
24. Moana
Term One 2020Book Order Form
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We hope you enjoy reading your new books, and remember...