Help us celebrate our 80th Birthday

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK®

2025 Theme: Book An Adventure
Dates:16 August to 23 August 2025
Artist: Jess McGeachin
This year the Children's Book Council of Australia is turning 80 and here at the WA Branch we're excited to celebrate with a variety of activities and events that are special to this year beyond our normal Children's Book Week® events. 

Ways to celebrate our 80th

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 ​We have fifteen fabulous ambassadors helping CBCA WA celebrating​ eighty years of Australian children's literature. 

Aśka
Kristy Nita Brown
Cristy Burne
Deb Fitzpatrick
James Foley
Elaine Forrestal
Sharon Giltrow
Mark Greenwood
​Norman Jorgensen
Frané Lessac
Chenée Marrapodi
Sally Murphy
Rachael Robertson
Renée Treml
Dianne Wolfer


Follow them on Instagram as they share leading up to Children's Book Week® favourite books, places they're visited and their creative journey. ​
Starting in June 2025 listen to our podcast series Ambassador Adventure
Meet the Ambassadors at the Birthday Book Adventure on Saturday 23 August at State Library of WA. More details to follow. 
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​Part of the celebration are Book Passports which hold a special QR code that can link to a WA adventure! 

Watch this space, our adventure will be launching soon! 
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​Design a banner for the CBCA WA Birthday Book Adventure
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The top 100 banners will be printed and displayed at our big birthday event on Saturday 23 August held at the State Library of WA


All schools will have a banner showcased on a highlight reel shared through CBCA WA social media that can be re-shared.

Download the banner design document here
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​Get involved in a Library Treasure Map
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Launching mid May, download a treasure map with CBCA questions. Choose 5 and add 5 of your own to make a library specific adventure that is perfect for your library. 
Access our 80th Birthday Images

You can access resources to help celebrate 80 years of CBCA (much of it for free) like this gorgeous image from Briony Stewart.

Simply use the code in the May edition of the CBCA WA newsletter which was emailed to all financial members on 23 May.