ACTF resources for CBCA Book Week
We all enjoy stories that reflect our own experiences back to us – whether on the page or screen. The following resources allow teachers to explore Australian stories through both printed and visual texts.
RUNT: Discover the screen adaptation of Craig Silvey's award-winning novel
Are your students reading Runt this term? Wrap up your teaching unit with our new page-to-screen resource and a trip to the cinema!
Meet Australian Olympian swimmer, Wilhelmina Wylie
Do your students know the story of ‘Mina’ Wylie, one of our first female Olympians?
New release: Windcatcher learning resource
Our latest resource provides sequenced learning tasks to complement and extend a class or cohort screening of the feature film, Windcatcher.
Coming soon to cinemas: Runt film adaptation
Written by Craig Silvey and illustrated by Sara Acton, the novel Runt was published in 2022 and was named the 2023 Book of the Year for Younger Readers by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Australian schools will soon have the chance to enjoy this story on screen.