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Activity  •  20 October 2023

 

Grandparents' Day book bingo

Celebrate Grandparents' Day with a reading challenge!

Grandparents’ Day is almost here!

Falling on the last Sunday of October, families around Australia will celebrate the special day on the 29th of October this year.

If you’re looking for ways to celebrate, what could be better than a reading challenge that grandparents and little ones can participate in together?

These books will give you some great ideas to get started. How many can you tick off the list?

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Where is The Green Sheep?
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR EARLY CHILDHOOD Mem Fox and Judy Horacek take you on a wildly wonderful adventure in their rollicking search for the green sheep in this Australian classic.
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Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy
Hairy Maclary is 40! To celebrate the raggedy rascal's birthday, this is a very special upsized hardback edition of Lynley Dodd's iconic first Hairy Maclary story.
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Bluey: The Beach: Winner of the 2020 ABIA Book of the Year
Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! An exciting enhanced ebook version.
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Where's Spot?
A special 40th anniversary edition of the very first lift-the-flap book featuring lovable Spot and his family.
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Where The Wild Things Are
An anniversary edition to celebrate 60 years of Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak's bestselling classic of twentieth-century children's literature
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The classic original of Beatrix Potter's best-selling tale!
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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes . . . A delightful Australian classic that will have children begging to hear it again and again.

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Kissed by the Moon
From Australia's favourite picture-book creator Alison Lester comes a timeless book to share and to treasure.
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