welcome
Our Education Centre is currently under construction and we anticipate that it will be completed by the end of 2010. When the Education Centre is finished, you will have access to a range of resources – including videos, lists, catalogues, newsletters, teachers' notes and units – all designed to help you find the best books for your readers. For more information or for help finding books for your students, please contact education@au.penguingroup.com.
ordering Puffin books
Schools may order any books found on the Penguin and Puffin web sites from their usual educational supplier, or direct from Penguin by using this order form. If you choose to order directly from Penguin, sign up for our Penguin Schools' Book Club to earn free books with every order!
teacher resources
Teachers' Notes 
Novel Selection List 
Novel Selection Assistance Request
Are you tired of using the same novel in the classroom? Looking to replace a text but unsure of where to look? Perhaps we can help...
To assist you in making novel selection decisions, or just to let you know what is available, a Penguin Educational Consultant can meet with you to discuss a range of books suitable for use in the classroom.
Novel Selection meetings usually take an hour of your time, and in that hour you will be able to look through many books that are proving themselves to be perfectly suited to the classroom.
A consultant will give you a detailed description of each book, including such points as key themes and issues, character structure, language, appropriateness for age levels, and a general outline of the plot. You will also be given a range of teacher resources, including catalogues, teachers' notes, novel selection lists and the like.
These meetings can be one-on-one with the English Co-ordinator or Librarian, or they can take place during a faculty meeting, where a Consultant will speak to the entire faculty.
Here is just some of the feedback we have received from other meetings around the country:
"Very worthwhile. Great time-saver for us – able to make choices and encourages me to update class novels more regularly (and with minimal stress)."
Jody Dimond, Good Shepherd College
"An excellent resource... concise, relevant and to the point".
Elizabeth Stevens, Danebank School
"Extremely helpful and knowledgeable about all the materials presented".
Pat Aller, Cardijn College
"Valuable, productive and informative".
Tanya Roet, De La Salle
To register your interest in meeting with an Education Consultant to discuss novel selection, please email erin.wamala@au.penguingroup.com with your name, school, city and state, and contact phone number.
