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Australian Book Week is here – and we’d love to see your children’s costumes

The annual event, which promotes literacy, is celebrating 80 years as part of Australian school lifeBook Week is in full swing, marking it’s 80th year celebrating all things reading and literacy for Australia’s schoolchildren.The theme for the week, which runs from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August, is “Book an Adventure”, encouraging children to explore new worlds through stories. Continue reading...

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