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This Is Shyness Book Trailer…

August 29th 2010 in Uncategorized

BEST. Trailer I have seen this year!

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Raised By Wolves- Jennifer Lynn Barnes

August 25th 2010

I think we will all agree, this young lady is ON FIRE! Tegan brings us another review. She has gotten SO great at this I am considering letting her take over the Blog all together….
I have never read any were-wolf books before, and after reading this, any other were-wolf book would have to be pretty [...]

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THE VERY BAD BOOK!!!! Andy Griffiths

August 23rd 2010

I think we would all agree that Authors don’t get much cooler than Andy Griffiths and my students await his next book with great impatience. To add to the anticipation and excitement here is possibly the coolest book trailer I have seen all year!

The Very Bad Book from Pan Macmillan Australia on Vimeo.

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Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards Announcement- Victorian Branch

August 22nd 2010

This past Friday, August 20th 2010, saw Manor Lakes College host the CBCA Awards Announcement for the Victorian Branch. We were both honoured and excited to be selected as the Awards Announcement venue and heartily congratulate the winners!
There are many, many thank you’s that need to be said to those who worked endlessly to ensure [...]

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Puffin Turns 70…

August 22nd 2010

There have been some truly amazing events happening in the last couple of weeks. Possibly the highlight if them would have to have been this one. Puffin’s 70th Birthday, hosted in Melbourne. Never have I felt more privileged to be in a room. Never have I felt so overwhelmingly sentimental about books, (and that is [...]

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The Littlest Witch- Martine Allars

August 15th 2010

Another guest reviewer! I am on a roll today guys. This review is courtesy of my very own 10 year old daughter Indiana. Enjoy
This book really got me excited. When I saw the cover and read the blurb, I thought- this is gonna be great!
The first few pages hooked me in by [...]

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The Keepers~Museum Of Thieves – Lian Tanner.

August 15th 2010

I am thrilled to present to you another guest review here at The BookGryffin. Tanaya is a Year 7 student at our College and curiously enough, she is usually inseparable from Tegan! This is her first review and I think you will all agree that she has done a marvellous job!

I really enjoy adventure [...]

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WyrmeWeald~Returner’s Wealth – Paul Stewart/Chris Riddell

August 15th 2010

I am delighted to bring you another review from the wonderful Tegan Miller! Special thanks must go out to Leesa, from The Little BookRoom for supplying these books for the students to review!

I think the only reason I chose to review this book was because of the cover. It had a dragon on [...]

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The Eyeball Collector- F.E Higgins. Review By Tegan Miller.

August 6th 2010

With my To Read Pile growing bigger every day, I have asked some of my students to begin reading and reviewing books they are keen to read. It is with GREAT EXCITEMENT, I present to you here at the Book Gryffin, my first Student Guest Reviewer, Tegan Miller. With special thanks to the [...]

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