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RAW KIDS’ MAGAZINE For kids who love to read and write (and draw)
July/August 2016
Colour your own cover. Insect design by Shanti Shanti – Source: Fotolia
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE ...
Books our readers liked
best this year
Page 6, 7, 8
RAW READS
One of the best books you will
read (whether you love beetles or
not!)
Page 2, 9
BACKYARD BUGS
Quotes, a quiz, and some-
thing to write about
Page 4, 11
WRITING COMPETITION
“Don’t gobblefunk around with
words.” - Roald Dahl
Page 3
QUIZ & CROSSWORD
Children’s Book Week
Australia: Story Country
Page 12
BOOK AWARDS
When you can’t find a book to
read … hear this!
Audio books just in
Page 10
LISTEN UP!
Noosa Country Show and
School Holidays
Page 5
FRIDAY 9 & SATURDAY
10 SEPTEMBER.
FUN PALACES!
When art meets science at your
local library.
Who knows what will happen?
Supported by State Library of Qld
Eight things you’ll find out in the next few pages!
COVER IMAGE
Our cover this time is inspired by the most fantastic new
book to hit the library shelves this year.
Lots of different beetles, bugs, fireflies and butterflies are
just waiting for you to brighten them up and colour them.
You can make your own cover image by decorating this
drawing made by Shanti Shanti.
RAW Magazine needs your reader contributions.
Do you like to write stories, poems, jokes?
Are you a day-dreamer and a doodler?
We want your writings, drawings—book, movie and game
reviews too.
Send them to us anytime by email or just drop them in to
your library at Cooroy, Noosaville or the Mobile Library.
Happy reading!
This book is so full of adventure and excitement. It’s a little
bit scary at times. There are some vile villains, a few clever
children, and vast numbers of brilliant beetles!
It’s about a boy, who has to find his missing father, a couple
of crooks next door (who might remind you of Roald Dahl’s
The Twits at times), and a giant rhinoceros beetle that can
communicate with friendly humans.
I can’t say too much without spoiling the story.
Make a beetle happy - get this book as soon as you can!
You’ll be glad you did.
Review by Alexander Beetle
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GOBBLEFUNKING AROUND WITH WORDS
GOBBLEFUNK QUIZ
Roald Dahl was very fond of inventing words. It’s called Gobblefunk, after the BFG’s instruction to Sophie: ‘Don’t gobblefunk
around with words.’ Test your knowledge of Gobblefunk with this phizz-whizzing quiz sample.
What is Gobblefunk for ‘a young human bean, not yet a grown-up?
A. pigwinkle
B. natterbox
C. chiddler
Which Gobblefunk word means ‘delicious’ or ‘very tasty’?
A. luctuous
B. uckyslush
C. delumptious
What word did Roald Dahl invent to mean ‘cheerful’?
A. hopscotchy
B. cockles
C. catosterous
What is the green fizzy drink that BFG and other giants drink?
A. frobscottle
B. longwitch
C. zozimus
LATERAL THINKING
QUESTIONS …
Think about these and try to
work out the answers.
1. The quiz master asked the
contestant, “Can you name a
famous event that happened
on 31 September 2000?”
“No” said the contestant.
“That’s correct!” said the quiz
master.
Why was the answer correct?
2. While playing cards with
my two friends, I said: “If we
put all our hands onto the
table, how many hands will
there be on the table?”
“Obviously, it is six”, said
Sam
“No”, said Janet “It is nine”.
Why was Janet correct?
Answers:
1. September has only 30 days
2. Six players’ hands plus three
hands of cards!
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13 September 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl, one of the most marvellous children’s authors.
All around the world, kids of all ages will be celebrating with parties, readings, fun and games. Noosa Library Service
will host two special events during the September school holidays. Watch the library website for details.
www.libraries.noosa.qld.gov.au
Until then, start enjoying your favourite characters and their stories from our library collections.
Roald Dahl’s parents came from Norway, and he was
born and grew up in Wales.
When he was at school Roald Dahl received terrible
reports for his writing - with one teacher actually writing
in his report, 'I have never met a boy who so persistently
writes the exact opposite of what he means. He seems
incapable of marshalling his thoughts on paper!'
When he grew up, Roald Dahl had lots of jobs (including
being a fighter pilot in WW2) before he started writing
children’s stories.
If you read his autobiography (the story he wrote about
his own childhood) called “Boy,” you will find out some of
the humorous, happy and sometimes frightful stories
from Roald Dahl’s life as a child. You might recognise
some of his characters.
Ten terrific quotes from Roald Dahl’s books:
Can you match them up correctly with their titles?
1. ‘The rule would be this: whatever he saw, if it was runny or
powdery or gooey, it went in.’
2. ‘Human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human
beans is not thinking we exist.’
3. ‘Suddenly a sort of flash comes out of me, like something
electric. It jumps out and touches the person who has made
me cross …’
4. ‘A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and
deserves is a parent who is sparky.’
5. ‘My jewels! Somebody’s stolen my jewels!’
6. ‘Did you hear that, Mr Fox! It’s not over yet! We’re not going
home till we’ve strung you up dead as a dingbat!’
7. ‘Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and
bigger.’
8. ‘We saw Miss Trunchbull grab a girl by the pigtails and throw
her over the playground fence!’
9. ‘One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle
them and make them disappear.’
10. ‘You’re plotting something. Whenever you go all quiet like
that I know very well you’re plotting something. You’d better be
careful, because when I see you starting to plot, I watch you like
a wombat.’
Your answers:
(Cut out and send to RAW to win your own Roald Dahl book.)
1. __________________________________________
2.. __________________________________________
3. __________________________________________
4. _________________________________________
5. _________________________________________
6. _________________________________________
7. _________________________________________
8. _________________________________________
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10. _________________________________________
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MORE DAHL, NOOSA SHOW and SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Fizzy Lifting Drinks
How to make Willy Wonka's Fizzy Lifting Drinks.
"'Oh, those are fabulous,' cried Mr Wonka. 'They fill you
with bubbles, and the bubbles are full of a special kind
of gas, and this gas is so terrifically lifting that it lifts
you right off the ground just like a balloon, and up you
go until your head hits the ceiling - and there you stay.'"
- (From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
To make your own Fizzy Lifting Drink
You will need:
an adult to help you
cream soda
vanilla ice cream
(Serves 1)
What you need to do:
Close all the doors so that you don't end up on the moon.
Pour cream soda into a glass.
Top with a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Drink.
Burp.
(From www.roalddahl.com/create-and-learn/make/revolting-recipes)
Meet us at the Noosa Country Show
Come to the Noosa Country Show and play around
with words in our Roald Dahl marquee.
Play act the story of the Enormous Crocodile, or
just play with our cast of Dahl inspired characters.
Make up new words in the Gobblefunk square.
Colour the BFG. Make giant ears.
Get your own library card to make sure you can
read all the Roald Dahl books. You can even listen
to them on audio!
September school holiday fun
Noosa Library Service is planning a
gloriumptious celebration of Roald
Dahl's 100th birthday. Come and join
us at
Noosaville Library, Tuesday 20 Sept.
from 10-11.30am
Cooroy Library, Tuesday 27 Sept.
from 10-11.30am
From Tiny Twister to Big Friendly
Board Games, invent your own crazy
games using reverse garbage items.
Noosaville Library, Thursday 22 Sept.
10am-12 noon.
Cooroy Library, Thursday 29 Sept.
10am-12 noon.
What is a Fun Palace?
Everyone an artist:
Everyone a scientist.
Art meets Science in an hour of fun.
Join our community events at all our
libraries. Explore coding with Ozobots
and discover how electrical circuits
work using LittleBits. 8+
Saturday 1 October, 10-11am.
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YOUR RAW REVIEWS
Hi! My name is Makani.
I am 12 years old.
My favourite author is Emily Rodda.
I’ve just read a book called
Into the gauntlet, (The 39 Clues
book 10), by Margaret Peterson
Haddix.
The main characters are:
an 11 year old boy named Dan
Cahill and his 14 year old sister
Amy Cahill.
The story is about: … (don’t worry,
I won’t spoil the ending!) a world-
wide clue hunt that Amy and Dan
are in. Amy and Dan have to find
the clues before the woman who
killed their parents does, while also
bringing the Cahill family back
together after 500 years of back
stabbing and murder.
I think the best part is when Amy
and Dan find the woman who killed
their parents.
Would I change anything in this
book? I would not change anything
in this book because it was awe-
some!
Dan is the character I would pick as
my best friend, because he has a
good sense of humour.
Hi! My name is Jaiya.
I am 7 years old.
I’ve just read a book called Dragon-
keeper, by Carole Wilkinson.
The main characters are Danzi (the
dragon) and Ping (a young girl).
The story is about a young girl who
is a slave. She looks after the ani-
mals. One is a dragon and she flies
away with him. She has a purple
stone. Ping and Danzi have a lot of
adventures.
I think the best bit was when Danzi
told Ping what her name meant.
And when Hua breathed fire balls.
I would not change a single thing
about this book, it was sooo good.
Danzi is the character I’d pick as my
best friend because he’s a dragon
and because he is green too.
I like green.
Hi! My name is Nikau-Jarrah.
I am 9 years old.
My favourite author is Herge.
I’ve just read a book called
The Barefoot book of classic poems,
compiled and illustrated by Jackie
Morris. It was full of poems.
My favourite poem is The Beautiful, by
W.H.Davies.
Three things there are more beautiful
Than any man could wish to see:
The first, it is a full-rigged ship
Sailing with all her sails set free.
The second when the wind and sun
Are playing in a field of corn;
The third, a woman, young and fair
Showing her child before it is born.
Reviewer: Noah
Book: Frog medicine, by Mark Teague
Plot: Elmo is a boy who turns into a
frog because he didn’t do his book
report on frogs.
Characters: Elmo, Mrs Drindle, Doctor
Frank Galloof, Ray …
Why I liked it: I like frogs because
they are green like my favourite col-
our. They are also fascinating because
of how they live and because the eggs
look like froth. It explains why some-
thing bad could happen to you if you
don’t do your book report like Elmo.
I like how Frog Medicine teaches us to
do our best. I also really like the art
work.
Cahill family members are given a
choice: Take a million dollars and
walk away, or compete to find all
the Clues.
What would you choose?
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Reviewer: Milla
Title: Diary of a wimpy kid – old
school
Author: Jeff Kinney
Plot: Greg Heffley’s mum sets up an
‘unplugged” weekend where everyone
doesn’t use technology. Family
problems at home lead to Greg going to
Hardscrabble Farms, ‘old-fashioned values for today’s
youth.’
Characters: Gregory Heffley, Manny Heffley, Mom (mum),
Dad, Rowley Jefferson, Mr. Jefferson, girl scouts, Frew,
Billy, Grampa, Cedric.
Why I liked it: I didn’t like it, I loved it! I love it how Greg
finds himself in situations that could easily have gone
wrong. I love how Jeff Kinney includes other characters that
lead him into their situations. I loved it because it relates so
closely to reality. It is irresistible!
I would recommend it to my brothers and all of my friends. It
is so hilarious that it’s a little bit depressing when it finished.
Reviewer: Isabella
Book: Weir Do
Author: Anh Do
Plot: Weir Do has gone to a new
school and because he has a
strange name, a crazy family and
weird habits he is having trouble fitting in.
Characters: Weir Do, Mum, Dad, Sally Do, Rodger
Do, Grandad, Henry and Bella
Why I lived it: Because it is funny and because there
is activities and funny pictures in the book.
Overall I loved the book.
Reviewer: Lawson
Title: Dork diaries, holiday
heartbreak
Author: Rachel Renee Russell
Plot: A girl called Nikki thinks she
is the biggest dork in school.
She tries to impress a boy called
Brandon but Mackenzie is always in her way.
Characters: Nikki J. Maxwell, Zoey, Chloe,
Brandon, Mackenzie, Theo, Marcus, Mr Winston,
Mrs Sprague, Swim teacher, Oliver, Breanna, Mr.
Buttons, Miss Penelope, Mrs Wallabanger, Jazzy.
Why I like it: 1. Because it’s a girl who reminds me
of myself when she embarrasses herself so much,
and there are mean people always trying to get in
her way whenever she does something;
2. Because in the morning she sleeps in a lot and
does not wake up on time for school;
3. Because she gets nerves and is embarrassed
when herself or somebody else embarrasses her,
like when she was not nervous to give Brandon the
card, and when she gets stopped by the teacher
and is too embarrassed for the teacher to tell the
whole class, and at the end when Brandon is hang-
ing out with Mackenzie because he thought she
wasn’t coming, so when she spots them together
she gets over emotional and runs. So when Nikki
goes up and tries to impress him Mackenzie
always tries to make it stop by turning up when
Nikki just left Brandon’s birthday party. She has
more of a chance to impress him, and by trying to
give the best gift ever.
Reviewer: Tarni
Book: Black Beauty
Author: Anna Sewell
Plot: A horse going to different
homes and masters, and leaving
his friends
behind. Being treated differently
and handled differently he goes
through stages of his life.
Characters: Ginger and Merrylegs are his friends
(horses) James (looks after the horses and he is nice),
John (the
owners of the horses and he is a father of two).
Why I liked it: It was an amazing story about one horse
who has been sold to nice owners and mean ones. This
horse is a tough, nice, kind, strong hearted and happy all
the time type of horse, but in the end Black Beauty is
sold to a home with good care and green grass, but
Black Beauty wished that Giners was there. Earlier in the
book Ginger died from being overworked and whipped
too much. Overall it was sad but it made me feel sad,
warm, happy, worried and
angry lots more.
YOUR RAW REVIEWS
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or send it to us at [email protected]
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BIRDS AND BUGS IN YOUR BACKYARD
Your backyard is full of life.
You may not know it, but
trust us, there are lots of
bugs, beetles, insects and
bees out there.
They make their homes in tiny hidden
spaces, like hollow twigs or stems,
holes in trees, or under the eaves on
your house. Some like to tunnel into
logs or tree stumps. Others prefer to
make their own nests or webs
in a sheltered spot away from
predators.
Please be careful when looking for
bugs in your backyard. Some may
seem friendly but they might give a
nasty sting!
You can find out more about local
bugs and beetles at the Backyard
Buddies website :
www.backyardbuddies.net.au
And remember … when in doubt,
give a bug some space.
Check out this fun bug hunting
book by the fabulous Mem Fox!
Homes for bugs
Want to help keep your backyard bugs
and insects happy?
Your family could think about planting
flowering bushes and trees.
To make a home for native bees drill
small holes about 150mm deep in a
block of hardwood and place it in the
garden to provide a great nest.
If you want to get more serious about
nest boxes, try some of the plans and
ideas in this book. Some are simple,
but you might need help from an adult
for more complex nests.
Here’s the buzz! Teddy Bear Bees are
chubby, furry red-brown bees. Bzzzzz
Believed to be extinct for nearly 80 years,
the phasmids were rediscovered on Balls
Pyramid, a volcanic outcrop 23 kilometres
off the coast of Lord Howe Island, Australia.
This tale captures the life of one of the
world's most critically endangered
invertebrates, from beginning life as an egg
to surviving harsh environments and the
hopeful return to their homeland, Lord
Howe Island.
Do you keep insects as pets?
Want to tell us about your pet insect?
One reader found this beautiful big bug
clinging to her friend’s shirt after he had
been picking fruit in the backyard.
They didn’t keep it, but released it into the
wild. It is a female stick insect, mimicking
the leaves to provide camouflage. Cool!
Find out more about the creepy crawlies in our environment.
Backyard Buddies is a free education program run by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife.
It gives you simple tips to transform your backyard into a safe and inviting habitat haven.
Backyard Buddies are the native plants and animals that share our built-up areas, waterways, backyards and parks.
Backyard Buddies are also the people who value native wildlife and want to protect it.
So you can be a backyard buddy.
There are lots of fact sheets about birds, mammals, frogs, bugs, reptiles and plants.
http://www.backyardbuddies.net.au/buddy-fact-sheets/bug-fact-sheets
Ask your parents if it’s OK to sign up for their B-mail news, with up-to-date news on many Australian native species.
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LISTEN UP! Loads of new audio books to download
New audio books in
from OneClickDigital.
Search the library
catalogue and select
downloads.
You will need to sign
up to OneClickDigital
the first time to get
your password.
When your grandmother was a girl of
about 9, she might have read a book called
‘What Katy did’. It tells the story of a lively
American family in the nineteenth century.
Katy is the oldest, and is always getting into
trouble, until a terrible accident leaves her
unable to walk.
The story of Katy was read by children’s
author, Jacqueline Wilson, when she was
young. She was inspired to update the
events for today’s readers, and so she
wrote her own story of a modern day Katy.
You can now read both stories. Listen to
audio or download the e-book.
TIP:
If the title in the catalogue has
[electronic resource] after it,
then it will either be an e-book
or e-audio.
For help with downloading to
your device, ask a librarian.
CD AUDIO BOOKS - MORE STORIES TO ENJOY!
Fizzlebert Stump lives in
a travelling circus. But
although he gets to
hang around with
acrobats, play the fool
with clowns, and put his
head in a lion's mouth
every night, he's the
only kid there - and he's
bored. But then Fizz
joins a library, and life
suddenly gets a lot
more exciting. Who
would think a simple
library card application
would lead to his being
kidnapped by a pair of
crazed pensioners!?
Will he ever see the
circus again? A fantastic
story of a boy, a book,
some very bad people,
some very brave deeds,
and the importance of
rubber teeth for lions.
Legend has it that
somewhere in Peru,
atop a towering, jungle-
covered mountain,
stand the ruins of
ChaCha Muchos, the
lost City of Dancers.
What happened there
nearly five hundred
years ago remains a
mystery. Who were
these people? And why,
in the end, did the
entire tribe dance itself
to extinction?
When that well-known
archaeologist and little-
known poet, Cairo Jim,
sets out to solve the
mystery, he doesn't
know that he is not the
only one on the trail to
ChaCha Muchos.
When the enthusiastic
and high spirited Penny
Pollard accompanies
her friend Alistair and
his mum on a tour of
the United Kingdom,
the results are hilarious-
ly unpredictable.
Penny proves herself to
be a very busy and
unusual tourist as she
looks for the Loch Ness
monster, works out the
true meaning of Stone-
henge, dabbles in a bit
of match making, and
makes new friends from
different parts of the
world.
You can find more titles
in the Penny Pollard
series.
Bolinda Audio
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WRITING COMPETITIONS
Telling Stories - Writing Competition
Mooloolaba Rotary, the University of the Sunshine
Coast and Voices on the Coast are introducing a
brand new writing competition.
The theme is: "I should have told the truth".
This competition is open to children in Year 4, 5
and 6. There are prizes of $100 for first place in
each age category, and an overall prize of $500
plus a trophy to display in your school. There are
also $50 vouchers from Officeworks to be won,
Only three entries per year level, from each school
will be accepted. Entries close 22 August.
Entry forms are available via the Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/
tellingstorieswritingcomp, or the Mooloolaba
Rotary website at www.mooloolabarotary.org/
So if you want to be in it, tell your parents /teachers
to get the entry forms, and get writing!
Write for RAW Write to us anytime, and you could be a winner.
Do you have a story to tell? A poem? Or a silly
joke? We’d love to see them all.
When you write for RAW you can win new books
to read.
We have a brand new, not yet in shops, copy of
the latest Andy Griffiths/Terry Denton Treehouse
book. To win this, all you have to do is send us a
list of the best treehouse levels in Andy and
Terry’s crazy treehouse so far. You can draw
your own treehouse, or write on ours.
The 78 Storey Treehouse, has
a scribbletorium.
What do you think happens
there?
Scribble a few lines describing
this branch of the treehouse as
you imagine it.
If you like you could make a
scribbly drawing.
Send them to us at RAW: Kids’
Magazine, or drop them in to
your closest library.
Do it now. There’s no time to
lose! You could win the book!
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CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK 20-26 August 2016
EARLY CHILDHOOD—Short List
The cows tripped over the moon by Tony Wilson
Mr Huff by Anna Walker
My dog Bigsy by Alison Lester
Ollie and the wind Romojoy Ghosh
Perfect by Danny Parker
Piranhas don’t eat bananas by Aaron Blabey
Children’s Book Awards short lists are out now. All books were published in 2015, so you may
have read some of them already. Can you pick a winner? The winners in all categories will be
announced by the Children’s Book Council on Friday 20 August. Here is a list of some of the
judges’ choices. Can you name the books depicted in Shaun Tan’s beautiful poster on display
in your library? How many did you find?
PICTURE BOOK—Short List
And the band played Waltzing Matilda, by Eric
Bogle
Flight, by Nadia Wheatley and Armin Greder
My dead bunny, by Sigi Cohen
One step at a time, by Jane Jolly
Suri’s wall, by Lucy Estela
Ride, Ricardo, ride, by Phil Cummings
YOUNGER READERS—Short List
The Cleo stories: a friend and a pet, by Libby Gleeson
Molly and Pim and the millions of stars, by Martine Murray
Run, Pip, run, by J.C. Jones
Shadows of the Master, by Emily Rodda
Sister heart, by Sally Morgan
Soon, by Morris Gleitzman
INFORMATION BOOKS—Short List
The amazing story of how babies are made,
by Fiona Katauskas
Ancestry: stories of multicultural Anzacs,
by Robyn Siers
Lennie the legend: solo to Sydney by Pony,
by Stephanie Owen Reeder
Phasmid: saving the Lord Howe Island stick insect,
by Coral Tulloch
We are the revels: the women and men who made
Eureka, by Clare Wright
The White Mouse: the story of Nancy Wake,
by Peter Gouldthorpe
2016 is the 70th year of Australian book awards.
The aim is to promote excellence in writing and
illustration of books for children and young
people in Australia.