CBCA’s 2025
Theme:
Celebrating 80 Years of Children's Book Week®:
Join us for the 80th celebration of CBCA Children's Book Week® in 2025! This year’s theme,
"Book an Adventure," invites readers of all ages to embark on thrilling journeys across lands, time, and memories through the magic of books.
Designed by the immensely talented Jess McGeachin, winner of the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Award for Eve Pownall's "DEEP", this year’s theme reflects both the adventurous spirit of his work and the exciting stories waiting to be discovered. Published by Welbeck in 2022, "DEEP" captured imaginations with its breathtaking exploration of ocean depths, making McGeachin the perfect artist to create this year’s adventure-themed celebration.
SEE THE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW
What to Expect in 2025
For eight decades, Children's Book Week® has been the highlight of the year for book lovers, young readers, and educators across Australia. As we celebrate this milestone, we’re inviting you to "Book an Adventure" with us—whether it’s through exploring distant lands, uncovering hidden treasures, or travelling through time with your favourite characters.
Children’s Book Week® 2025 promises to be an unforgettable celebration, with schools and libraries across the country hosting events, costume parades, and exciting reading challenges. Whether you’re an educator looking for ways to inspire your students, a parent fostering a love of reading, or a young adventurer eager to explore new worlds, 2025 is your year to celebrate stories and the adventures they inspire.
Get Ready to "Book an Adventure!"
Let’s make 2025 a year of exploration, curiosity, and imagination as we celebrate the 80th year of Children’s Book Week®. Stay tuned for more updates, including event listings, activity ideas, and resources to help you plan your own literary adventures.
Book Week - Book An Adventure
Themed Activities(Coming Soon)
🤩 FREE CBCA 2025 Themed Activities
😍 Premium CBCA 2025 Themed Activities
Games
Book Week Notable Activity Sets From 2025(Coming Soon)
Book Week Costume Ideas
The team at Learn From Play have created dozens of easy DIY costumes to make Book Week a breeze. Each costume has:
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A coloured and black and white colour-your-own printable mask.
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Step by step instructions to make it super easy for children and adults alike to construct.
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Easy DIY costume ideas that use items already around the house or readily available at a craft or party store.
Bear Costume
Crocodile Costume
Cat Costume
Dog Costume
Chicken Costume
Fox Costume
About Book Week
Since 1945, the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has brought together children and books to celebrate Book Week and shine a light on Australian authors and illustrators.
Book Week 2025 is a time for schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children to celebrate Australian children's literature. Our CBCA Book Week activities make it easy to provide fun literacy activities before and after your Book Week Parade and focus exclusively on this years theme.
The Book Week 2025 theme "Book An Adventure" was created by the featured artist Jess McGeachin. We have made activities to help you celebrate this theme and bring it to life for your children. Our goal is to help make Book Week fun and to support you with quality teacher authored book resources that support the themes of book week 2025 and extend the fun of reading all of the Shortlisted and Notable books for your young learners.
We would 😍 to see your book week displays - please share them with us via the chat window below or on our Social Media!