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Premier's Reading Challenge 2009
These Challenges are open to all students from Years 2 to 8 in NSW Government and non-Government schools or the equivalent in home schooling and accredited Australian International schools, to encourage a love of reading.
The Library Catalogue includes a list of the titles in the Premier's Reading Challenge collection at Ryde Libraries. Links to the catalogue are:
 Booklists
Adventure Stories
- books where the character is challenged by people or things that are happening to them.
(Updated 21 July 2009)
Animal Stories
- books about people and animals and the animal world.
(Updated 21 July 2009)
Detective & Mystery Stories
- books whose story involves detection to solve a problem though examination of clues.
(Updated 21 July 2009)
 Fairies
- stories about fairies or other magical creatures.
(Updated 21 July 2009)
Fantasy
- stories based on magic, make believe, or the supernatural - witches, wizards, fairies, and other mythical people.
(Updated 21 July 2009)
Friendship
- books that explore friendships in and outside the family.
(Updated 21 July 2009)
Have a Laugh
- funny, humorous stories read for enjoyment.
(Updated 30 September 2008)
Magic
- stories containing elements of magic where the magic is woven through words and settings.
(Updated 23 July 2009)
Science Fiction
- escape from today's world and move into a land where there are no boundaries.
(Updated 20 August 2009)
Series
- books with same characters and similar storylines, where more than two books continue the story.
(Updated July 2009)
- Abbott, Tony - Secrets of Droon
- Adler, David A - Cam Jansen
- Animal Ark
- Aussie Bites
- Aussie Chomps
- Aussie Nibbles
- Blyton, Enid - Famous Five
- Blyton, Enid - Secret Seven
- Campbell, Julie - Trixie Belden
- Clarke, Margaret - Aussie Angels
- Cleary, Beverly - Ramona
- Dee, Sheryn - Aussie Pony Tales
- Dinotopia
- Dixon, Franklin W. - Hardy Boys
- Fienberg, Anna - Tashi
- Goscinny & Uderzo - Asterix
- Hale, Bruce - Chet Gecko Mystery
- Herge - Tintin
- Herman, Gail - Scooby-do
- Keene, Carolyn - Nancy Drew
- Koller, Jackie French - Dragonling
- Krensky, Stephen - Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Books
- Lewis, C. S. - The Chronicles of Narnia
- Little Ripper Aussie Reads
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Malcolm in the Middle
Martin, Ann M - Baby-sitters Club
Mary-Kate and Ashley
McMullan, K. H. - Dragon Slayers Academy
McSkimming, Geoffrey - Cairo Jim
Mitchell, Elyne - Silver Brumby
Montgomery, L. M. - Anne of Green Gables
Osborne, May Pope - Magic Tree House
Pilkey, Dave - Captain Underpants
Robert, Rachel - Avalon, Web of Magic
Rodda, Emily - Crazy Tales
Rodda, Emily - Deltora Quest
Rodda, Emily - Fairy Realm
Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter
Snicket, Lemony - Series of Unfortunate Events
The Sleepover Club
Stine, R. L. - Goosebumps
Wilder, Laura Ingals - Little House |
 Spooky Tales
- tales of ghost, the unnatural, and things that may scare you.
(Updated 23 July 2009)
TV & Movie Tie-Ins
- a list of books that have featured on television or as movies.
(Updated July 2009)
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Anne of Green Gables , by L.M. Montgomery
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
Charlotte's Web, by E.B.White
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
Flicka, by Mary O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Horton hears a Who, by Dr Seuss
Hotel for dogs, by Lois Duncan
James & the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl |
- Matilda, Roald Dahl
- Nancy Drew, by Carolyn Keene
- Nims Island, Wendy Orr
- Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg
- Round the Twist, by Paul Jennings
- Shrek, by Ellen Weiss
- Spiderwick Chronicles, by Tony Di Terlizzi and Holly Black
- Stuart Little, by E.B. White
- Tales of Despereaux, Kate Di Carmillo
- The Waterhorse, by Dick King Smith
- Where the wild things are, by Maurice Sendak
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 Wizards
- stories about wizards and wizardry.
(Uppdated 23 July 2009)
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