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

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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

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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. _________________________________________

9.` _________________________________________

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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RAW READS To get your review into the next magazine issue, fill in this blank review sheet, take it to your library,

or send it to us at rawkidsmagazine@gmail.com

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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.