The following resources may be obtained from the Centre for Learning Innovation, www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli or via the Teaching and Learning exchange, www.tale.edu.au.
picture_word_book
This is a lively, colourful Stage 4 resource which helps students to focus on visual texts, examining the structures and features of illustrated books and why they appeal.
Sites2See: Online stories for interactive whiteboards
A one-stop page of carefully selected links to online stories and books, reading-related activities, plus information and games for student reading, reading aloud, making stories, varying text types and teacher resources.
Animals with attitude
Through participation in this Stage 4 Visual Arts resource, students will study different approaches to art practice. They will make their own artworks about animals using a variety of media and forms and study the artworks of professional artists that feature animals. In the final activity students organise a screening of animations that they have made. Activities are based upon the conceptual framework, looking at the relationship between artist, artwork, audience and world. This unit concentrates on the subjective and cultural frames.
For further author interviews found in Writers Talk 2007, Writers Talk 2008 and Writers Talk 2009, go to:
www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/WritersTalk/
This is a suite of resources for primary and secondary students that features interviews with award-winning writers who have participated in the Sydney Writers' Festival. The resources explore each author's books, background and approaches to writing, and include advice for young writers.
The Lucky Ones (2009)
Nobody Owns the Moon (2008)
The Word Spy (2008) illustrated by Tohby Riddle
Pink Freud (2007)
Dog and Bird See the Moon (2007)
Irving the Magician (2005)
What’s the Big Idea? (2003, 2006)
The Singing Hat (2001)
The Great Escape from City Zoo (1997)
The Tip at the End of the Street (1996)
50 Fairies You Ought to Know About (1995)
The Royal Guest (1993, 2007)
Arnold Z Jones Could Really Play the Trumpet (1993, 2000)
A Most Unusual Dog (1992)
Careful with that Ball, Eugene! (1991)
Click on this link for Google Book Search to see a comprehensive list of Tohby Riddle’s works.
This is Tohby Riddle’s website.
http://www.tohby.com/About.html
This site tells about his life so far.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohby_Riddle
This wikipedia site tells about Tohby and lists his books.
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/605/Riddle-Tohby-1965.html
This site has a biography as well as biographical and critical sources.
http://lisahillschoolstuff.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/slav-conference-tohby-riddle/
This is a blog site after Tohby’s keynote address to the School Library Association of Victoria.
http://laterallearning.com/authors/riddle.html
This is a site for an Australian-based Speakers’ Agency which books authors, illustrators and educators for school visits.
http://www.tohby.com/Bookslink3.html
This site lists Tohby’s awards.
http://www.answers.com/topic/tohby-riddle-children-s-author
Thoughts about and from Tohby.