Book your ticket to adventure by Sarah and Emily. Illus. by Dan Nav

There is a quote attributed to Mason Cooley that pretty much sums up this book as well as the 2025 CBCA Book Week theme - "Book an Adventure".

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

Using jaunty rhyme and bright illustrations, it celebrates the different places and times that a reader can visit when they pick up a book to read, making it is the ideal companion to spark reading adventures not just for this year, but whenever an escape is needed. Whether it's back in history to the battle fields of Gallipoli or forward to the future of life on other planets, or maybe somewhere in the Australian Outback or mysterious canyons in faraway places, there are adventures to be had, mysteries to solve and laughter to be shared.

It can serve as an introduction to the various genres found in primary school library collections with students encouraged to read more widely, identify the common elements of each genre and perhaps build a display of suggestions for their friends to read, but mostly it just celebrates the joy of reading and that regardless of your preferences, you will find something in the library that appeals and offers you a ticket beyond the four walls enclosing you. And even better, the ticket is free, readily available and never expires.

Barbara Braxton