This book is designed as a learning resource to the second five 'My Story' novels (chronologically_ and is jam-packed with activities, assignments and reproducible worksheets. The titles featured are 'Who Am I?', 'The Bombing of Darwin'. 'A Marathon of Her Own', 'Snowy', and 'A Tale of Two Families'. Children can work individually, in pairs or groups, on a variety of through-provoking, knowledge-expanding tasks.
This resource includes a timeline that places each book in the context of other major events in Australian history, a synopsis of each book, themes of each book, discussion of the diary form as a narrative style, and discussion of the development of Australian English and other language issues. Also includes author comments on the approaches taken and resources used in the process of completing historical novels. Each book is accompanied by give reproducible blackline masters.