Children’s Book Week is The CBCA’s (Children’s Book Council of Australia) biggest national celebration of the year, and in 2025, it will run from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August.
This year’s theme, ‘Book an Adventure!’ invites young readers to journey into new worlds and let their imaginations soar through the magic of stories. 2025 also marks a major milestone – 80 years of Children’s Book Week! For eight decades, the CBCA has inspired generations of young Australians to discover the joy of reading.
To celebrate, we’ll be hosting a range of special activities throughout the week, and our popular bookmark competition is making a return – we can’t wait to see this year’s creative entries.
And of course, it wouldn’t be Book Week without dress-ups! Our library staff love getting into character, and we’d love to see your favourite book-inspired costumes too. Come dressed up when you join us for events or storytime sessions during the week – we’re looking forward to adventuring together through books!
Bookmark Competition
Winning designs from the 2024 Bookmark Competition
Get creative by drawing a picture for the 2026 Brimbank Libraries Children’s Bookmarks range.
Five winning designs will be printed onto a Library bookmark that will be available from your local Brimbank library!
Who can enter
This competition is designed for children aged 5-16 years.
How to participate
Design a bookmark using the template provided, which includes the competition’s terms and conditions.
Download bookmark competition template (PDF – 62.4 KB)
Winning designs from the 2024 Bookmark Competition
Tips when designing your bookmark:
Dos:
- Use colour markers, pens, crayon, pastels, paint, bright pencils and/or paper collage
- Create a drawing related to the topic: Book an Adventure / going on a book adventure or your favourite story
- Most important of all, have fun!
Don’t:
- Please don’t add book titles, headings or names to your artwork, we can’t use artwork with words on it
- Please don’t use faint colours as they are too light for printing eg. light pencil colours or grey lead pencil
How to submit
Submit your design to any Brimbank Libraries branch, or online via the library website.
Please ensure the entrants name, age and library card number have been provided on the form.
Prizes and Judging
A shortlist of designs will be selected and voted on by the community.
Winners will have their designs printed on official Brimbank Libraries bookmarks, available for the community to collect from all library branches!
Key Dates
- Competition opens: 9am, 1 August 2025
- Entries close: 5pm, 31 August 2025
- Winners Announced: 15 September 2025
What’s On
Scavenger Hunt
Join us at any of our branches for a week-long adventure designed especially for kids. Explore the junior sections of the library as you hunt for books that match the clues on your scavenger list.
Once you’ve found all the answers, drop your completed sheet into the entry box for a chance to win an exciting Ocean Adventure prize pack!
After School Activity Zone Sessions
Join us for our special After School Activity Zone (ASAZ) sessions during Book Week!
Children will have the chance to unleash their creativity by designing and crafting props and costume pieces using cardboard and paper. From Minecraft swords and pirate hats to space helmets and royal crowns – if they can imagine it, they can make it!
Spaces are limited, so registration is required for these special ASAZ sessions. Don’t miss out!
St Albans Library: 18 August, 4pm – Book to attend
Sydenham Library: 19 August, 4pm – Book to attend
Deer Park Library: 20 August, 4pm – Book to attend
Sunshine Library: 21 August, 4pm – Book to attend
Keilor Library: 22 August, 4pm – Book to attend
Tiny Tales Workshops
Young storytellers will become real authors and illustrators, creating their very own books. Through storytelling, writing, and illustration, children will build confidence in expressing their ideas while learning the foundations of storytelling.
Deer Park Library: 20 August, 11.15am – Book to attend
Sydenham Library: 22 August, 11.15am – Book to attend
