You might have caught the news today about Australia’s climate change policy.

So maybe it’s time to look into The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon. BBBB has one copy to give away.

Tell us what Australia’s minimum carbon reduction target is and win this book. First correct answer wins.

That’s the advice from illustrator Heath McKenzie. Heath did the illustration at the top of this blog.

More wisdom of Heath at his spiffy new website and blog.

Have a great weekend!

Over the next two weeks bbbb will writing up some of the best books for Christmas.

But bbbb wants to know what is on your list. What the books you want to see on Christmas day? Who are the authors that you want to be reading this Christmas?

Type your Christmas wishes into the comments box below and let it be known.

Boys, Blokes, Books and Bytes last night won an award for the program we have run over the past three years.

The title of of the prize doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, but here goes: we won an Arts Portfolio Leadership Award in the category of Leadership in Community. The award is made by Arts Victoria.

So there.

Thanks really go to all the readers and writers who have taken part so far: especially at Drouin Secondary College, primary schools in the Drouin cluster; Staughton College and Melton South Primary School. And to the hard working and dedicated librarians, teachers and parents for getting behind the BBBB program.

Cheers to you all!