Teacher Resources

Curriculum themes provided, plus ideas for everyday literacy activities or special events like Book Week. Also for an Online Chat or Author Visit.

Check Videos for recent author-readings of Hazel's books.

e-books

Many of Hazel's e-books are available via Alchemy which links to where they can be bought online such as at Amazon, Google or Booktopia.

A detailed page of information and cover per title such as Fake I.D.

Some of Hazel's e-books are available on Kindle.

Misfit Duty Free

Duty Free and Misfit are e-books for mid/upper primary. 'Misfit' deals with 'being different' in a religious school .'Duty Free' is a travel mystery set in China with a 14 year old sleuth.

Both deal with ethical dilemmas.

Night Creatures of the Mall

Night Creatures of the Mall is a very simple mystery for beginner readers.

Water Bandits has watch-geese at the French Mill & a tri-lingual cat who stops the water bandits.

Water bandits

E-Book Literacy Mysteries

The Frequent Flyer Twins and Project Spy Kids series are available as E-Books via Alchemy . Ideal for young independent readers, the 'Project Spy Kids' series stars 10 year old Art, a cool problem-solver who only reads clues. 'The Frequent Flyer Twins' are Asian-Australian twins who solve mysteries at various international airports. Activities linked to these series are available for download below:

Design Your Own Mystery Work Sheets

These activity sheets ,with reading outcomes, encourage students to craft their own mystery using the characters from the Frequent Flyer Twins series and introducing their own plot, clues, locations and motives.

Create Your Own T-Shirts

Log on to Red Bubble for E-Book merchandise and logos designed by Jane Connory

Fun Activity Sheets

Download a Frequent Flyer Word Find and Colouring Sheet
Download a Project SpyKids Word Find and Colouring Sheet

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Antarctica

In 2001, Hazel was awarded the Australian Antarctic Division Arts Fellowship and travelled to Casey Station on the ‘Polar Bird’ ice-ship. This visit inspired the young adult eco-thriller 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen', picture book ‘Antarctic Dad’ and the memoir, ‘Antarctic Writer on Ice’ as well as classroom playscripts and literacy material. E-books 'Antarctic Dognapping' and 'Shooting Antarctica' a mystery for adult literacy are available only from Kindle.

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Hippopotamus Themes and Activities

There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake can provide an imaginative theme for the kindergarten, classroom and the school community as a whole.

To celebrate the anniversary of the original Hippopotamus book ( now 40) , Puffin created some fun Hippo Party materials. Visit the Puffin website or download the items here.

Chinese translations of all six picture books: Children's Publishing House of Sichuan Province

AudioBook of all Hippo stories and music Bolinda Audio

'Hippo!Hippo! The Musical' by Garry Ginivan Productions toured nationally

The Book Muse: interview with original publisher who 'found' the hippo manuscript in 1980.

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Young Adult Fiction Teacher Notes

Designed for male and female readers, aged 13 to 26, Hazel's young adult (YA) fiction titles explore growing up in challenging or adventurous circumstances.

'Outback Ferals' has a PANDEMIC threat, so is now very topical.

Outback Ferals Teacher Notes
Antarctica's Frozen Chosen Teacher Notes
book_rap_for_outback_ferals.pdf
WIP 'Tag' process of writing the short story 'Tag' in 'Trust Me Too' collection.

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Young Adult Discussion Hints

From Antarctica to Istanbul, Hazel's non fiction titles can inspire classroom discussion and curriculum themes.

Cycling Solo Book Discussion Tips
Antarctic Writer on Ice Teacher Notes
Aussie Heroes: fred_hollows_brief_teacher_activities.pdf and discussion_activity____what_makes_a_hero.pdf
f2m-the-boy-within-discussion-notes-educational-resources.pdf Useful for book clubs & educators, with hypotheticals, activities and gender facts.

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Classroom Scripts and Drama Resources

Hazel has a number of classroom scripts published in book form. To view the scripts currently available, please click through to Classroom Scripts.

Dramatics

The book Dramatics co-written with Goldie Alexander is a comprehensive drama resource for primary teachers (years 3-6). This book includes scripts and activities such as creating catchy titles, improvisation and puppet scripts.

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