Free Book Week 2025 Activities for your primary classroom

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Book Week 2025: Free Activities for the “Book an Adventure” Theme

Book Week 2025 is here, and this year’s CBCA theme, “Book an Adventure,” is all about stepping into a story and exploring somewhere new.

Here are 5 FREE activities to help you celebrate and inspire a love of reading among your students this Book Week!

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1. Daily Mystery Book Unwrapping 

Wrap CBCA shortlisted books and other classroom favourites in colourful paper, adding a small clue to each one. Every day of Book Week, choose a book to unwrap and read together. The element of surprise creates excitement and exposes students to new authors and genres.

2. Adventure-Themed Costume Parade

Invite students to dress as their favourite adventurer or book character and take part in a Book Week Parade. Encourage them to briefly share who their character is and the adventure they’re on. 

3. Book Week Reading Quest

Take your class on a 'Reading Quest' by exploring a different adventure theme each day of Book Week.

Some ideas include:

  • An underwater adventure – Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae

  • A hero’s journeyThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

  • A villain’s redemptionThe Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson

  • A space odysseyThe Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers

  • Living in another countryMy Two Blankets by Irena Kobald & Freya Blackwood

By the end of the week, your students will have travelled through oceans, galaxies and new lands

4. Peer Book Recommendations Wall 

Create a display where students can share their favourite reads with the class. Give each student a blank card or sheet to illustrate the cover of their chosen book and add a short note explaining why others should read it. As the wall fills up, it becomes a colourful gallery of book suggestions, inspiring classmates to try stories they might not have picked up otherwise.

5. Book Week Colouring In

My free Book Week colouring-in page is the perfect mindfulness activity for when you need to calm things down—whether that’s after a busy Book Parade, a high-energy literacy session, or simply as a creative way to decorate your classroom.

Click HERE to download it!

Want more?

If you’d like even more themed crafts, reading templates, and ready-to-use activities, my Book Week Mega Bundle has everything you need to make your “Book an Adventure” celebrations unforgettable.

PLUS - it's updated every year for FREE with the new CBCA theme, so purchasing this bundle gives you access to a lifetime resource!

Resource Library

2025 Book Week Resources From The Sydney Teacher

Book Week 'Book an Adventure' Collaborative Poster 2025

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Book Week ‘Book an Adventure’ Colouring In Bookmarks 2025

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Dodecahedron Book Report

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Super Six Comprehension Flip Book

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