Everything you need for Book Week — a whole-class unit plus the printables to go with it.
This bundle is built around The Great Book Mystery: a four to five week whole-class unit where every student brings in a wrapped, disguised book covered in clues. One book is unwrapped each day, the class predicts what it might be, and you read it together. Fifteen to twenty minutes a day, Foundation to Year 6.
Alongside the unit you get the reading logs, review sheets and celebration printables to run the whole week without the Sunday night planning stress.
What's included:
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The Great Book Mystery — complete whole-class unit: unit overview, learning focus, learning intentions and success criteria, materials list, teacher preparation checklist, a launch phase, the daily reveal routine, an end-of-unit class vote, assessment opportunities, year-level adaptations for F–2, 3–4 and 5–6, teacher tips and a notes page
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Parent information note — book-selection, wrapping and clue instructions, supplied as an editable Canva template
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My Reading Log — a colour-in bookshelf log for recording every book read
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Book review sheets — plot, characters, opinion, rating and fun facts
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Film review sheets — the same format for screen texts
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Book as an Album Cover — a creative response worksheet
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Reading King and Reading Queen crowns — colour, cut and wear
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Reading is Magic bookmarks — colour-in, ready to cut
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Book Week writing and drawing pages — including My Favourite Book
Why teachers love it:
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A real unit, not just worksheets — a planned sequence with intentions, success criteria and assessment notes, ready to drop into your program
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Fifteen minutes a day — a consistent daily routine that runs across weeks, not a one-off lesson
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Every year level — adaptations for Foundation to Year 6, so it works across a whole school
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Photocopier-friendly — student pages are black and white, because we know what printing budgets look like
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Print and go — no prep beyond a roll of butcher's paper and a mystery box
Perfect for:
- Book Week celebrations in Foundation–Year 6
- Class or whole-school reading events
- Library and literacy focus weeks
- Reading and inference lessons all year round
- Relief folders and last-minute literacy blocks
Make this year's Book Week the one students talk about all term.
Planning Book Week?
Our Great Book Mystery guide walks through the whole-class unit day by day, so you can see how this resource runs.
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This file is editable — open it in Canva to customise text before printing.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
