The theme for this week is Reconciliation Australia 2022 as Reconciliation Week commences on the 27th of May.

The titles selected for primary and secondary schools are available under the Simultaneous Use model. The title for senior students/staff is available under the Concurrent Use model with 80+ copies. 
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The CEnet Member Dioceses ACEN eBook Consortium, with the assistance of Lisa Nash and Saba Maniar from the Digital Learning and Library Services Team in Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, provide the book of the week feature for students and staff in dioceses that have access to the CEnet ACEN SORA eBook Library Consortium .

Each week, two reading recommendations for eBooks or audio books, with age guidance are published for primary school students and high school students and to make sure that no-one is left out, there is a recommendation for staff too.

​eBook of the Week Slides linked here.
These slides are available to anyone with the link and thus you can forward to your schools to share in whatever way they wish - email, google classroom, canvas, seesaw etc, even publicly on a school site or social media feed. Also, if you would prefer to rebadge the slides as coming from your diocese, please make a copy and feel free to do so.

Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome. ​

All titles selected for this week are available under the Simultaneous Use model. The titles for primary and secondary schools are from the SORA  Sweet Reads Collection. The title for staff is available under the Professional collection.
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The CEnet Member Dioceses ACEN eBook Consortium, with the assistance of Lisa Nash and Saba Maniar from the Digital Learning and Library Services Team in Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, provide the book of the week feature for students and staff in dioceses that have access to the CEnet ACEN SORA eBook Library Consortium .

Each week, two reading recommendations for eBooks or audio books, with age guidance are published for primary school students and high school students and to make sure that no-one is left out, there is a recommendation for staff too.

​eBook of the Week Slides linked here.
These slides are available to anyone with the link and thus you can forward to your schools to share in whatever way they wish - email, google classroom, canvas, seesaw etc, even publicly on a school site or social media feed. Also, if you would prefer to rebadge the slides as coming from your diocese, please make a copy and feel free to do so.

Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome. 

The CEnet ACEN Working Group was recently made aware that 'A few of our schools are starting to enrol students who have just arrived in Australia from Ukraine. These students appear to have very little English so resources in Ukrainian are needed quite urgently'.

In response to this emerging need for resources the CEnet ACEN Working Group has identified and added 74 titles to the CEnet member eBook collection. These resources are available now for staff and students in dioceses participating in the eBook consortium.

Minecraft | Plants Vs Zombies | Disney Descendants; WIcked World | Transformers Friendship in Disguise | Incredibles 2 | Red Panda and Moon Bear 

Avatar: The Last Airbender | Goosbumps: Secrets of the Swamp | Astro Boy | Stranger Things | Ms Marvel (2014) | Alice in Wonderland

The theme for this week is Graphic Novels. All titles selected are available under the Simultaneous Use model from the Always Available Comics Collection. ​

The CEnet Member Dioceses ACEN eBook Consortium, with the assistance of Lisa Nash and Saba Maniar from the Digital Learning and Library Services Team in Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, provide the book of the week feature for students and staff in CEnet Member Dioceses who have access to the SORA eBook Library.

Each week, two reading recommendations for eBooks or audio books, with age guidance are published for primary school students and high school students and to make sure that no-one is left out, there is a recommendation for staff too.

This week the eBook of the week theme is  Harmony Week and the titles selected for primary and secondary schools are available under the Simultaneous Use model meaning that the books are available no matter how many people have checked them out.
Also included are two bonus slides;  for primary and secondary schools with titles suitable for Harmony Week.

The CEnet Member Dioceses ACEN eBook Consortium, with the assistance of Lisa Nash and Saba Maniar from the Digital Learning and Library Services Team in Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, provide the book of the week feature for students and staff in CEnet Member Dioceses who have access to the SORA eBook Library.

Each week, two reading recommendations for eBooks or audio books, with age guidance are published for primary school students and high school students and to make sure that no-one is left out, there is a recommendation for staff too.

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners   |   Huda and Me   |   You Must be Layla   |   The Katha Chest   |   What Zola did on Wednesday

Future Girl   |   Tiger Daughter   |   When Michael Met Mina   |   Lion A long Way Home   |   The F Team

Staff in CEnet Member Dioceses are always coming up with creative ways to promote reading and Overdrive, the company behind Sora, has come up with a great way to encourage these activities.

Schools Stars is a global contest aimed to celebrate how schools promote Sora and reading. Past entries have included videos, visual displays and bulletin boards, social media campaigns, and student-created resources.

Any school that uses Sora in the ACEN Member Collection can enter. Content credit prizes can be used to set-up and fund an Advantage account if the school does not currently have an Advantage account for their school.

2022 Prizes
Prizes will be awarded in content credit.

• Grand Prize
  • Best Overall: $2500 USD in content credit.
  • Best in Category: $500 USD in content credit.
  • Best in Category – Runner Up: $250 USD in content credit.

Additionally, OverDrive will select 5 lucky entrants to receive $100 USD in content credit simply for entering!
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Schools can enter here.