Each year the Children’s Book Council of Australia announces their Book of the Year across six categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, Picture Book of the Year, and the CBCA Award for New Illustrators. On Tuesday 28 February they announced their notable lists. On 28 March the Shortlist will be announced and on Friday 18 August the winners will be announced.
These books represent the very best of Australian writing and illustration. Below is the Notable list for Younger Readers. Reserve your copy today.
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years
Note: Some of these titles may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years of this category as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.
All Four Quarters of the Moon by Shirley Marr
August & Jones by Pip Harry
Big Magic by Sarah Armstrong
Dusty in the Outwilds by Rhiannon Williams
Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin, with illustrations by Astred Hicks
Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna
Mikki and Me and the Out-of-Tune Tree by Marion Roberts
Ming and Flo Fight for the Future by Jackie French
No Words by Maryam Master
Runt by Craig Silvey
The Book of Wondrous Possibilities by Deborah Abela
The Bravest Word by Kate Foster
The Jammer by Nova Weetman
The Last Light Horse by Dianne Wolfer, with illustrations by Brian Simmonds
The Raven’s Song by Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble
The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat by Charlie Archbold
The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Woeful Wedding by Katrina Nannestad, with illustrations by Cheryl Orsini
The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon, with illustrations by Sean Buckingham
The Wintrish Girl by Melanie La’Brooy
Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad
We Run Tomorrow by Nat Amoore, with illustrations by Mike Barry
What About Thao? by Oliver Phommavanh
What Snail Knows by Kathryn Apel
Xavier in the Meantime by Kate Gordon
Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang
Watch out for the other lists:
- Older Readers
- Early Childhood
- Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, and
- Picture Book of the Year
