Today the Children’s Book Council of Australia announced the Shortlist for the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year Awards.
Watch this morning’s announcement below.
Book of the Year: Older Readers
Ask No Questions by Eva Collins
Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James
The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle
Neverlanders by Tom Taylor, with illustrations by Jon Sommariva
The Other Side of Tomorrow by Hayley Lawrence
What We All Saw by Mike Lucas
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
August & Jones by Pip Harry
Evie and Rhino by Neridah McMullin, with illustrations by Astred Hicks
Runt by Craig Silvey
The Raven’s Song by Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble
The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon, with illustrations by Sean Buckingham
Xavier in the Meantime by Kate Gordon
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Bev and Kev by Katrina Germein, with illustrations by Mandy Foot
Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post by Bob Graham
Lionel and Me by Corinne Fenton, with illustrations by Tracie Grimwood
Market Day by Carrie Gallasch, with illustrations by Hannah Sommerville
Snap! by Anna Walker
Where the Lyrebird Lives by Vikki Conley, with illustrations by Max Hamilton
Picture Book of the Year
Dirt by Sea by Tom Jellett, and written by Michael Wagner
Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
Frank’s Red Hat by Sean E Avery
My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
Our Dreaming by Dub Leffler, and written by Kirli Saunders
Paradise Sands: A Story of Enchantment by Levi Pinfold
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
A Is for Australian Reefs by Frané Lessac
Amazing Animal Journeys by Jennifer Cossins
Come Together: Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples by Isaiah Firebrace, with illustrations by Jaelyn Biumaiwai
DEEP: Delve into Hidden Worlds by Jess McGeachin
Opal and Dart by Vianne Brain, with illustrations by Clare Bradley
Wild Australian Life by Leonard Cronin, with illustrations by Chris Nixon
CBCA Award for New Illustrators
Australia: From Dawn to Dusk by Brentos
Naturopolis by Ingrid Bartkowiak, and written by Deborah Frenkel
The Best Hiding Place by Sylvia Morris, and written by Jane Godwin
There’s No Such Book by Jake A. Minton, and written by Jessica Dettmann
Tiny Wonders by Sally Soweol Han
We Are Australians by Jandamarra Cadd, and written by Duncan Smith and Nicole Godwin
And keep an eye out in the coming months as we review some of this year’s notable and shortlisted books.
Have a look at the full Notable lists:
