The Children’s Book Council Of Australia has announced this= year’s award winners.
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS
Entries in this category had to be fiction, drama or poetry and needed to be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended.
Winner
The End of the World is Bigger than Love
Davina Bell
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922268822
Honours
Metal Fish, Falling Snow
Cath Moore
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330079
Honours
Where We Begin
Christie Nieman
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781743535660
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS
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. Ages 7-12 years.
Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.
Winner
Aster’s Good, Right Things
Kate Gordon
Riveted Press
ISBN: 9780648492573
Honours
The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
Jaclyn Moriarty
ill. Kelly Canby
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760875060
Honours
Worse Things
Sally Murphy
ill. Sarah Davis
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651657
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading.
Ages 0-6 years
Winner
No! Never!
Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman
ill. Mel Pearce
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734418906
Honours
Anemone is not the Enemy
Anna McGregor
Scribble Kids’ Books
ISBN: 9781922310118
Honours
We Love You, Magoo
Briony Stewart
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896904
THE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations.
Ages 0-18 years (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).
Note: Picture Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author
Winner
How to Make a Bird
Matt Ottley
text. Meg McKinlay
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381894
Honours
Not cute.
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760972387
Honours
Your Birthday Was the Best!
Felicita Sala
text. Maggie Hutchings
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972535
THE EVE POWNALL AWARD
Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style.
Ages 0-18 years
Winner
Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu
Pamela Freeman
ill. Liz Anelli
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760650285
Honours
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals
Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420015
Honours
Strangers on Country
David Hartley & Kirsty Murray
ill. Dub Leffler
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279552
CBCA AWARD FOR NEW ILLUSTRATOR
This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children’s book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.
Winner
This Small Blue Dot
Zeno Sworder
Thames & Hudson Australia
ISBN: 9781760761110