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CBCA Shortlist 2008 - Picture Book of the Year

The Peasant Prince
Li Cunxin and Anne Spudvilas

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Viking

'This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true . . . '

In a poor village in northern China, a small boy is about to be taken away from everything he's ever known. He is so afraid,... Buy or find out more 


The Island
Armin Greder

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin

In the morning the people of the island found a man sitting on the shore, there where fate and the ocean currents had set him and his frail raft in the night. When he saw them coming towards him, he rose to his feet.



He... Buy or find out more 



Ziba Came On A Boat
Liz Lofthouse and Robert Ingpen

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Viking

Ziba came on a boat. A soggy old fishing boat that creaked and moaned as it rose and fell, rose and fell, across the endless sea. Buy or find out more 


Requiem For A Beast
Matt Ottley

$39.99 – Hardcover book / Lothian

Requiem for a Beast is a multi modal work, consisting of the formats of graphic novel, picture book, novella, and musical work.

There are two main narratives within the book; one, is the story of a young stockman as he p... Buy or find out more 



Dust
Colin Thompson

$24.95 – Hardcover book / Abc Books

In a perfect world, this book would not exist. But we do not live ina perfect world. At any given moment of any given day, there are people dying from natural disasters over which we have no control. Beyond natural disas... Buy or find out more 


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