The Children's Book Council of Australia has
announced the shortlists for the 2009 CBCA book awards. The winners
will be announced on August 21 this year.
Book of the Year - Older Readers Short List 2009
D.M. Cornish -
Monster Blood Tattoo Book Two: Lamplighter
Anthony Eaton -
Into White Silence
Jackie French -
A Rose for the Anzac Boys
Melina Marchetta -
Finnikin of the Rock
James Moloney - Kill
the Possum
Shaun Tan -
Tales from Outer Suburbia
Book of the Year - Younger Readers Short List 2009
Catherine Bateson - The
Wish Pony
Sandy Fussell - Polar
Boy
Morris Gleitzman - Then
Christine Harris (Illustrated by Ann James) -
Audrey of the Outback
Glenda Millard (Illustrated by Stephen Michael King) -
Perry Angel's Suitcase
Emily Rodda -
The Wizard of Rondo
Book of the Year - Early Childhood Short List 2009
Bob Graham -
How to Heal a Broken Wing
Stephen Michael King - Leaf
Chris McKimmie - Special
Kev
Glenda Millard (Illustrated by Stephen Michael King) -
Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle
Rosemary Sullivan (Illustrations by Dee Huxley) - Tom
Tom
Margaret Wild (Illustrated by Julie Vivas) - Puffling
Book of the Year - Picture Book Short List 2009
Aaron Blabey- Sunday
Chutney
Kylie Dunstan -
Collecting Colour
John Marsden and Matt Ottley - Home
and Away
Tohby Riddle -
Nobody Owns the Moon
Ruth Starke and Greg Holfield -
Captain Congo and the Crocodile King Colin Thompson -
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness
Information Book of the Year - Eve Pownall Shortlist 2009
Ursula Dubosarsky - The
Word Spy
Mark Greenwood and France Lessac -
Simpson and his Donkey
Lincoln Hall -
Alive in the Death Zone
Catriona Nicholls & Janet Paterson & Rod Waller-
Chicken: The Story of Chicken in Australia
Jan Ramage and Ellen Hickman - Tuart
Dwellers
John Ross & Anna Booth -
Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian
Art
