The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced their Book of the Year Awards shortlists for 2016. Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators, editors and publishers!

Here are the shortlists for each category.

Older Readers

• The Flywheel by Erin Gough
• The Pause by John Larkin
• Freedom Ride by Sue Lawson
• A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay
• Inbetween Days by Vikki Wakefield
• Cloudwish by Fiona Wood

Younger Readers

• The Cleo Stories: A Friend and a Pet by Libby Gleeson (Illust: Freya Blackwood)
• Soon by Morris Gleitzman
• Run, Pip, Run by J. C. Jones
• Sister Heart by Sally Morgan
• Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars by Martine Murray
• Shadows of the Master by Emily Rodda

Early Childhood

• Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas by Aaron Blabey
• My Dog Bigsy by Alison Lester
• Perfect by Danny Parker (Illust: Freya Blackwood)
• Ollie and the Wind by Ghosh Ronojoy
• Mr Huff by Anna Walker
• The Cow Tripped Over The Moon by Tony Wilson (Illust: Laura Wood)

Picture Book of the Year

• Ride, Ricardo, Ride! by Shane Devries (Text: Phil Cummings)
• My Dead Bunny by James Foley (Text: Sigi Cohen)
• Flight by Armin Greder (Text: Nadia Wheatley)
• One Step at a Time by Sally Heinrich (Text: Jane Jolly)
• Suri’s Wall by Matt Ottley (Text: Lucy Estela)
• And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Bruce Whatley (Text: Eric Bogle)

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

• Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect by Rohan Cleave (Illust: Coral Tulloch)
• The White Mouse: The Story of Nancy Wake by Peter Gouldthorpe
• The Amazing True Story Of How Babies Are Made by Fiona Katauskas
• Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony by Stephanie Owen Reeder
• Ancestry: Stories of Multicultural Anzacs by Robyn Siers (Illust: Carlie Walker)
• We Are The Rebels: The Men and Women Who Made Eureka by Clare Wright

Crichton Award for New Illustrators

• The Underwater Fancy Dress Parade by Allison Colpoys (Text: Davina Bell)
• The Cat with the Coloured Tail by Dinalie Dabarera (Text: Gillian Mears)
• My Gallipoli by Robert Hannaford (Text: Ruth Starke)
• Fish Jam by Kylie Howarth
• Meet… Weary Dunlop by Jeremy Lord (Text: Claire Saxby)
• KidGlovz by Dale Newman (Text: Julie Hunt)

The winners for each category will be announced on 19 August. Find out more about the CBCA Awards here.