The winners of Australia's most prestigious childrens' book awards
- the Children's Book Council of Australia book of the year awards
- have been revealed. The announcements kick off Book Week which officially
begins tomorrow and sees schools and libraries all over the country
celebrating kids' and young adult literature all throughout next
week.
Congratulations to all the winning authors, illustrators and publishers.
Picture Book of the Year (tied winners)
Mirror by Jeannie Baker
Hamlet by Nicki Greenberg
Honour books: Why I Love Australia by Bronwyn Bancroft and My Uncle's Donkey by Tohby Riddle
Early Childhood Book of the Year
Maudie And Bear by Jan Ormerod
Honour books: Look See, Look At Me by Leonie Norrington and Dee Huxley and The Tall Man And The Twelve Babies by Tom Niland Champion, Kilmeny Niland & Deborah Niland
Younger Readers Book of the Year
The Red Wind: The Kingdom Of The Lost Book One by Isobelle Carmody
Honour books: Just A Dog by Michael Gerard Bauer and Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot by Anna Branford
Older Readers Book of the Year
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
Honour books: The Life Of A Teenage Body-Snatcher by Doug MacLeod and Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
The Return Of The Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle
Honour books: Our World: Bardi Jaawi: Life At Ardiyooloon by One Arm Point Remote Community School and Drawn From The Heart by Ron Brooks
More information on the 2011 awards can be found here.
