The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced their Book of the Year Awards shortlists for 2015! Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers.

Here are the shortlists for each category:

Older Readers

• Nona & Me by Clare Atkins
• Intruder by Christine Bongers
• Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth
• The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
• The Minnow by Diana Sweeney
• The Protected by Claire Zorn

(Find the full list of notables for this category here.)

Younger Readers

• Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks
• The Simple Things by Bill Condon with illustrations by Beth Norling
• The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson with illustrations by Freya Blackwood
• Bleakboy and Hunter Stand out in the Rain by Steven Herrick
• Figgy in the World by Tamsin Janu
• Withering-by-Sea: a Stella Montgomery Intrigue by Judith Rossell

(Find the full list of notables for this category here.)

Early Childhood

• Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey
• Scary Night by Lesley Gibbes with illustrations by Stephen Michael King
• Go to Sleep, Jessie! by Libby Gleeson with illustrations by Freya Blackwood
• A House of Her Own by Jenny Hughes with illustrations by Jonathan Bentley
• Snail and Turtle are Friends by Stephen Michael King
• Noni the Pony goes to the Beach by Alison Lester

(Find the full list of notables for this category here.)

Picture Book of the Year

• Rivertime by Trace Balla
• My Two Blankets by Irena Kobald with illustrations by Freya Blackwood
• One Minute’s Silence by David Metzenthen with illustrations by Michael Camilleri
• The Duck and the Darklings by Glenda Millard with illustrations by Stephen Michael King
• The Stone Lion by Margaret Wild with illustrations by Ritva Voutila
• Fire by Jackie French with illustrations by Bruce Whatley

(Find the full list of notables for this category here.)

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

• A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land by Simon Barnard
• Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia edited by Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren
• Mary’s Australia: How Mary Mackillop Changed Australia by Pamela Freeman
• Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly with illustrations by Robert Ingpen
• Emu by Claire Saxby with illustrations by Graham Byrne
• Audacity: Stories of Heroic Australians in Wartime by Carlie Walker with illustrations by Brett Hatherly

(Find the full list of notables for this category here.)

Crichton Award for New Illustrators

• Rivertime by Trace Balla
• Kick with My Left Foot illustrated by Karen Briggs with text by Paul Seden
• One Minute’s Silence illustrated by Michael Camilleri with text by David Metzenthen
• Little Dog and the Christmas Wish illustrated by Robin Cowcher with text by Corinne Fenton
• Meet Douglas Mawson illustrated by Snip Green with text by Mike Dumbleton
• The Lost Girl illustrated by Leanne Tobin with text by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Find out more about the CBCA Awards here.