The CBCA Book of the Year Awards shortlists 2018

26 Mar 2018

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced their Book of the Year Awards shortlists for 2018. Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators, editors and publishers!

Here are the shortlists for each category.

Older Readers (for ages 13-18 years)

Mallee Boys by Charlie Archbold
In The Dark Spaces by Cally Black
Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell & Fiona Wood
Because of You by Pip Harry
The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil
Ballad For A Mad Girl by Vikki Wakefield

Younger Readers (for ages 8-12 years)

The Elephant by Peter Carnavas
How to Bee by Bren MacDibble
Henrietta and the Perfect Night by Martine Murray
Marsh And Me by Martine Murray
The Shop at Hoopers Bend by Emily Rodda
The Grand, Genius Summer of Henry Hoobler by Lisa Shanahan

Early Childhood (for ages 0-7 years)

Rodney Loses It! by Michael Gerard Bauer & Chrissie Krebs (illus.)
Boy by Phil Cummings & Shane Devries (illus.)
I’m Australian Too by Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh (illus.)
The Second Sky by Patrick Guest & Jonathan Bentley (illus.)
The Very Noisy Baby by Alison Lester
Hark, It’s Me, Ruby Lee! by Lisa Shanahan & Binny (illus.)

Picture Book of the Year (for ages 0-18 years)

Ten Pound Pom by Liz Anelli & Carole Wilkinson (text)
The Great Rabbit Chase by Freya Blackwood
Mopoke by Philip Bunting
A Walk in the Bush by Gwyn Perkins
Swan Lake by Anne Spudvilas
Florette by Anna Walker

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (for ages 0-18 years)

Do Not Lick This Book by Idan Ben-Barak & Julian Frost (illus.)
M is for Mutiny! by John Dixon & Bern Emmerichs (illus.)
Left & Right by Lorna Hendry
The Big Book of Antarctica by Charles Hope
Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines by Prue & Kerry Mason & Tom Jellett (illus.)
Koala by Claire Saxby & Julie Vivas (illus.)

Crichton Award for New Illustrators (for ages 0-18 years)

Can You Find Me? by Patrick Shirvington & Gordon Winch (text)
I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon
Mopoke by Philip Bunting
Once Upon an ABC by Chris Nielsen & Sophie Masson (text)
The Sloth Who Came to Stay by Vivienne To & Margaret Wild (text)
Tintinnabula by Rovina Cai & Margo Lanagan (text)

The winners for each category will be announced on 17 August. Find out more about the CBCA Awards here.

A Walk in the Bush

Gwyn Perkins

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Ballad For A Mad Girl

Vikki Wakefield

A ghost thriller with a literary angle, and a story about survival and the different ways we deal with grief.

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Because of You

Pip Harry

Meet Tiny and Nola. Two very different girls with two very different stories who are just trying to find a place to belong. A powerful and compelling novel about friendship…

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Take Three Girls

Cath Crowley,Simmone Howell,Fiona Wood

Rumour is the new truth: feminism, identity and belonging are explored in a spectacular collaboration between three award-winning YA authors.

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In The Dark Spaces

Cally Black

The latest winner of the Ampersand Prize is a genre-smashing hostage drama about 14-year-old Tamara, who’s faced with an impossible choice when she falls for her kidnappers.

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Mallee Boys

Charlie Archbold

Sandy Douglas knows that life at fifteen is hard, but it’s even harder when your mother died a year ago and nothing’s gone right since. His brother Red, on the…

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The Grand, Genius Summer of Henry Hoobler

Lisa Shanahan

The warm-hearted story of Henry Hoobler and the summer when a new friend, a silver bike and unexpected adventures turn him inside out like a pocket, into something new -…

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The Shop at Hoopers Bend

Emily Rodda

From one of Australia’s most renowned children’s authors, this is a story about coming home when you didn’t even know that was where you belonged.

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Henrietta and the Perfect Night

Martine Murray

Henrietta, the great go-getter, is going to be a big sister, but she’ll have to wait half way to Christmas before the baby is ready. Five charming and quirky stories…

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Marsh And Me

Martine Murray

From the award-winning author of Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars comes a wonderful new novel 9-12 years old.

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How to Bee

Bren MacDibble

A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live.

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The Elephant

Peter Carnavas

An exquisite first novel from acclaimed picture book author and illustrator Peter Carnavas about Olive, Dad and his elephant.

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Florette

Anna Walker

When Mae’s family moves to a new home in the city, she wishes she could bring her garden with her. She’ll miss the apple trees, the daffodils, and chasing butterflies…

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Swan Lake

Anne Spudvilas

A magnificent visual retelling of the classic ballet story from a much-loved, award-winning illustrator.

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Mopoke

Philip Bunting

This is a Mopoke. Mopoke loves peace and quiet. He is about to find out that you can’t always get what you want. Visually brilliant, and hysterically funny, Philips pictures…

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The Great Rabbit Chase

Freya Blackwood

Gumboots is a beautiful pet rabbit, but he likes to escape. A story that celebrates what it means to live in a community and a reminder that life is full…

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Amazing Australians in Their Flying Machines

Prue & Kerry Mason,Tom Jellett

Author and licensed pilot Prue Mason shares how a handful of early aviators helped Australia reach beyond its borders to lands far away.

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Left & Right

Lorna Hendry

Left and right are all around us. From our hands and feet to our eyes and ears, the notion of left and right is inescapable. Left and right control how…

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Do not lick this book

Idan Ben-Barak,Julian Frost

A brilliantly simple, funny, interactive picture book that introduces children to the strange, unseen world of microbes all around them by the award-winning author of Small Wonders and the animator…

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Tintinnabula

Margo Lanagan

Tintinnabula is a story about moving from discomfort to peace, from violence and uncertainty to a still, sure place. It reminds us that our best friend in hard times can…

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Once Upon an ABC

Sophie Masson

A romp through both the alphabet and the world of folk tale! Sophie Masson’s lively verse gathers together a dazzling range of folklore, made vividly contemporary with Chris Nielsen’s striking…

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Mopoke

Philip Bunting

This is a Mopoke. Mopoke loves peace and quiet. He is about to find out that you can’t always get what you want. Visually brilliant, and hysterically funny, Philips pictures…

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I Just Ate My Friend

Heidi McKinnon

First published in Australia in 2017 by Allen & Unwin –Title page verso.

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Readings

The CBCA Book of the Year Awards shortlists 2018

Older Readers (for ages 13-18 years)

Younger Readers (for ages 8-12 years)

Early Childhood (for ages 0-7 years)

Picture Book of the Year (for ages 0-18 years)

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (for ages 0-18 years)

Crichton Award for New Illustrators (for ages 0-18 years)