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BOOKS OF THE YEAR
AWARDS
by the Children's
Book Council of Australia
The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of
the Year Awards are Australia's premier Children's Literature awards.
They were first presented in 1946 and
A panel of judges review titles submitted by publishers, draw up a
shortlist (usually 6 titles in each category) and then select winners and honour
books. Winners (and the books nominated) are virtually guaranteed increased book
sales in the various libraries (especially school libraries) of Australia, so
rivalry (and advertising) are often intense.
More information is available from the CBC awards pages
| Year | Author (Illustrator) | Title | Category |
| 2007 | Lanagan, Margo | Red Spikes | Older |
| 2007 | Bateson, Catherine | Being Bee | Younger |
| 2007 | Gleeson, Libby (Blackwood, Freya) | Amy and Louis | Early Childhood |
| 2007 | Tan, Shaun | The Arrival | Picture |
| 2007 | Norman, Mark | The Penguin Book: birds in suits | Information |
| 2006 | Burke, J.C. | The Story of Tom Brennan | Older |
| 2006 | Fensham, Elizabeth | Helicopter Man | Younger |
| 2006 | Niland, Deborah | Annie's Chair | Early Childhood |
| 2006 | Thompson, Colin [aka Amy Lissiat] | The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley | Picture |
| 2006 | Davidson, Leon | Scarecrow Army:The ANZACS at Gallipoli | Information |
| 2005 | Bauer, Michael Gerard | The Running Man | Older |
| 2005 | Hartnett, Sonya | The silver donkey | Younger |
| 2005 | Fox, Mem (Horacek, Judy) | Where is the green sheep? | Early Childhood |
| 2005 | Lester, Alison | Are we there yet? A journey around Australia | Picture |
| 2005 | Sullivan, Bryan French, Jackie (Gordon, Gus) | To the Moon and Back: The amazing Australians at the forefront of space travel plus fantastic Moon facts | Information |
| 2004 | Marchetta, Melina | Saving Francesca | Older |
| 2004 | Wilkinson, Carole | Dragonkeeper | Younger |
| 2004 | Allen, Pamela | Grandpa and Thomas | Early Childhood |
| 2004 | Grant, Joan (Curtis, Neil) | Cat and Fish | Picture |
| 2004 | Nicholson, John | Animal Architects | Information |
| 2003 | Zusack, Marcus | The Messenger | Older |
| 2003 | Bateson, Catherine | Rain May and Captain Daniel | Younger |
| 2003 | Matthews. Penny (McLean, Andrew) | A Year on our Farm | Early Childhood |
| 2003 | Jorgensen, Norman (Harrison-Lever, Brian) | In Flanders Fields | Picture |
| 2003 | Tucker, Alan | Iron in the Blood:
Convicts and Commandants in Colonial Australia | Information |
| 2002 | Hartnett, Sonya | Forest | Older |
| 2002 | Heffernan, John (McLean, Andrew) | My Dog | Younger |
| 2002 | Graham, Bob | Let's get a pup! | Early Childhood |
| 2002 | Gleeson, Libby (Greder, Armin) | An Ordinary Day | Picture |
| 2002 | Papunya School | Papunya School Book of Country and History | Information |
| 2001 | Clarke, Judith | Wolf on the Fold | Older |
| 2001 | Kidd, Diana | Two Hands Together | Younger |
| 2001 | Jinks, Catherine (McLean, Andrew) | You'll Wake the Baby! | Early Childhood |
| 2001 | Wild, Margaret (Brooks, Ron) | Fox | Picture |
| 2001 | Blacklock, Dyan (Kennett, David) | Olympia | Information |
| 2000 | Earls, Nick | 48 Shades of Brown | Older |
| 2000 | French, Jackie | Hitler's Daughter | Younger |
| 2000 | Wild, Margaret (Spudvilas, Anna) | Jenny Angel | Picture |
| 2000 | Nicholson, John | Fishing for Islands | Information |
| 1999 | Gwynne, Phillip | Deadly, Unna? | Older |
| 1999 | McDonald, Meme & Pryor, Monty Boori | My Girragundji | Younger |
| 1999 | Marsden, John (Tan, Shaun) | The Rabbits | Picture |
| 1999 | Edwards, Yvonne (Day, Brenda) | Going for Kalta | Information |
| 1998 | Jinks, Catherine | Eye to Eye | Older |
| 1998 | Forrestal, Elaine | Someone like me | Younger |
| 1998 | Morimoto, Junko | The Two Bullies | Picture |
| 1998 | Nicholson, John | A Home among the Gum Trees | Information |
| 1997 | Moloney, James | A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove | Older |
| 1997 | Gleeson, Libby (James, Anne) | Hannah Plus One | Younger |
| 1997 | Honey, Elizabeth | Not a Nibble | Picture |
| 1997 | Cheers, Gordon & Silk, Julie (Crosby-Fairall, Marjorie) | Killer Plants and how to grow them | Information |
| 1996 | Jinks, Catherine | Pagan’s Vows | Older |
| 1996 | Moloney, James | Swashbuckler | Younger |
| 1996 | Oliver, Narelle | The Hunt | Picture |
| 1996 | Nicholson, John | The First Fleet: a New Beginning in an Old Land | Information |
| 1995 | Rubinstein, Gillian | Foxspell | Older |
| 1995 | Orr, Wendy (Millard, Kerry) | Ark in the Park | Younger |
| 1995 | Crew, Gary (Woolman, Steve) | Watertower | Picture |
| 1995 | Stewart, Robin E. | New Faces: The Complete Book of Alternative Pets | Information |
| 1994 | Carmody, Isabelle | The Gathering | Older (Joint) |
| 1994 | Crew, Gary | Angel's Gate | Older (Joint) |
| 1994 | Rodda, Emily | Rowan of Rin | Younger |
| 1994 | Crew, Gary (Gouldthorpe, Peter) | First Light | Picture |
| 1994 | Mullins, Patricia | V for Vanishing | Information |
| 1993 | Marchetta, Melina | Looking for Alibrandi | Older |
| 1993 | Disher, Gary | The Bamboo Flute | Younger |
| 1993 | Graham, Bob | Rose Meets Mr. Wintergarten | Picture |
| 1993 | Mullins, Patricia | Dinosaur Encore | Information |
| 1992 | Nilsson, Eleanor | The House Guest | Older |
| 1992 | Fienberg, Anna (Gamble, Kim) | The Magnificent Nose and Other Stories | Younger |
| 1992 | Baker, Jeannie | Window | Picture |
| 1991 | Crew, Gary | Strange Objects | Older |
| 1991 |
Rodda, Emily | Finders Keepers | Younger |
| 1991 | Graham, Bob | Greetings from Sandy Beach | Picture |
| 1990 | Klein, Robin | Came Back To Show You I Could Fly | Older |
| 1990 | Adams, Jeannie | Pigs and Honey | Younger |
| 1990 | Wild, Margaret (Vivas, Julie) | The Very Best of Friends | Picture |
| 1989 | Rubinstein, Gillian | Beyond the Labyrinth | Older |
| 1989 | Rodda, Emily | The Best Kept Secret | Younger |
| 1989 | Baillie, Alan (Tanner, Jane) | Drac and the Gremlin | Picture (Joint) |
| 1989 | Base, Graeme | The Eleventh Hour | Picture (Joint) |
| 1988 | Marsden, John | So Much To Tell You | Older |
| 1988 | Wheatley, Nadia (Rawlins, Donna) | My Place | Younger |
| 1988 | Klein, Robin (Graham, Bob) | Crusher is Coming | Picture |
| 1987 | French, Simon | All We Know | Older |
| 1987 | Rodda, Emily | Pigs Might Fly | Younger |
| 1987 | Miyazawa, Kenji (Morimoto, Junko) | Kojuro and the Bears | Picture |
| 1986 | Fowler, Thurley | The Green Wind | Older |
| 1986 | Steele, Mary | Arkwright | Younger |
| 1986 | Denton, Terry | Felix and Alexander | Picture |
| 1985 | Aldridge, James | The True Story of Lilli Stubeck | Older |
| 1985 | Rodda, Emily (Young, Noela) | Something Special | Younger |
| 1984 | Wrightson, Patricia | A Little Fear | Older |
| 1984 | Dann, Max (James, Anne) | Bernice Knows Best | Younger |
| 1984 | Allen, Pamela | Bertie and the Bear | Picture |
| 1983 | Kelleher, Victor | Master of the Grove | Older |
| 1983 | Klein, Robin (Lester, Alison) | Thing | Younger |
| 1983 | Allen, Pamela | Who Sank the Boat? | Picture |
| 1982 | Thiele, Colin | The Valley Between | |
| 1982 | Ormerod, Jan | Sunshine | Picture |
| 1981 | Park, Ruth | Playing Beatie Bow | |
| 1981 | (No Award) | Picture | |
| 1980 | Harding, Lee | Displaced Person | |
| 1980 | Pavey, Peter | One Dragon's Dream | Picture |
| 1979 | Manley, Ruth (Yamaguchi, Marianne) | The Plum-Rain Scroll | |
| 1979 | Roughsey, Dick | The Quinkins | Picture |
| 1978 | Wrightson, Patricia | The Ice is Coming | |
| 1978 | Wagner, Jenny (Brooks, Ron) | John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat | Picture |
| 1977 | Spence, Eleanor | The October Child | |
| 1976 | Roughsey, Dick | The Rainbow Serpent | |
| 1976 | Southall, Ivan | Fly West | Picture |
| 1975 | Paterson, A. B. (Hole, Quentin) | The Man from Ironbark | Picture |
| 1974 | Wrightson, Patricia | The Nargun and the Stars | |
| 1974 | Wagner, Jenny (Brooks, Ron) | The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek | Picture |
| 1973 | Shelley, Noreen | Family at the Lookout | |
| 1972 | Brinsmead, Hesba | Longtime Passing | |
| 1971 | Southall, Ivan | Bread and Honey | |
| 1971 | Paterson, A. B. (Digby, Desmond) | Waltzing Matilda | Picture |
| 1970 | MacArthur-Onslow, Annette | Uhu | |
| 1969 | Balderson, Margaret | When Jays Fly to Barbmo | |
| 1969 | Southall, Ivan (Greenwood, Ted) | Sly Old Wardrobe | Picture |
| 1968 | Southall, Ivan | To the Wild Sky | |
| 1967 | Clark, Mavis Thorpe | The Min-min | |
| 1966 | Southall, Ivan | Ash Road | |
| 1965 | Brinsmead, Hesba | Pastures of the Blue Crane | |
| 1965 | MacIntyre, Elspeth | Hugh's Zoo | Picture |
| 1964 | Spence, Eleanor | The Green Laurel | |
| 1963 | Phipson, Joan | The Family Conspiracy | |
| 1962 | Evers, Leonard Herbert | The Racketty Street Gang | (Joint Winner) |
| 1962 | Woodberry, Joan | Rafferty Rides a Winner | (Joint Winner) |
| 1961 | Chauncy, Nan | Tangara | |
| 1960 | Tennant, Kylie | All the Proud Tribesmen | |
| 1959 | Gunn, John | Sea Menace | (Joint Winner) |
| 1959 | Chauncy, Nan | Devil's Hill | (Joint Winner) |
| 1958 | Chauncy, Nan | Tiger in the Bush | |
| 1958 | Poignant, Axel | Piccaninny Walkabout (republished as Bush Walkabout) | Picture |
| 1957 | Moodie-Heddle, Enid | The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales | |
| 1956 | Wrightson, Patricia | The Crooked Snake | |
| 1956 | Barnard, Peggy (Hawkins, Sheila) | Wish and the Magic Nut | Picture |
| 1955 | Tindale, Norman (Lindsay, H. A.) | The First Walkabout | |
| 1954 | Parker, K. Langloh | Australian Legendary Tales | |
| 1953 | Phipson, Joan | Good Luck to the Riders | (Joint Winner) |
| 1953 | Martin, JH & WD | Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow | (Joint Winner) |
| 1952 | Pownall, Eve | The Australia Book | |
| 1951 | Williams, Ruth C. | Verity of Sydney Town | |
| 1950 | (No Award) | ||
| 1949 | Villiers, Alan John | Whalers of the Midnight Sun | |
| 1948 | Hurley, Frank | Shackleton's Argonauts | |
| 1947 | (No Award) | ||
| 1946 | Rees, Leslie | Karrawingi the Emu | Inaugural Winner |
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