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)
