Children's Book Awards

The winners of the Children's Book Awards have just been announced at a special presentation at the Hawthorn Town Hall. Our Corporate Manager of Youth Services, Jill McCallum was one of the judges of the Eve Pownall Award. Well done Jill! Do you agree with the winners? What was your favourite Australian book this year? Let us know by adding a comment.

Children's Book Week runs from 18th - 24th August and the theme is READiscover.

The Winners are:

Book of the Year: Older Readers
(NB: These books are for mature readers)

Lanagan, Margo - Red Spikes
Allen & Unwin

Honour Books: Older Readers

Cornish, D. M. - Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One Foundling
Omnibus, Scholastic

Dubosarsky, Ursula - The Red Shoe
Allen & Unwin

Book of the Year: Younger Readers

Bateson, Catherine - Being Bee
University of Queensland Press

Honour Books: Younger Readers

Flynn, Pat - The Tuckshop Kid
Illus: Jellett, Tom
University of Queensland Press

Laguna, Sofie - Bird & Sugar Boy
Penguin Books

Book of the Year: Early Childhood

Gleeson, Libby - Amy & Louis
Illus: Blackwoood, Freya
Scholastic Press

Honour Books: Early Childhood

Costain, Meredith - Doodledum Dancing
Illus: Allen, Pamela
Penguin/Viking

Wild, Margaret - Chatterbox
Illus: Niland, Deborah
Penguin/Viking

Picture Book of the Year
(These picture books are arranged by illustrator and some may be for mature readers.)

Tan, Shaun - The Arrival
Lothian Books

Honour Books: Picture Book of the Year

Rippin, Sally - The Rainbirds
Text: Metzenthen, David
Lothian Books

Spudvilas, Anne - Woolvs in the Sitee
Text: Wild, Margaret
Penguin/Viking

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Norman, Mark - The Penguin Book: Birds in Suits
Black Dog Books

Honour Books: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Davidson, Leon - Red Haze: Australians & New Zealanders in Vietnam
Black Dog Books

Fenton, Corinne - Queenie: One Elephant’s Story
Illus: Gouldthorpe, Peter
Black Dog Books

Cheers, Maryanne