Children's Book Awards 2009 winners announced

The winners of the Children's Book Awards for 2009 have been anounced. They are:

Older Readers Book of the Year
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan

Honour - Into White Silence by Anthony Eaton
Honour - A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French






Younger Readers Book of the Year
Perry Angel’s Suitcase by Glenda Millard, Illus: King, Stephen Michael

Honour - The Wish Pony by Catherine Bateson
Honour - Then by Morris Gleitzman



Early Childhood Book of the Year
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham

Honour - Leaf by Stephen Michael King
Honour - Tom Tom by Rosemary Sullivan, Illus: Dee Huxley







Picture Book of the Year
Collecting Colour by Kylie Dunstan

Honour - Home and Away by Matt Ottley, Text: John Marsden
Honour - The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness by Colin Thompson




Eve Pownall Book of the Year
Alive in the Death Zone by Lincoln Hall

Honour - The Word Spy by Ursula Duborsarky, Illus: Tohby Riddle
Honour - Simpson and his Donkey by Mark Greenwood, Illus: Lessac, Frané




Congratulations to the winners and honours.

Cheers, Maryanne