The winners have been announced for the Children’s Book Council of Australia 2015!
Congratulations to all the talented Australian authors and illustrators. For the full shortlist click here to read.
Winner: Book of the Year Older Readers
The Protected by Claire Zorn (University of Queensland Press)
(Read my review HERE)
Honour Books: Older Readers
Nona & Me by Clare Atkins (Black Inc.)
The Minnow by Diana Sweeney (Text Publishing)
Winner: Book of the Year Younger Readers
The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson Illus. Freya Blackwood (Allen & Unwin)
Honour Books: Younger Readers
Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks (Random House Australia)
Withering-by-Sea: a Stella Montgomery Intrigue by Judith Rossell (Harper Collins Australia)
Winner: Book of the Year Early Childhood
Go to Sleep, Jessie! by Libby Gleeson Illus: Frey Blackwood (Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Honour Books: Early Childhood
Scary Night by Lesley Gibbes: Illus: Stephen Michael King (Working Title Press)
Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach by Alison Lester (Allen & Unwin)
Winner: Picture Book of the Year
My Two Blankets: Illus: Freya Blackwood Text: Irena Kobald (Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Honour Books: Picture Book
One Minute’s Silence: Illus: Michael Camilleri Text: David Metzenthen (Allen & Unwin)
The Stone Lion: Illus: Ritva Voutila Text: Margaret Wild
Winner: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
A–Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land by Simon Barnard (Text Publishing)
Honour Books: Eve Pownall Award for Information
Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly Illus. Robert Ingpen (National Library of Australia)
Audacity: Stories of Heroic Australians in Wartime by Carlie Walker (Department of Veterans’ Affairs)
For more information: The Children’s Book Council of Australia – Engaging the community with literature for young Australians.
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