Congratulations to the following students who have already completed the Challenge this week!

Jamie Corda PJM

Isabel Thompson PHM

Hollie Carolan 1KW

James Hobson 3BB

Annalisa Athanasiadis 5CA

Samyra Kaushik 5CA

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has been the home of the Book of the Year Awards since 1946. We are your connection to story. Those stories connect our communities, and through them children grow shared values and empathy. In these uniquely Australian stories celebrated on our Shortlist, our children will see themselves.

PRESENTING THE CBCA SHORTLIST - 2021

You can find these books in the school library!

BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years.

Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.

Aster's Good, Right Things

Kate Gordon

Riveted Press

ISBN: 9780648492573

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst

Jaclyn Moriarty ill. Kelly Canby

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781760875060

Worse Things

Sally Murphy ill. Sarah Davis

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781760651657

We Are Wolves

Katrina Nannestad

HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN: 9780733340888

Bindi

Kirli Saundersill. Dub Leffler

Magabala Books

ISBN: 9781925936667

The Book of Chance

Sue Whiting

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781760651367

BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.

Busy Beaks

Sarah Allen

Affirm Press

ISBN: 9781925972948

Who's Your Real Mum?

Bernadette Greenill. Anna Zobel

Scribble Kids' Books

ISBN: 9781925849493

No! Never!

Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarmanill. Mel Pearce

Hachette Australia

ISBN: 9780734418906

Anemone is not the Enemy

Anna McGregor

Scribble Kids' Books

ISBN: 9781922310118

There's No Such Thing

Heidi McKinnon

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781760877279

We Love You, Magoo

Briony Stewart

Penguin Random House Australia

ISBN: 9781760896904

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations. Ages 0-18 years. (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).

The Unwilling Twin

Freya Blackwood

HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN: 9781460757536

Not Cute.

Philip Bunting

Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781760972387

Norton and the Bear

Gabriel Evans

Berbay Publishing

ISBN: 9780648785132

Ellie's Dragon

Bob Graham

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781406387629

How to Make a Bird

Matt Ottleytext. Meg McKinlay

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781925381894

Your Birthday Was the Best!

Felicita Salatext. Maggie Hutchings

Affirm Press

ISBN: 9781925972535

CBCA AWARD FOR NEW ILLUSTRATOR

This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.

Ribbit Rabbit Robot

Sofya Karmazina

Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781743834060

No! Never!

Mel Pearce

Hachette Australia

ISBN: 9780734418906

Seven Seas of Fleas

Dave Petzold

Starfish Bay Publishing

ISBN: 9781760360986

Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe

Shirley Purdie

Magabala Books

ISBN: 9781925936131

This Small Blue Dot

Zeno Sworder

Thames & Hudson Australia

ISBN: 9781760761110

Go Away, Worry Monster!

Robin Tatlow-Lord

EK Books

ISBN: 9781925820393

Happy Reading :)

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