Monday 2 April 2012

CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTS

Tuesday, 3rd April 2012


CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTS

Today was a special day in the writing world.  The announcement of shortlisted books for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. 

Authors alike, holding a collective breath, waited for the announcement at noon.

Congratulations to those who made the shortlists.  
Congratulations also, to those who made the Notable List  and in particular, heartiest of congratulations to the new illustrators who had been nominated for the Chrichton Award.  May every success be yours.

Older Readers Short List 2012
Author
Title
Publisher
Bauer, Michael Gerard
Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Condon, Bill
A Straight Line to my Heart
Allen & Unwin
Ursula Dubosarsky
The Golden Day
Allen & Unwin
Gardner, Scot
The Dead I Know
Allen & Unwin
McGahan, Andrew
Ship Kings: The Coming of the Whirlpool
Allen & Unwin
Newton, Robert
When We Were Two
Penguin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)



Younger Readers Short List 2012
Author
Title
Publisher
Constable, Kate
Crow Country
Allen & Unwin
Flanagan, John
Brotherband: The Outcasts
Random House Australia
French, Jackie
Nanberry: Black Brother White
Angus & Robertson Harper Collins Publishers
Green, Susan
The Truth About Verity Sparks
Walker Books Australia
Rodda, Emily
The Golden Door
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
Rodda, Emily
Bungawitta
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia

Early Childhood Short List 2012
Author
Title
Publisher
Bland, Nick
Ill. Freya Blackwood
The Runaway Hug
Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
Hartnett, Sonya
Ill. Lucia Masciullo
Come Down, Cat!
Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
Honey, Elizabeth
That’s Not a Daffodil!
Allen & Unwin
Jorgensen, Norman
Ill. James Foley
The Last Viking
Fremantle Press
McKinlay, Meg
Ill. Leila Rudge
No Bears
Walker Books Australia
Quay, Emma
Rudie Nudie
ABC Books, HarperCollins


Picture Book Short List 2012
Illustrator
Title
Publisher
Blackwood, Freya
Text. Libby Gleeson
Look, a Book!
Little Hare Books, Hardie Grant Egmont
Brooks, Ron
Text. Margaret Wild
The Dream of the Thylacine
Allen & Unwin
Cool, Rebecca
Text. Glenda Millard
For All Creatures
Walker Books Australia
Graham, Bob
A Bus Called Heaven
Walker Books
Rudge, Leila
Text. Meg McKinlay
No Bears
Walker Books Australia
Whatley, Bruce
Text. Jackie French
Flood
Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Short list 2012
Author
Title
Publisher
Do, Anh & Do, Suzanne
Ill. Bruce Whatley
The Little Refugee
Allen & Unwin
Lester, Alison & Tulloch, Coral
One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island
Penguin Group (Australia)
Queensland Art Gallery
Surrealism for Kids
Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art
Wignell, Edel
Ill. Mark Jackson
Bilby Secrets
Walker Books Australia
Wilkinson, Carole
Fromelles: Australia's Bloodiest Day at War
Black Dog Books

Wheatley, Nadia (Ed)
Ill. Ken Searle
Playground
Allen & Unwin

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