Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood
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| Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in Australian early childhood books |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Children's Book Council of Australia |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Website | http://cbca.org.au/index.htm |
The Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood has been presented annually since 2001 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).
The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, poetry or concept books for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. They may be picture books, picture storybooks or texts in which illustrations play a substantial part in the storytelling or concept development."[1]
Award winners[edit]
2000s[edit]
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Catherine Jinks, illus. Andrew McLean | You'll Wake the Baby! | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Bob Graham | Let's Get a Pup! | Walker Books |
| 2003 | Penny Matthews, illus. Andrew McLean | A Year on Our Farm | Omnibus Books |
| 2004 | Pamela Allen | Grandpa and Thomas | Viking Books |
| 2005 | Mem Fox, illus. Judy Horacek | Where Is the Green Sheep? | Viking Books |
| 2006 | Deborah Niland | Annie's Chair | Viking Books |
| 2007 | Libby Gleeson, illus. Freya Blackwood | Amy and Louis | Scholastic Press |
| 2008 | Aaron Blabey | Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley | Viking Books |
| 2009 | Bob Graham | How to Heal a Broken Wing | Walker Books |
2010s[edit]
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lisa Shanahan, illus. Emma Quay | Bear & Chook by the Sea | Lothian Books | |
| 2011 | Jan Ormerod, illus. Freya Blackwood | Maudie and Bear | Little Hare Books | |
| 2012 | Nick Bland, illus. Freya Blackwood | The Runaway Hug | Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia | |
| 2013 | Emma Allen, illus. Freya Blackwood | The Terrible Suitcase | Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont | |
| 2014 | Jan Ormerod, illus. Andrew Joyner | The Swap | Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia | |
| 2015 | Libby Gleeson, illus. Freya Blackwood | Go to Sleep, Jessie! | Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont | |
| 2016 | Anna Walker | Mr Huff | Penguin Random House | [2] |
| 2017 | Johanna Bell, illus. Dion Beasley | Go Home, Cheeky Animals! | Allen & Unwin | [3] |
| 2018 | Michael Gerard Bauer, illus. Chrissie Krebs | Rodney Loses It! | Omnibus Books | [4] |
| 2019 | Alison Lester | Tricky's Bad Day | Affirm | [5] |
2020s[edit]
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Frances Watts | My Friend Fred | Allen & Unwin | [6] |
| 2021 | Libby Hathorn and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, illus. Mel Pearce | No! Never! | Lothian | [7] |
| 2022 | Andrea Rowe, illus. Hannah Sommerville | Jetty Jumping | Hardie Grant | [8] |
| 2023 | Vikki Conley, illus. Max Hamilton | Where the Lyrebird Lives | Windy Hollow | [9] |
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ CBCA Guidelines for Publishers Archived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Paek, Jooae. "Subject guides: Early Childhood Education: Children's Book Council of Australia". libguides.acu.edu.au. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Convery, Stephanie; Harmon, Steph (17 August 2017). "Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Book of the Year Awards 2018". Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards". Books+Publishing. 19 August 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.