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THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS
The Children's Book Council of Australia

Notable Books 2008
Picture Book

This is the complete list of notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 2008.

The list should be read with the judges' comments, recommendations and reservations as published in the 2008 Notables Book. Some copies may still be available.

Note: Some of these picture books may be for mature readers.

Blabey, Aaron
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
Viking, Penguin Group Australia, 2007
Booth, Christina
Purinina: A devil’s tale
Lothian Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2007
Cavouras, Czenya
Rainbow bird
Wakefield Press, 2007
Cunxin, Li
Illus Spudvilas, Anne
[Short List]
The peasant prince
Viking, Penguin Group Australia, 2007
Dumbleton, Mike
Illus Smith, Craig
Cat
Working Title Press, 2007
French, Jackie
Illus Whately, Bruce
The Shaggy Gully Times
Angus & Robertson, HarperCollinsPublishers, 2007
Graham, Bob
The trouble with dogs!
Walker Books, 2007
Greder, Armin
[Short List]
The island
Allen & Unwin, 2007
Greenberg, Nicki
The great Gatsby
Allen & Unwin, 2007
Harrison-Lever, Brian
Three kings
Fremantle Press, 2007
Harvey, Roland
In the city: Our scrapbook of souvenirs
Allen & Unwin, 2007
Hurst, Elise
The night garden
ABC Books, 2007
Kuchling, Guundie
See food!
Windy Hollow Books, 2007
Kwaymullina, Ambelin
Crow and the waterhole
Fremantle Press, 2007
Laguna, Sophie
Illus Pignataro, Anna
Stephen’s music
Lothian Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2007
Lofthouse, Liz
Illus Ingpen, Robert
[Short List]
Ziba came on a boat
Viking, Penguin Group Australia, 2007
Maddern, Eric
Illus Hess, Paul
Nail soup
Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 2007
Manos, Helen
Illus Maxfield, Max
Lucky baby yak
Lothian Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2007
Matthews, Tina
Out of the egg
Walker Books, 2007
McKimmie, Chris
Maisie Moo and invisible Lucy
Allen & Unwin, 2007
Megarrity, David
Illus Oxlade, Jonathon
The empty city
Lothian Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2007
Mewborne, Kyle
Illus Blackwood, Freya
No room for a mouse
Scholastic Australia, 2007
Morecroft, Judith
Illus Bancroft, Bronwyn
Malu kangaroo: How the first children learnt to surf
Little Hare Books, 2007
Norrington, Leonie
Illus Huxley, Dee
[Short List]
You and me: Our place
Working Title Press, 2007
Ottley, Matt
[Short List]
Requiem for a beast
Lothian Children’s Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2007
Ryan, Kate
Illus Rippin, Sally
The search for Fred Beaney
Lothian Children’s Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2007
Silvey, Craig
Illus Martinez, Linda
The world according to Warren
Fremantle Press, 2007
Stanley, Elizabeth
Tyger! Tyger!
Cygnet Books, University of Western Australia Press, 2007
Svendsen, Mark
Illus Redlich, Ben
Whacko the Chook
Lothian Books, Hachette Livre Australia, 2007
Thompson, Colin and 13 other illustrators
[Short List]
Dust
ABC Books, 2007
Thompson, Colin
The Flood family files
Random House Australia, 2007
Wheatley, Nadia
Illus Searle Ken
Going Bush
Allen & Unwin, 2007
Wild, Margaret
Illus James, Ann
Lucy Goosey
Little Hare Books, 2007
Wilson, Tony
Illus Jellett, Tom
Harry Highpants
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, 2007
Winch, John
Fly, kite, fly: A story of Leonardo and a bird catcher
Little Hare Books, 2007

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