Picture Book Notable Books 2009

This is the complete list of Picture Book notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 2009.

The list should be read with the judges' comments, recommendations and reservations as published in Notable Australian Children's Books 2009

Notable Books Categories:

Older Readers

Younger Readers

Early Childhood

Picture Books

Eve Pownall

Printer-friendly copy in PDF format: Picture Book Notables 2009 | Notables Complete 2009 (last updated 24 April 09)

Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years. (Some books may be for mature readers).

Author	Title	Publisher
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION illus: various illustrators	The ABC Book of Lullabies	ABC Books
BANCROFT, Bronwyn	*Possum and Wattle: My Big Book of Australian Words*	Little Hare Books
BLABEY, Aaron [Short List]	*Sunday Chutney*	Viking, Penguin Group Australia
CHAPMAN, Gaye	*Little Blue*	Little Hare Books
DENNIS, C.J. illus: Huxley, Dee	*A Bush Christmas*	Black Dog Books
DUNSTAN, Kylie [Short List]	*Collecting Colour*	Lothian Children’s Books, Hachette
FENTON, Corinne illus: GOULDTHORPE, Peter	*The Dog on the Tuckerbox*	Black Dog Books
FORRESTAL, Elaine illus: COURT, Moira	*Miss Llewellyn-Jones*	Fremantle Press
GODWIN, Jane illus: WALKER, Anna	*Little Cat and the Big Red Bus*	Viking, Penguin Group Australia
GRAHAM, Bob	*How to Heal a Broken Wing*	Walker Books
KING, Stephen Michael	*Leaf*	Scholastic Australia
KWAYMULLINA, Ambelin and Ezekiel	*The Two-Hearted Numbat*	Fremantle Press
LAWRENSON, Diana illus: HUXLEY, Dee	*Paraphernalia’s Present*	ABC Books
MCKIMMIE, Chris	*Special Kev*	Allen & Unwin
MARSDEN, John illus: OTTLEY, Matt [Short List]	*Home and Away*	Lothian Children’s Books, Hachette
MILLARD, Glenda illus: KING, Stephen Michael	*Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle*	ABC Books
OLIVER, Jo	*Pilgrim*	New Frontier Publishing
RAMAGE, Jan illus: HICKMAN, Ellen	*Tuart Dwellers*	Department of Environment and Conservation, WA
RIDDLE, Tohby [Short List]	*Nobody Owns the Moon*	Viking, Penguin Group Australia
STARKE, Ruth illus: HOLFELD, Greg [Short List]	*Captain Congo and the Crocodile King*	Working Title Press
TAN, Shaun	*Tales from Outer Suburbia*	Allen & Unwin
THOMPSON, Colin [Short List]	*The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness*	Random House Australia
WILD, Margaret illus: VIVAS, Julie	*Puffling*	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia

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