CBCA Book of the Year Notables - 2022

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Book of the Year: Older Readers

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.

Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended

The Boy from the Mish
Gary Lonesborough
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760525880
Can the Real JR Stand Up, Please?
Nadia L King
Dixi Books Publishing
ISBN: 9781913680176
Dark Rise
C. S. Pacat
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760875749
Dirt Circus League
Maree Kimberley
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330253
Evacuation Road
H. M. Waugh
Rhiza Press
ISBN: 9781761110351
The Gaps
Leanne Hall
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330482
Girls in Boys' Cars
Felicity Castagna
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760982980
Henry Hamlet’s Heart
Rhiannon Wilde
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263149
House of Hollow
Krystal Sutherland
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780143796992
How to Repaint a Life
Steven Herrick
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263156
The Midnight Girls
Alicia Jasinska
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760894733
Morrison & Mr Moore
Michael Hyde
In Case of Emergency Press
ISBN: 9780645128024
The Prison Healer
Lynette Noni
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760897512
Road Tripping with Pearl Nash
Poppy Nwosu
Wakefield Press
ISBN: 9781743058435
Skin Deep
Hayley Lawrence
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760976446
Social Queue
Kay Kerr
Text Publishing
ISBN:  9781922458018
Stars in their Eyes
Jessica Walton and Aśka
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781760990718
Sugar Town Queens
Malla Nunn
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526832
Terciel and Elinor
Garth Nix
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760878818
Tiger Daughter
Rebecca Lim
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877644
Waking Romeo
Kathryn Barker
Allen & Unwin
ISBN:  9781760297152
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.

Note: 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.

Always
Morris Gleitzman
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780143793243
Are You There, Buddha?
Pip Harry
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420305
Cranky Chicken
Katherine Battersby
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420954
Cuckoo's Flight
Wendy Orr
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760524913
The Detective's Guide to Ocean Travel
Nicki Greenberg
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922400673
Dragon Skin
Karen Foxlee
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526108
Eliza Vanda's Button Box
Emily Rodda
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460759608
The Edge of Thirteen
Nova Weetman
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263125
Elsewhere Girls
Emily Gale & Nova Weetman
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330451
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Maryam Master
ill. Astred Hicks
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760983512
Footprints on the Moon
Lorraine Marwood
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702262838
Fozia and the Quest of Prince Zal
Rosanne Hawke
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263071
A Glasshouse of Stars
Shirley Marr
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760899547
The Good Times of Pelican Rise: Save the Joeys
Samone Amba
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922419217
Huda and Me
H. Hayek
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526023
Listen, Layla
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896065
Little Gem
Anna Zobel
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896089
Mim and the Baffling Bully (The Travelling Bookshop, #1)
Katrina Nannestad
ill. Cheryl Orsini
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733341656
Mina and the Whole Wide World
Sherryl Clark
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263231
My Brother Ben
Peter Carnavas
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263330
Night Ride into Danger
Jackie French
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:  9781460758939
Pawcasso
Remy Lai
Allen & Unwin
ISBN:  9781760526771
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
Katrina Nannestad
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733341465
The Right Way to Rock
Nat Amoore
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760897703
Seven Wherewithal Way
Samantha-Ellen Bound
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922419224
Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows
Denis Knight & Cristy Burne
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420190

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.

Amira's Suitcase
Vikki Conley
ill. Nicky Johnston
New Frontier Publishing
ISBN: 9781922326133
Big Love
Megan Jacobson
ill. Beck Feiner
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760652890
Florence & Fox
Zanni Louise
ill. Anna Pignataro
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651350
Grumble Boats
Susannah McFarlane
ill. Tamsin Ainslie
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925712919
Hello World
Lisa Shanahan
ill. Leila Rudge
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733340826
How to Make Friends: A Bear's Guide
Cat Rabbit
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780645069600
A Human for Kingsley
Gabriel Evans
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760506919
Jetty Jumping
Andrea Rowe
ill. Hannah Sommerville
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760500658
Jumping Joeys
Sarah Allen
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922626004
Little One
Jane Godwin
ill. Gabriel Evans
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922400826
The March of the Ants
Ursula Dubosarsky
ill. Tohby Riddle
Book Trail Press
ISBN: 9780648498919
A Pair of Pears and an Orange
Anna McGregor
Scribble
ISBN: 9781922310750
The River
Sally Morgan
ill. Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781922613028
Sea Country
Aunty Patsy Cameron
ill. Lisa Kennedy
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936032
Sharing
Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson
ill. Leanne Mulgo Watson
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925768749
Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day
Davina Bell
ill. Allison Colpoys
Scribble
ISBN: 9781925849462
Train Party
Karen Blair
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760899578
Walk of the Whales
Nick Bland
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509026
What Do You Call Your Grandma?
Ashleigh Barton
ill. Martina Heiduczek
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733340840
When the Waterhole Dries Up
Kaye Baillie
ill. Max Hamilton
Windy Hollow Books
ISBN: 9781922081971
Winston and the Indoor Cat
Leila Rudge
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760652609
Wonderful Shoes
Emma Bowd
ill. Tania McCartney
Windy Hollow Books
ISBN: 9781922081988

The 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).

Bear and Rat
Stephen Michael King
text. Christopher Cheng
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896287
Blue Flower
Gabriel Evans
text. Sonya Hartnett
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760894450
The Boy and the Elephant
Freya Blackwood
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460759998
The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
Michelle Pereira
text. Sandhya Parappukkaran
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509361
Christmas Always Comes
Bruce Whatley
text. Jackie French
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460757895
Common Wealth
Gregg Dreise
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760975166
Day Break
Matt Chun
text. Amy McQuire
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760508159
Don't Forget
Anna Walker
text. Jane Godwin
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781761040955
Enough Love?
Evie Barrow
text. Maggie Hutchings
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781922400833
The Flying Angel
Tull Suwannakit
text. Vicki Bennett
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781743835517
Frankie and the Fossil
Jess McGeachin
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760898847
Happy Hoppy Home
Tull Suwannakit
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781742999937
Iceberg
Jess Racklyeft
text. Claire Saxby
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047
The Imagineer
Lucia Masciullo
text. Christopher Cheng
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279682
The Inheritance
Armin Greder
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526788
Jacqueline, A Soldier's Daughter
Jules Ober
text. Pierre-Jacques Ober
Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781925804911
Joe and the Stars
Connah Brecon
text. Phil Cummings
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781742995045
Just One Bee
Christopher Nielsen
text. Margrete Lamond & Anthony Bertini
Dirt Lane Press
ISBN: 9780648023890
The Katha Chest
Lavanya Naidu
text. Radhiah Chowdhury
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760524326
Mo and Crow
Jonathan Bentley
text. Jo Kasch
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631758
Norton and the Borrowing Bear
Gabriel Evans
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780645069655
Salih
Anne Ryan
text. Inda Ahmad Zahri
Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781925804638
Star of Anise
Di Wu
text. Jane Jolly
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279538
Stellarphant
James Foley
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781760990732
We Found a Cat
Heidi McKinnon
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781761121005

Eve Pownall Award

Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.

Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended

The Amazing Meals of Martha Maloney
Margaret Wild & Dan Wild
ill. Donna Rawlins
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781921529238
Book of Curious Birds
Jennifer Cossins
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420473
The Bush Birds
Bridget Farmer
Black Cockatoo Books
ISBN: 9780646843025
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples
Corey Tutt
ill. Blak Douglas
Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN: 9781741177527
The Gentle Genius of Trees
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760975173
Heroes, Rebels and Innovators
Karen Wyld
ill. Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419835
Iceberg
Claire Saxby
ill. Jess Racklyeft
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature
Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420046
Kunyi
Kunyi June Anne McInerney
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936575
Masters of Disguise
Marc Martin
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760895891
Me, Microbes & I
Philip Bunting
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760507923
No Way! The Wildest Mind-Blowing Facts in the Universe
Dan Marshall
Pantera Press
ISBN: 9780648677024
One Potoroo: A Story of Survival
Penny Jaye
ill. Alicia Rogerson
CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486314645
Rachel's War
Mark Wilson
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420114
Saving Seal: The Plastic Predicament
Diane Jackson Hill
ill. Craig Smith
Museums Victoria
ISBN: 9781921833540
Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System
Safdar Ahmed
Twelve Panels Press
ISBN: 9780980593730
Superpower
Philip Bunting
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760507930
Underground
Mirranda Burton
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631475
Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest
Diane Lucas & Ben Tyler
ill. Emma Long
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760525958
The Way of the Weedy Seadragon
Anne Morgan
ill. Lois Bury
CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486313952
Wiradjuri Country
Larry Brandy
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279866
Wombat
Christopher Cheng
ill. Liz Duthie
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651374