2025 Children's Book Week
Children’s Book Week | 16–23 August 2025
This year’s theme Book an Adventure ties the exploratory aspirations of this year’s artist Jess McGeachin and our invitation to join us in celebrating 80 years of Children’s Book Week.
Come on an adventure with us in 2025 as we travel across lands, time, and memories.
Yoto + CBCA
We’re happy to be working with Yoto in 2025. Children all over the world have been enjoying the Yoto Player for stories, songs, activities, facts and games.
Erstwilder x CBCA collaboration
We’re delighted to collaborate with Erstwilder again!
This new collection brings the 2025 theme of ‘Book an Adventure’ to life as wearable art, with charming characters inspired by the ‘Island of Biblio’ poster art of award-winning illustrator and author Jess McGeachin.
Guide to the 2025 Notables
A guide to the 2025 Book of the Year Award Notable titles is available now in our shop.
These short but thoughtful reflections on titles from across all categories are written by this year’s cohort of expert judges.
They represent the hours of time the judges spent reading, re-reading and discussing these important examples of the very best of Australian children’s literature from last year.
A handy digital download, you can start using this guide in your classroom, library, bookshop or Shadow Judging group right away.
View Twinkl’s exclusive range of The CBCA Children’s Book Week 2025 resources.
From activity booklets and displays to reading comprehension packs and crafts, Twinkl has what you need to make your Children’s Book Week event a success.
Awards Foundation
We dreamt of funding prizes for Winning and Honour Books in the Children’s Book of the Year Awards to reward their creators. Your generous donation was part of that dream. You can make our dream a reality.
Gift Fund
Your donation to the CBCA Gift Fund will help fund programs that enrich young lives through Australian stories and create a thriving creative world. Support our mission to connect, communicate, celebrate and advocate stories across Australia.