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Books are always the perfect gift

Books can be enjoyed again and again and make lasting keepsakes. Below is a list of the 2017 Book of the Year Award Winner and Honour Books and a link to the Short List for some inspiration:

Book of the Year: Older Readers

• Winner – One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn
• Honours – Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
• Honours – The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

Book of the Year: Younger Readers

• Winner – Rockhopping by Trace Balla
• Honours – Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
• Honours – Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade by Kate & Jol Temple (illustrations by Jon Foye)

Book of the Year: Early Childhood

• Winner – Go Home, Cheeky Animals! By Johanna Bell (illusrations by Dion Beasley)
• Honours – Nannie Loves by Kylie Dunstan
• Honours – Gary by Leila Rudge

Picture Book of the Year

• Winner – Home in the Rain by Bob Graham
• Honours – Mechanica by Lance Balchin
• Honours – The Patchwork Bike by Van T Rudd (text by Maxine Beneba Clarke)

The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

• Winner – Amazing Animals of Australia’s National Parks by Gina M Newton
• Honours – A-Z of Endangered Animals by Jennifer Cossins
• Honours – The Gigantic Book of Genes by Lorna Hendry

2017 Short List

Donate to the CBCA

Please consider donating to the CBCA to help us continue our work of:

• Promoting quality literature to young Australians through the Book of The Year Awards and CBCA Children's Book Week activities
• Supporting Australian writers and illustrators of children's books through the national awards for the best Australian children’s books and contributions to children's literature
• Funding education and research programs
• Supporting the promotion of literature and literacy nationally through CBCA's events program
• Promoting greater equity of access to reading through community projects

You can make a donation via our website here.

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