Notables 2021
Congratulations to all CBCA Notables Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2021.
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Older Readers | Younger Readers | Early Childhood | Picture Book | Eve Pownall
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
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The F Team
Rawah Arja
Giramondo Publishing
ISBN: 9781925818543
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Future Girl
Asphyxia
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760294373
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The End of the World is Bigger than Love
Davina Bell
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922268822
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When It Drops
Alex Dyson
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760505042
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Deep Water
Sarah Epstein
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877286
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The Lost Soul Atlas
Zana Fraillon
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419934
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When Rain Turns to Snow
Jane Godwin
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420053
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Catch Me If I Fall
Barry Jonsberg
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877613
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Please Don't Hug Me
Kay Kerr
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922268051
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Metal Fish, Falling Snow
Cath Moore
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330079
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Before the Beginning
Anna Morgan
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419651
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Where We Begin
Christie Nieman
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781743535660
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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Garth Nix
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631246
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Peta Lyre's Rating Normal
Anna Whateley
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760525309
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Loner
Georgina Young
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330130
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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.
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.
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The Year the Maps Changed
Danielle Binks
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419712
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The January Stars
Kate Constable
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760525026
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Aster's Good, Right Things
Kate Gordon
Riveted Press
ISBN: 9780648492573
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The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn
Kate Gordon
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702262821
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Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus
Steven Herrick
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263002
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Across the Risen Sea
Bren MacDibble
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526054
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The Grandest Bookshop in the World
Amelia Mellor
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972955
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The Republic of Birds
Jessica Miller
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922268044
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The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
Jaclyn Moriarty
ill. Kelly Canby Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760875060
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Worse Things
Sally Murphy
ill. Sarah Davis Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651657
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We Are Wolves
Katrina Nannestad
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733340888
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The Secret Library of Hummingbird House
Julianne Negri
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925870497
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When This Bell Rings
Allison Rushby
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651947
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The Mummy Smugglers of Crumblin Castle
Pamela Rushby
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651930
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Bindi
Kirli Saunders
ill. Dub Leffler Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936667
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Haywire
Claire Saxby
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781742769196
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The Fire Star
A.L. Tait
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760897079
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Beyond Belief
Dee White
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760662516
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The Book of Chance
Sue Whiting
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651367
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Her Perilous Mansion
Sean Williams
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877361
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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.
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Bear in Space
Deborah Abela
ill. Marjorie Crosby-Fairall Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651510
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Busy Beaks
Sarah Allen
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972948
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Coming Home to Country
Bronwyn Bancroft
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760501921
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What Do You Call Your Grandpa?
Ashleigh Barton
ill. Martina Heiduczek HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733340864
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Shapes and Colours
John Canty
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780648529187
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Soon
Libby Gleeson
ill. Jedda Robaard Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760501235
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I'll Always Be Older Than You
Jane Godwin
ill. Sara Acton Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760129781
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Who's Your Real Mum?
Bernadette Green
ill. Anna Zobel Scribble Kids' Books
ISBN: 9781925849493
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Me and My Boots
Penny Harrison
ill. Evie Barrow Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760502331
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No! Never!
Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman
ill. Mel Pearce Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734418906
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Ruby Red Shoes: My Wonderful Grandmother
Kate Knapp
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460758885
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Australia Under the Sea 1, 2, 3
Frané Lessac
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760652272
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Anemone is not the Enemy
Anna McGregor
Scribble Kids' Books
ISBN: 9781922310118
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There's No Such Thing
Heidi McKinnon
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877279
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Respect
Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson
ill. Lisa Kennedy Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936315
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We Love You, Magoo
Briony Stewart
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896904
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This Small Blue Dot
Zeno Sworder
Thames & Hudson Australia
ISBN: 9781760761110
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Bin Chicken
Kate & Jol Temple
ill. Ronojoy Ghosh Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781743830048
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Pink!
Margaret Wild
ill. Judith Rossell HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460757499
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Ten Little Figs
Rhiân Williams
ill. Nathaniel Eckstrom Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781921977312
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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).
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Sometimes Cake
Tamsin Ainslie
text. Edwina Wyatt Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760650421
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The Biscuit Maker
Liz Anelli
text. Sue Lawson Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760650438
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I Saw Pete and Pete Saw Me
Evie Barrow
text. Maggie Hutchings Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972825
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The Unwilling Twin
Freya Blackwood
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460757536
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Wolfred
Nick Bland
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
ISBN: 9781760505660
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Give Me Some Space
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760972356
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Not Cute.
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760972387
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Who Am I?
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781743835043
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Wombat
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760972370
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Littlelight
Kelly Canby
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781925815764
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Norton and the Bear
Gabriel Evans
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780648785132
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Ellie's Dragon
Bob Graham
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781406387629
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Diamonds
Armin Greder
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877040
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Sing Me the Summer
Alison Lester
text. Jane Godwin Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972924
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Colin Cockroach Goes to Caloundra
Chris McKimmie
Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781925804546
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Jelly-Boy
Christopher Nielsen
text. Nicole Godwin Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651237
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How to Make a Bird
Matt Ottley
text. Meg McKinlay Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381894
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Your Birthday Was the Best!
Felicita Sala
text. Maggie Hutchings Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972535
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The Fire Wombat
Danny Snell
text. Jackie French HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460759332
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Anisa's Alphabet
Hannah Sommerville
text. Mike Dumbleton MidnightSun Publishing
ISBN: 9781925227574
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My Shadow is Pink
Scott Stuart
Larrikin House
ISBN: 9780648728757
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Girl from the Sea
Jane Tanner
text. Margaret Wild Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760524302
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Hello Jimmy!
Anna Walker
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760893422
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Good Question: A Tale Told Backwards
Annie White
text. Sue Whiting Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760650841
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Who's Your Real Mum?
Anna Zobel
text. Bernadette Green Scribble Kids' Books
ISBN: 9781925849493
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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.
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The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals
Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420015
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Azaria: A True History
Maree Coote
Melbournestyle Books
ISBN: 9780648568407
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The Daddy Animal Book
Jennifer Cossins
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419873
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The Mummy Animal Book
Jennifer Cossins
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419897
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Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu
Pamela Freeman
ill. Liz Anelli Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760650285
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Strangers on Country
David Hartley & Kirsty Murray
ill. Dub Leffler National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279552
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There's a Zoo in my Poo
Felice Jacka
ill. Rob Craw Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760783044
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Little Lon
Andrew Kelly
ill. Mark Jackson & Heather Potter Wild Dog Books
ISBN: 9781742035970
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Saltie Mumma
Sandra Kendell
Windy Hollow Books
ISBN: 9781922081889
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Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish
Gina M Newton
ill. Rachel Tribout CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486311842
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Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather
Stephanie Owen Reeder
ill. Tania McCartney National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279637
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Will the Wonderkid: Treasure Hunter of the Australian Outback
Stephanie Owen Reeder
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279521
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Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe
Shirley Purdie
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936131
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Kookaburra
Claire Saxby
ill. Tannya Harricks Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651060
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Matthew Flinders - Adventures on Leaky Ships
Carole Wilkinson
ill. Prue Pittock Wild Dog Books
ISBN: 9781742034935
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