The Cbca Book Of The Year Awards, 2024 Notables List
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.
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.
Book Of The Year: Early Childhood
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.
(Note: some of these books may be for mature readers.)
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)
2024 Book of the Year Award Shortlist quick references
Please help yourself to any of these handy Shortlist document downloads.
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2024 Shortlist book critiques | (PDF 2.1 Mb.) | (DOCX 2.4 Mb.) |
Book of the Year Award Shortlist, complete list | (PDF 238 Kb.) | (DOC. 66 Kb.) |
2024 Notable Books critiques 2024 | (PDF 178 Kb.) | blank |
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Notable Australian Children’s Books 2024, critiques for all 2024 Notable titles. (PDF 17 Mb.)
Book of the Year Award Notables, complete list (PDF 264 Kb.)
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