Winners - 2019
Congratulations to the CBCA Book of the Year Awards winners and honour books for 2019!
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 (NB: These books are for mature readers)
Winner
Between Us
Atkins, Clare
Black Inc. Books
ISBN: 9781760640217
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Honours
Small Spaces
Epstein, Sarah
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781921977381
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Lenny's Book of Everything
Foxlee, Karen
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760529444
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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.
Ages 8-12 years.
Winner
His Name Was Walter
Rodda, Emily
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460756188
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Honours
Black Cockatoo
Merrison, Carl & Hustler, Hakea
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925360707
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The Peacock Detectives
Nugent, Carly
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781925603705
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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 0-7 years
Winner
Tricky's Bad Day
Lester, Alison
Affirm Press
9781925712513
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Heads and Tails: Insects
Canty, John
Berbay Publishing
9780994384164
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Here Comes Stinkbug!
Riddle, Tohby
Allen & Unwin
9781760523527
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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).
Note: Picture Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author
Winner
Cicada
Tan, Shaun
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734418630
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The Mediterranean
Greder, Armin
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760630959
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The All New Must Have Orange 430
Speechley, Michael
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780143788973
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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
Winner
Sorry Day
Vass, Coral Illus. Leffler, Dub
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279033
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The Happiness Box: A Wartime Book of Hope
Greenwood, Mark
Illus. McLean, Andrew Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925081381
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Make Believe: M. C. Escher for Kids
Ryan, Kate
Illus. Bennett, Cally National Gallery of Victoria
ISBN: 9781925432558
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The CBCA Award for New Illustrators aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.
Note: New Illustrator Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author
Winner
Grandma Z
Gray-Barnett, Daniel
Scribble Kids' Books
ISBN: 9781925322156
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