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Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

This book was recognised in the Book of the Year category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

City

Some time ago, in a big city in a distant country where winter would someti...More
To Brave the Seas

We had trained for emergencies. Every man knew how to launch a lifeboat. Th...More
Busy Little Creatures 2017
Esther'S Rainbow

Esther spies a rainbow peeking out from under her chair.and then it's gone....More
Black Painted Fingernails

'How about we toss a coin? Heads, it's west and a lift. Tails, it's still w...More
Straight Line to My Heart

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2012School is over, not ...More
Love and Other Perishable Items

From the moment 15-year-old Amelia gets an after-school job at the local su...More
Louis Beside Himself

Louis's best mates, Singo and Hassan, are into basketball and skateboarding...More
Phyllis Wong and the Forgotten Secrets of Mr Okyto

Conjuring is in Phyllis Wong's veins. It was passed down from her great-gra...More
The World's Worst Pirate
Moon in the Man

Tired of 'Baa baa black sheep' and 'Humpty Dumpty'? Try this - a riot of rh...More
Pirate Trouble for Wiggy and Boa

'Panic. Boa saw what she had been dreading...three massive men, looking dan...More
Maybe Tomorrow

BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13An anniversary ed...More
The Snow Wombat

Snow on the stockman's hut Snow on the crows Snow on the woollybutt Snow on...More
Finding Grace

Rachel has just left school and she knows everything. Well, maybe not quite...More
Joseph

A vibrant rendition of the story of Joseph, who believed in his dreams and ...More
Fabish: the Horse That Braved a Bushfire

SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownell Award for Information Book...More
Special Kev

On the day I was bornMum planted red roses and rolled out the red carpet.Sh...More
Grumpy Little King

An engaging and thought-provoking story about conflict, exposing the foolis...More
Ten Blue Wrens: And What a Lot of Wattle!

Count the busy wrens on their fine stick legs,the bowerbird's treasures, hi...More
Do-Wrong Ron

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2004He's do-wrong Ronw...More
Maralinga, the Anangu Story

'Maralinga - the Anangu Story is our story. We have told it for our childre...More
Fox

Dog and Magpie are friends, but when Fox comes into the bush, everything ch...More
Shaozhen: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones

Shaozhen has no intention of staying in his remote Henan village and becomi...More
Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach

ALISON LESTER: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Boo...More
Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2008Amelia Dee lives i...More
Thunderstorm Dancing

When a sunny day at the beach turns stormy, a little girl runs for cover. H...More
Hush Treasure Book

Welcome to the world of HUSH a world of magic, wonder and mystery.Created f...More
Borrowed Light

How do you make one of the toughest decisions in life when you're as lonely...More
Mahalia

Matt had loved Emmy, with her freckled, luminous, magical body; he had love...More
Song for Lorkie

Lorkie was a Roofbird. His best friend was Brian, and they had been friends...More
Tall Man and the Twelve Babies

In a big, big city,in a tiny, tiny apartment,lived a tall, tall manand twel...More
Pocketful of Eyes

Bee is in her element working in the taxidermy department at the Museum of ...More
Monkey Red Monkey Blue

Everybody has gone to bed . but not Monkey Blue and not Monkey Red. They de...More
Good Morning Mr Pancakes

It's holiday time for Bee. But first the chooks need their toenails painted...More
Road to Goonong

The road to Goonong was just a pair of wheel tracks packed down by buggies ...More
The Vegetable Ark: A Tale of Two Brothers

We all know the story of Noah's Ark. But do we? In this gleeful twist on th...More
Shelf Life

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2005Louisa never stops w...More
Moon in the Man

A popular bouncing-on-the-knee, joining-in, happy times, make-'em-laugh pic...More
Fifteen Love

Mia knows that boys think about sex every fifteen seconds. No wonder they f...More
Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool

The Bell family's ancestors were showered with honours, gifts and grants of...More
Papunya School Book of Country and History

This multi-award-winning book tells the story of how Anangu from five diffe...More
Kidglovz

WINNER: 2016 QLD Premier's Literary Awards, Children's BooksSHORT-LISTED: 2...More
Ink Bridge

WINNER: 2012 QLD Premier s Literary AwardsEach step becomes a heartbeat and...More
Song for a Scarlet Runner

SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2014'A gripping tale....More
Only Ever Always

WINNER: 2012 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young Pe...More
Little Refugee

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Eve Pownell Award for Information Books...More
Flytrap

BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13Nancy is worried....More