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Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers

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Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers
Awarded for	Excellence in Australian middle to upper primary school books
Country	Australia
Presented by	Children's Book Council of Australia
First awarded	1982
Website	cbca.org.au/index.htm

The Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers has been presented annually since 1982 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Note: from 1982 to 1986 this award was titled Junior Book of the Year.

The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, poetry or concept books for readers who have developed independent reading skills but are still developing in literary appreciation. Generally, books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years."^[1]

Award winners[edit]

The most awarded author is Emily Rodda, with six awards.

1980s[edit]

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
1982	Christobel Mattingley, illus. Patricia Mullins	Rummage	Angus and Robertson
1983	Robin Klein, illus. Alison Lester	Thing	Oxford University Press
1984	Max Dann, illus. Ann James	Bernice Knows Best	Oxford University Press
1985	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	Something Special	Angus and Robertson
1986	Mary Steele	Arkwright	Hyland House
1987	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	Pigs Might Fly	Angus and Robertson
1988	Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins	My Place	Collins Dove
1989	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	The Best-Kept Secret	Angus and Robertson

1990s[edit]

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
1990	Jeanie Adams	Pigs and Honey	Omnibus Books
1991	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	Finders Keepers	Omnibus Books
1992	Anna Fienburg, illus. Kim Gamble	The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels	Allen & Unwin
1993	Garry Disher	The Bamboo Flute	Angus & Robertson
1994	Emily Rodda	Rowan of Rin	Omnibus Books
1995	Wendy Orr, illus. Kerry Millard	Ark in the Park	HarperCollins
1996	James Moloney	Swashbuckler	University of Queensland Press
1997	Libby Gleeson, illus. Ann James	Hannah Plus One	Puffin Books
1998	Elaine Forrestal	Someone Like Me	Puffin Books
1999	Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor	My Girragundji	Allen & Unwin

2000s[edit]

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
2000	Jackie French	Hitler's Daughter	HarperCollins
2001	Diana Kidd	Two Hands Together	Penguin Books
2002	John Heffernan, illus. Andrew McLean	My Dog	Margaret Hamilton Books
2003	Catherine Bateson	Rain May and Captain Daniel	University of Queensland Press
2004	Carole Wilkinson	Dragonkeeper	Black Dog Books
2005	Sonya Hartnett	The Silver Donkey	Viking Books
2006	Elizabeth Fensham	Helicopter Man	Bloomsbury Press
2007	Catherine Bateson	Being Bee	University of Queensland Press
2008	Carole Wilkinson	Dragon Moon	Black Dog Books
2009	Glenda Millard, illus. Stephen Michael King	Perry Angel's Suitcase	ABC Books

2010s[edit]

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Ref.
2010	Odo Hirsch	Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool	Allen & Unwin
2011	Isobelle Carmody	The Red Wind	Viking Books
2012	Kate Constable	Crow Country	Allen & Unwin
2013	Sonya Hartnett	The Children of the King	Viking Books
2014	Catherine Jinks	City of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit	Allen & Unwin
2015	Libby Gleeson	The Cleo Stories : The Necklace and the Present	Allen & Unwin
2016	Morris Gleitzman	Soon	Viking Books
2017	Trace Balla	Rockhopping	Allen & Unwin	^[2]
2018	Bren MacDibble	How to Bee	Allen & Unwin	^[3]
2019	Emily Rodda	His Name Was Walter	HarperCollins	^[4]

2020s[edit]

Year	Author	Title	Publisher	Ref.
2020	Pip Harry	The Little Wave	University of Queensland Press	^[5]
2021	Kate Gordon	Aster's Good, Right Things	Riveted Press	^[6]
2022	Shirley Marr	A Glasshouse of Stars	Puffin	^[7]
2023	Craig Silvey	Runt	Allen & Unwin	^[8]

External links[edit]

CBCA Awards History

References[edit]

^ CBCA Guidelines for Publishers Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

^ Convery, Stephanie; Harmon, Steph (17 August 2017). "Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

^ "Book of the Year Awards 2018". Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

^ "CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

^ "CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards". Books+Publishing. 19 August 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.

^ "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

v t e Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers
1982–1989	RummagebyChristobel Mattingley (1982) ThingbyRobin Klein (1983) Bernice Knows Best by Max Dann (1984) Something SpecialbyEmily Rodda (1985) Arkwright by Mary Steele (1986) Pigs Might FlybyEmily Rodda (1987) My PlacebyNadia Wheatley (1988) The Best-Kept SecretbyEmily Rodda (1989)
1990–1999	Pigs and Honey by Jeanie Adams (1990) Finders KeepersbyEmily Rodda (1991) The Magnificent Nose and Other MarvelsbyAnna Fienberg (1992) The Bamboo FlutebyGarry Disher (1993) Rowan of RinbyEmily Rodda (1994) Ark in the ParkbyWendy Orr (1995) SwashbucklerbyJames Moloney (1996) Hannah Plus OnebyLibby Gleeson (1997) Someone Like MebyElaine Forrestal (1998) My GirragunjibyMeme McDonald and Boori Pryor (1999)
2000–2009	Hitler's DaughterbyJackie French (2000) Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd (2001) My Dog by John Heffernan (2002) Rain May and Captain DanielbyCatherine Bateson (2003) DragonkeeperbyCarole Wilkinson (2004) The Silver DonkeybySonya Hartnett (2005) Helicopter ManbyElizabeth Fensham (2006) Being BeebyCatherine Bateson (2007) Dragon MoonbyCarole Wilkinson (2008) Perry Angel's SuitcasebyGlenda Millard (2009)
2010–2019	Darius Bell and the Glitter PoolbyOdo Hirsch (2010) The Red WindbyIsobelle Carmody (2011) Crow CountrybyKate Constable (2012) The Children of the KingbySonya Hartnett (2013) City Of Orphans: A Very Unusual PursuitbyCatherine Jinks (2014) The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the PresentbyLibby Gleeson (2015) SoonbyMorris Gleitzman (2016) Rockhopping by Trace Balla (2017) How To BeebyBren MacDibble (2018) His Name Was WinterbyEmily Rodda (2019)
2020–present	The Little Wave by Pip Harry (2020) Aster's Good, Right ThingsbyKate Gordon (2021) A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (2022) RuntbyCraig Silvey (2023)
Picture Book (1955–present) Early Childhood (2001–present) Older Readers (1946–present) Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)

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