CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR
Awarded annually by the Children's Book Council of Australia for books written by Australian authors.

There are six categories in this award; Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Book, Eva Pownall Information Books and Crichton Award for Children’s Book Illustration.

The Winning books for 2009 are:

Older Readers Winner

Tales from Outer Suburbia
Tan, Shaun

Books Given Honour

Into White Silence
Eaton, Anthony

A Rose for the Anzac Boys
French, Jackie

Younger Readers Winner

Perry Angel’s Suitcase
Millard & King

Books Given Honour

The Wish Pony
Bateson, Catherine

Then
Gleitzman, Morris

Early Childhood Winner

How to Heal a Broken Wing
Graham, Bob

Books Given Honour

Leaf
King, Stephen Michael

Tom Tom
Sullivan, Rosemary

Picturebook Winner

Collecting Colour
Dunstan, Kylie

Books Given Honour

Home and Away
Ottley & Marsden

The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness
Thompson Colin

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Winner

Alive in the Death Zone
Hall, Lincoln

Books Given Honour

The Word Spy
Dubosarsky, Ursula

Simpson and His Donkey
Greenwood & Lessac