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Literary Awards Winners

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 shortlisted books for 2008 are:

Older Readers

Pharoah: the boy who
conquered the Nile

French J

The Ghosts Child
Hartnett S

Martys Shadow
Heffernan J

Love like Water
McDonald M

Black Water
Metzenthen D

Leaving Barrumbi
Norrington L

Younger Readers

Sixth Grade Style Queen (not!)
Clark S

The Shaggy Gully Times
French J

Amelia Dee & the Peacock Lamp
Hirsch O

Winning the World Cup
Metzenthen D

Key to Rondo
Rodda E

Dragon Moon
Wilkinson C

Early Childhood

Shhh! Little Mouse
Allen P

Pearl Barley & Charlie Parsley
Blabey A

Cat
Dumbleton M

The Trouble with Dogs!
Graham B

The Night Garden
Hurst E

Lucy Goosey
Wild M

Picturebook

The Peasant Prince
Spudvilas A/Cunxin L

The Island
Greder A

Ziba came on a boat
Lofthouse L

You and Me : Our Place
Huxley D/ Norrington L

Requiem for a Beast
Ottley M

Dust
Thompson C (et al)

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Australia’s Deadly & Dangerous Animals
Parish S

Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Gde to the Teen Years
Cooke K

Kokoda Track: 101 Days
Macinnis P

The Antarctica Bk: Living in the Freezer
Norman M

Parsley Rabbit’s Book about Books
Watts F

Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter
Wilkinson C