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