Check out the 2019 CBCA Shortlists!

The shortlists for the Children’s Book Council Awards for 2019 have been announced!

Recognising authors and illustrators that have made outstanding contributions to Australian children’s literature, the books on this year’s shortlists are exciting, imaginative, and wholly captivating.

The 2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards will be announced on the 16th of August, to coincide with the beginning of Book Week (the theme of which is “Reading is my Secret Power!”).

Until then, scroll down and check out the shortlists!

Older Readers

• Between Us – Clare Atkins
• Small Spaces – Sarah Epstein
• Lenny’s Book of Everything – Karen Foxlee
• Changing Gear – Scot Gardner
• The Bogan Mondrian – Steven Herrick
• The Art of Taxidermy – Sharon Kernot

Younger Readers

• Brindabella – Ursula Dubosarsky & Andrew Joyner (illustrator)
• Leave Taking – Lorraine Marwood
• Black Cockatoo – Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler
• The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars – Jaclyn Moriarty
• The Peacock Detectives – Carly Nugent
• His Name Was Walter – Emily Rodda

Early Childhood

• Heads and Tails: Insects – John Canty
• The Dress-Up Box – Patrick Guest & Nathaniel Eckstrom (illustrator)
• Rainbow Bear – Stephen Michael King
• Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey – Alison Lester
• Tricky’s Bad Day – Alison Lester
• Here Comes Stinkbug! – Tohby Riddle

Picture Books

• The Feather – Margaret Wild & Freya Blackwood (illustrator)
• The Mediterranean – Armin Greder
• Girl on Wire – Lucy Estela & Elise Hurst (illustrator)
• Chalk Boy – Margaret Wild & Mandy Ord (illustrator)
• The All New Must Have Orange 430 – Michael Speechley
• Cicada – Shaun Tan

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

• Bouncing Back: An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story – Rohan Cleave & Coral Tulloch (illustrator)
• The Happiness Box: A Wartime Book of Hope – Mark Greenwood & Andrew McLean (illustrator)
• Waves – Donna Rawlins, with Mark Jackson & Heather Potter (illustrators)
• Make Believe: M. C. Escher for Kids – National Gallery of Victoria
• Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha – Siena Stubbs
• Sorry Day – Coral Vass & Dub Leffler (illustrator)

Crichton Award for New Illustrators

• Australian Birds – Matt Chun
• Grandma Z – Daniel Gray-Barnett
• Dingo – Claire Saxby & Tannya Harricks (illustrator)
• The Singing Seal – Merv Lamington & Allison Langton (illustrator)
• Carmichael’s Journey – Shelly Fussell & Samantha Metcalfe (illustrator)
• Red House, Blue House, Green House, Tree House! – Jane Godwin & Jane Reiseger (illustrator)

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