CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2014 winners announced
The winners of the 2014 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced in Canberra on 15 August, marking the official launch of Children’s Book Week.
The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:
Older Readers
Winner
- Wildlife (Fiona Wood, Pan)
Honour books
- Fairytales for Wilde Girls (Allyse Near, Random House)
- The Sky So Heavy (Claire Zorn, UQP)
Younger Readers
Winner
- A Very Unusual Pursuit (Catherine Jinks, A&U)
Honour books
- My Life as an Alphabet (Barry Jonsberg, A&U)
- Light Horse Boy (Dianne Wolfer, illus by Brian Simmonds, Fremantle Press)
Early Childhood
Winner
- The Swap (Jan Ormerod, illus by Andrew Joyner, Little Hare)
Honour books
- I’m a Dirty Dinosaur (Janeen Brian, illus by Ann James, Viking)
- Banjo and Ruby Red (Libby Gleeson, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)
Picture Book of the Year
Winner
- Rules of Summer (Shaun Tan, Lothian)
Honour books
- King Pig (Nick Bland, Scholastic Press)
- Silver Buttons (Bob Graham, Walker Books)
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Winner
- Jeremy (Christopher Faille, illus by Danny Snell, Working Title Press)
Honour books
- Welcome to My Country (Laklak Burarrwanga and family, A&U)
- Ice, Wind, Rock (Peter Gouldthorpe, Lothian)
Crichton Award for New Illustrators
Winner
- Big Red Kangaroo (Claire Saxby, illus by Graham Byrne, Walker Books).
To see the shortlisted titles, click here. The CBCA has placed reviews of shortlisted titles on its Reading Time website here.
This year’s Children’s Book Week runs from 16-22 August under the theme ‘Connect to Reading’. For more information about Children’s Book Week, visit the CBCA website here.
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