BILBY Awards 2018 shortlists announced

The shortlists for the 2018 Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards—the children’s choice book awards for Queensland—have been announced.

The shortlisted titles in each category are:

Early readers

• Do Not Open this Book (Andy Lee, illus by Heath McKenzie, Lake Press)
• Eric Finds a Way (Robert Vescio, illus by Ann-Marie Finn, Wombat Books)
• Pig the Star (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
• Busting (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
• Finn and Puss (Robert Vescio, illus by Melissa Mackie, Exisle Publishing)
• Wombat Stew (Marcia Vaughan, illus by Pamela Lofts, Scholastic)
• Buzz Boy and Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold, Scholastic)

Younger readers

• WeirDo: Book One (Anh Do, Scholastic)
• Wonder (R J Palacio, Puffin)
• A Tale of Two Kitties: Dog Man Book Three (Dav Pilkey, Scholastic)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J K Rowling, Bloomsbury)
• The 91-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan)
• Smile (Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic)

Older readers

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J K Rowling, Bloomsbury)
• The Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot, HarperTeen)
• The 91-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan)
• Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Silver Eyes (Scott Cawthon & Kira Breed-Wrisley, Scholastic)

Voting is now closed and winners will be announced during CBCA Book Week, which runs from 18-24 August.

The BILBY Awards are organised by the Queensland branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia. For more information about the awards, click here.

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