DANZ Children’s Book Award shortlists announced
The shortlists for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced.
Chosen from longlists announced last month, the shortlisted titles in each category are:
Picture books
- Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (Alice Pung, illus by Sher Rill Ng, Working Title)
- Ceremony (Adam Goodes & Ellie Laing, illus by David Hardy, A&U)
- Come Over to My House (Sally Rippin & Eliza Hull, illus by Daniel Gray-Barnett, HGCP)
Chapter books
- When Granny Came to Stay (Alice Pung, illus by Sally Soweol Han, Pan)
- Maku (Meyne Wyatt, Pan)
- 29 Things You Didn’t Know About Me (Solli Raphael, illus by Olana Janfa, Pan)
Middle grade
- The Wintrish Girl (Melanie La’Brooy, UQP)
- The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm (Karen Foxlee, illus by Freda Chiu, A&U)
- No Words (Maryam Master, Pan).
The biennial DANZ Children’s Book Award was established ‘to recognise, award, and celebrate diverse children’s fiction’. The award was launched in August last year in partnership with the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) and the School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA).
The award recognises children’s books published in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand which push boundaries, challenge stereotypes, and celebrate diverse and marginalised people and communities.
The winners will be announced in March. More information about the award is available on the DANZ website.
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