The Children's Book Council of Australia: Book of the Year Shortlist 2012

03/04/2012

 
The annual CBCA book of the year shortlist has been announced, and we are delighted to see some of our favourites amongst the five categories.    
The awards are for books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature, and for new talent. There are five prize categories:

  Older Readers Short List 2012

  • Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel by Michael Gerard  Bauer
  • A Straight Line to my Heart by Bill Condon
  • The Golden Day by  Ursula Dubosarsky 
  • The Dead I Know by Scot Gardner
  • Ship Kings: The Coming of the Whirlpool by Andrew McGahan
  • When We Were Two by Robert Newton

  Younger Readers Short List 2012

  • Crow Country by Kate Constable
  • Brotherband: The Outcasts by John Flanagan
  • Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French
  • The Truth About Verity Sparks by Susan Green
  • The Golden Door by Emily Rodda
  • Bungawitta by Emily Rodda

  Early Childhood Short List 2012

  • The Runaway Hug by Nick Bland & illustrated by Freya Blackwood
  • Come Down, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett & illustrated by Lucia Masciullo
  • That’s Not a Daffodil! by Elizabeth Honey
  • The Last Viking by Norman Jorgensen & illustrated by Jorgensen
  • No Bears by Meg McKinlay & illustrated by Leila Rudge
  • Rudie Nudie by Emma Quay

   Picture Book Short List 2012

  • Look, a Book! by Freya Blackwood & Text by Libby Gleeson
  • The Dream of the Thylacine by Ron  Brooks & Text by Margaret Wild
  • For All Creatures by Rebecca Cool & Text by Glenda Millard
  • A Bus Called Heaven by Bob Graham
  • No Bears by Leila Rudge & Text by Meg McKinlay
  • Flood by Bruce Whatley & Text by Jackie French

  Eva Pownall Award for Information Books Short List 2012

  • The Little Refugee by Anh Do & Suzanne D & Illustrated by Bruce Whatley
  • One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island by Alison  Lester & Coral Tulloch  
  • Surrealism for Kids by Queensland Art Gallery
  • Bilby Secrets by Edel Wignell & Illustrated by Mark Jackson
  • Fromelles: Australia's Bloodiest Day at War by Carole Wilkinson
  • Playground by Nadia Wheatley(Ed) and Illustrated by Ken Searle
 


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