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The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has just announced their Book of the Year Awards for 2009. Since their inception in 1946, the Awards remain among the most prestigious in Australian children's literature. They work to affirm the quality of some of Australia's most creative people and provide a boost to their capacity to devote time to their craft.
The CBCA Book of the Year Awards are given every year, across several categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Book of the Year, and the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books. There are also awards given in the Junior Judges Book of the Year category.
Entries are assessed by a panel of judges on the following criteria:
- literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements
- language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of the work with proper regard to the aesthetic qualities of language
- originality in the treatment of literary elements as they apply to the form of the work
Appeal to the implied readership under the age of eighteen is also taken into account, as well as the quality of illustrations, book design, production, printing and binding.
CBCA Book of the Year 2009 Winners
| Older Readers Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Shaun Tan |
Tales from outer suburbia |
Allen & Unwin |
| Honour |
Anthony Eaton |
Into white silence |
Random House Australia |
| Honour |
Jackie French |
A rose for the Anzac boys |
Harper Collins Publishers |
| Younger Readers Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Glenda Millard
Illus: Stephen Michael King |
Perry Angel's suitcase |
ABC Books |
| Honour |
Catherine Bateson |
The wish pony |
Random House Australia |
| Honour |
Morris Gleitzman |
Then |
Viking, Penguin Group Australia |
| Early Childhood Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Bob Graham |
How to heal a broken wing |
Walker Books |
| Honour |
Stephen Michael King |
Leaf |
Scholastic Australia |
| Honour |
Rosemary Sullivan
Illus: Dee Huxley |
Tom Tom |
Working Title Press |
| Picture Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Kylie Dunstan |
Collecting colour |
Lothlain Children's Book
Hachette |
| Honour |
Matt Ottley
Text: John Marsden |
Home and away |
Lothlain Children's Book
Hachette |
| Honour |
Colin Thompson |
The big little book of happy sadness |
Random House Australia |
NOTE: Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years. Some books may be for mature readers.
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Lincoln Hall |
Alive in the death zone |
Random House Australia |
| Honour |
Ursula Duborsarky
Illus: Tohby Riddle |
The word spy |
Viking, Penguin Group Australia |
| Honour |
Mark Greenwood
Illus:Frané Lessac |
Simpson and his donkey |
Walker Books |
NOTE: Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years. Some books may be for mature readers.
Junior Judges Book of the Year 2009
The Junior Judges' Project was developed to guide students through literature based activities, starting with the announcement of the CBCA Shortlist for the Book of the Year Awards. Once the shortlist is announced, students are encouraged to read the shortlisted books and, based on the judging criteria, select their Winner and two Honour Books in one or more categories. They can cast their votes online or individually.
The CBCA Junior Judges' Project encourages children to judge the shortlist based on similar criteria to that used by the CBCA Book of the Year judges.
| Older Readers Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
James Moloney |
Kill the possum |
Penguin |
| Honour |
D.M. Cornish |
Lamplighter |
Omnibus Books |
| Honour |
Melina Marchetta |
Finnikin of the rock |
Penguin Australia |
| Younger Readers Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Morris Gleitzman |
Then |
Penguin Australia |
| Honour |
Sandy Fussell |
Polar boy |
Walker Books |
| Honour |
Emily Rodda |
The wizard of Rondo |
Omnibus Books |
| Early Childhood Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Margaret Wild
Illus: Julie Vivas |
Puffling |
Omnibus Books |
| Honour |
Bob Graham |
How to heal a broken wing |
Walker Books |
| Honour |
Stephen Michael King |
Leaf |
Scholastic Australia |
| Picture Book of the Year 2009 |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Aaron Blabey |
Sunday chutney |
Penguin |
| Honour |
Tohby Riddle |
Nobody owns the moon |
Penguin Australia |
| Honour |
Stephen Michael King |
Leaf |
Scholastic Australia |
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books |
| Award |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Winner |
Ursula Dubosarsky
Illus: Tohby Riddle |
The word spy |
Penguin Australia |
| Honour |
Mark Greenwood
Illus: Frané Lessac |
Simpson and his donkey |
Walker Books |
| Honour |
Lincoln Hall
|
Alive in the death zone |
Random House Australia |
NOTE: Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years. Some books may be for mature readers.
Further reading
Early Childhood Australia's Every Child Magazine contains reviews of outstanding books for children in each issue, as well as useful and practical information for students, childcare workers, parents, grandparents, or anyone who wants to keep up to date with events and developments in the early childhood field around Australia.
Read reviews of Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award winning books Puffling by Margaret Wild, and Collecting colour by Kylie Dunstan.
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