Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book

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Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book
Awarded forExcellence in Australian picture books
CountryAustralia
Presented byChildren's Book Council of Australia
First awarded1955
Websitehttp://cbca.org.au/index.htm

The Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book has been presented occasionally since 1955 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).

The Award "will be made to outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity, or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations."[1]

Award winners[]

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher
1956[2] Peggy Barnard Sheila Hawkins Wish and the Magic Nut John Sands
1957[3] No award
1958[4] Axel Poignant photographs Piccaninny Walkabout Angus & Robertson
1959[5] No award
1960[6] No award
1961[7] No award
1962[8] No award
1963[9] No award
1964[10] No award
1965[11] Elisabeth MacIntyre Hugh's Zoo Constable Young Books
1966[12] No award
1968[13] No award
1969[14] Ivan Southall Ted Greenwood Sly Old Wardrobe Cheshire
1970[15] No award
1971[16] A. B. Paterson Desmond Digby Waltzing Matilda Collins
1974[17] The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek Longman Young
1975[18] A. B. Paterson Quentin Hole The Man from Ironbark Collins
1976[19] Dick Roughsey Dick Roughsey The Rainbow Serpent Collins
1978 John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat Viking Kestrel
1979 Percy Trezise Dick Roughsey The Quinkins Collins
1980 Peter Pavey One Dragon's Dream Nelson Australia
1982 Christobel Mattingley Patricia Mullins Rummage Angus & Robertson
1983 Pamela Allen Pamela Allen Who Sank the Boat? Nelson Australia
1984 Pamela Allen Pamela Allen Bertie and the Bear Nelson Australia
1986 Terry Denton Terry Denton Felix & Alexander Oxford University Press
1987 Helen Smith, text based on a story by Kenji Miyazawa Kojuro and the Bears Collins
1988 Bob Graham Bob Graham Crusher is Coming! Lothian
1989 Graeme Base (joint winner) Graeme Base The Eleventh Hour Viking Books
1989 Allan Baillie (joint winner) Jane Tanner Drac and the Gremlin Viking Books
1990 Margaret Wild The Very Best of Friends Margaret Hamilton
1991 Bob Graham Bob Graham Greetings from Sandy Beach Lothian
1992 Jeannie Baker Window Julia MacRae
1993 Bob Graham Bob Graham Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten Penguin Books
1994 Gary Crew Peter Gouldthorpe First Light Lothian
1995 Gary Crew Stephen Woolman The Watertower Keystone, Era
1996 Narelle Oliver The Hunt Lothian
1997 Elizabeth Honey Not a Nibble! Little Ark
1998 Junko Morimoto, translated by Isao Morimoto The Two Bullies Random House
1999 John Marsden Shaun Tan The Rabbits Lothian
2000 Margaret Wild Jenny Angel Viking Books
2001 Margaret Wild Fox Allen and Unwin
2002 Libby Gleeson An Ordinary Day Scholastic Press
2003 Norman Jorgensen Brian Harrison-Lever In Flanders Fields Fremantle Arts Centre Press
2004 Joan Grant Neil Curtis Cat and Fish Lothian
2005 Alison Lester Alison Lester Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Viking Books
2006 Colin Thompson The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley Lothian
2007 Shaun Tan Shaun Tan The Arrival Lothian
2008 Matt Ottley Requiem for a Beast Lothian
2009 Kylie Dunstan Collecting Colour Lothian
2010 Gregory Rogers The Hero of Little Street Allen & Unwin
2011 Jeannie Baker Mirror Walker Books
2011 Nicki Greenberg Hamlet Allen & Unwin
2012 Bob Graham Bob Graham A Bus Called Heaven Walker Books
2013 Julie Hunt The Coat Allen & Unwin
2014 Shaun Tan Shaun Tan Rules of Summer Hachette Australia
2015 Irena Kobald Freya Blackwood My Two Blankets
2016[20] Nadia Wheatley Flight Windy Hollow Books
2017[21] Bob Graham Bob Graham Home in the Rain Walker Books
2018[22] Gwyn Perkins Gwyn Perkins A Walk in the Bush Affirm Press
2019[23] Shaun Tan Shaun Tan Cicada Lothian
2020[24] Chris McKimmie Chris McKimmie I Need a Parrot Ford Street
2021[25] Meg McKinlay Matt Ottley How to Make a Bird Walker Books

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ CBCA Guidelines for Publishers Archived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Austlit - Wish and the Magic Nut by Peggy Barnard
  3. ^ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
  4. ^ "Colourful Display for Children's Book Week", The Canberra Times, 8 July 1958, p4
  5. ^ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
  6. ^ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
  7. ^ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
  8. ^ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
  9. ^ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
  10. ^ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
  11. ^ "Children's Book Awards", The Canberra Times, 3 July 1965, p14
  12. ^ "The award winners", The Canberra Times, 9 July 1966, p12
  13. ^ "Children's Book Week - Prizewinners", The Canberra Times, 6 July 1968, p13
  14. ^ "Book Council Award Winners", The Canberra Times, 12 July 1969, p16
  15. ^ "Judges' Awards", The Canberra Times, 11 July 1970, p16
  16. ^ "1971 Awards", The Canberra Times, 10 July 1971, p15
  17. ^ "Judges' Report", The Canberra Times, 6 July 1974, p11
  18. ^ "No major award for children's books", The Canberra Times, 26 April 1975, p11
  19. ^ "1976 children's book awards announced", The Canberra Times, 10 July 1976, p3
  20. ^ Children's Book Council of Australia (19 August 2016). "Book of the Year - Winners 2016". Children's Book Council of Australia. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  21. ^ Convery, Stephanie; Harmon, Steph (17 August 2017). "Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  22. ^ "CBCA - Book of the Year Awards 2018". cbca.org.au. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  23. ^ "CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  24. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  25. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

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