Presenting the 2020 CBCA Shortlist
The 2020 CBCA Shortlist is a treasure trove of some of the best Australian children's books published over the past year. In 2020, for the first time, we are offering a feast of resources for each of the CBCA Shortlisted titles, so you'll be able to dig deeper!
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Book of the Year: Older Readers
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years (NB: These books are for mature readers in this category and some deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended).
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The Boy Who Steals Houses
Drews, C.G.
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9781408349922
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How It Feels to Float
Fox, Helena
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760783303
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Ghost Bird
Fuller, Lisa
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702260230
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When the Ground is Hard
Nunn, Malla
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760524814
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Four Dead Queens
Scholte, Astrid
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760524418
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This Is How We Change the Ending
Wakefield, Vikki
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922268136
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Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. Ages 7-12 years.
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The Little Wave
Harry, Pip
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702260476
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The Thing About Oliver
Kelly, Deborah
Wombat Books
ISBN: 9781925563818
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The Dog Runner
MacDibble, Bren
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760523572
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Catch a Falling Star
McKinlay, Meg
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381207
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The Glimme
Rodda, Emily
Illus. McBride, Marc Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781862919570
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The Secrets of Magnolia Moon
Wyatt, Edwina
Illus. Quinn, Katherine Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651541
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Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.
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We're Stuck!
deGennaro, Sue
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760663476
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One Runaway Rabbit
Metzenthen, David
Illus. Murphy, Mairead Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760523558
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Bat vs Poss
Moses, Alexa
Illus. Tortop, Anil Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734418388
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When Billy Was a Dog
Murray, Kirsty
Illus. Blair, Karen Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631826
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My Friend Fred
Watts, Frances
Illus. Yi, A. Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760290948
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Goodbye House, Hello House
Wild, Margaret
Illus. James, Ann Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781743311103
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Picture Book of the Year
Entries in this category should be 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 Illusrations. Ages 0-18 years (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).
Note: Picture Books are listed by the Illustrator, followed by the author
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Hello Lighthouse
Blackall, Sophie
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9781408357392
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Nop
Magerl, Caroline
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651251
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I Need a Parrot
McKimmie, Chris
Ford Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781925804287
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Three
King, Stephen Michael
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760664053
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The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature
Ober, Jules
Coonan, Felicity Text. Ober, Pierre-Jacques Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781536204827
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Tilly
Walker, Anna
Text. Godwin, Jane Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760663728
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Eve Pownall Award
Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.
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The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals
Bayly, Sami
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419019
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Searching for Cicadas
Gibbes, Lesley
Illus. Watson, Judy Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781922244420
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A Hollow is a Home
Mitchell, Abbie
Illus. Hicks, Astred CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486308057
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Wilam: A Birrarung Story
Murphy, Aunty Joy & Kelly, Andrew
Illus. Kennedy, Lisa Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381764
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Young Dark Emu: A Truer History
Pascoe, Bruce
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925360844
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Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery
Riddle, Tohby
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631451
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CBCA Award for New Illustrator
This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book Illusration. Ages 0-18 years.
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Louie and Snippy Save the Sea
Cowan, Grant
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780648529101
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Paperboy
Macdonald, Bethany
Dirt Lane Press
ISBN: 9780648023869
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Fly
McGeachin, Jess
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760892562
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Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines
Watson, Leanne Mulgo
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936865
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Baby Business
Seymour, Jasmine
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925768671
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Little Bird’s Day
Malibirr, Johnny Warrkatja
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925768923
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