2008 Winners

The Winner and Honour books in each of the Categories is decided at the Judges' Conferences after extensive discussion and by secret ballot by the Judges.

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Older Readers

Younger Readers

Early Childhood

Picture Books

Eve Pownall

These awards are funded by generous donations to the CBCA Awards Foundation, especially the Benefactors and Major Donors.

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Older Readers - Book of the Year 2008
	Author	Title	Publisher
WINNER	HARTNETT, Sonya	THE GHOST’S CHILD	Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR	HEFFERNAN, John	MARTY’S SHADOW	Omnibus Books (Scholastic Australia)
HONOUR	METZENTHEN, David	BLACK WATER	Penguin Books (Penguin Group Australia)
NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers

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Younger Readers - Book of the Year 2008
	Author	Title	Publisher
WINNER	WILKINSON, Carole	DRAGON MOON	Black Dog Books
HONOUR	CLARK, Sherryl Illustrated by Elissa CHRISTIAN	SIXTH GRADE STYLE QUEEN (NOT!)	Puffin Books (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR	HIRSCH, Odo	AMELIA DEE AND THE PEACOCK LAMP	Allen & Unwin

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Early Childhood - Book of the Year 2008
	Author	Title	Publisher
WINNER	BLABEY, Aaron	PEARL BARLEY AND CHARLIE PARSLEY	Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR	DUMBLETON, Mike Illustrated by Craig SMITH	CAT	Working Title Press
HONOUR	WILD, Margaret Illustrated by Ann JAMES	LUCY GOOSEY	Little Hare Books

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Picture Book of the Year 2008
	Author	Title	Publisher
WINNER	OTTLEY, Matt	REQUIEM FOR A BEAST	Lothian (Hachette Livre Australia)
HONOUR	SPUDVILAS, Anne Text: Li CUNXIN	THE PEASANT PRINCE	Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR	THOMPSON, Colin and 13 other illustrators	DUST	ABC Books
NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers

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Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2008
	Author	Title	Publisher
WINNER	WATTS, Frances Illustrated by David LEGGE	PARSLEY RABBIT’S BOOK ABOUT BOOKS	ABC Books
HONOUR	COOKE, Kaz	GIRL STUFF: YOUR FULL-ON GUIDE TO THE TEEN YEARS	Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR	MACINNIS, Peter	KOKODA TRACK: 101 DAYS	Black Dog Books
NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers

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