Short List 2019
Congratulations to all CBCA Shortlisted Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2019
2019 Short List in PDF: CBCA Short List 2019
Downloadable Short List posters by Awards category:
Older Readers | Younger Readers | Early Childhood | Picture Book | Eve Pownall | New Illustrator
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).
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Between Us
Atkins, Clare
Black Inc. Books
ISBN: 9781760640217
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Small Spaces
Epstein, Sarah
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781921977381
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Lenny's Book of Everything
Foxlee, Karen
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760529444
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Changing Gear
Gardner, Scot
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760631468
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The Bogan Mondrian
Herrick, Steven
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702259982
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The Art of Taxidermy
Kernot, Sharon
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781925603743
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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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Brindabella
Dubosarsky, Ursula
Illus. Joyner, Andrew Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760112042
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Leave Taking
Marwood, Lorraine
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702260117
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Black Cockatoo
Merrison, Carl & Hustler, Hakea
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925360707
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The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars
Moriarty, Jaclyn
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760297183
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The Peacock Detectives
Nugent, Carly
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781925603705
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His Name Was Walter
Rodda, Emily
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460756188
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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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Heads and Tails: Insects
Canty, John
Berbay Publishing
9780994384164
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The Dress-Up Box
Guest, Patrick
Illus. Eckstrom, Nathaniel Hardie Grant Egmont
9781760124922
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Rainbow Bear
King, Stephen Michael
Scholastic Australia
9781742997698
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Noni the Pony Rescues a Joey
Lester, Alison
Allen & Unwin
9781760293123
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Tricky's Bad Day
Lester, Alison
Affirm Press
9781925712513
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Here Comes Stinkbug!
Riddle, Tohby
Allen & Unwin
9781760523527
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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 illustrations. 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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The Feather
Blackwood, Freya
text. Wild, Margaret Hardie Grant Egmont
ISBN: 9781760124212
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The Mediterranean
Greder, Armin
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760630959
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Girl on Wire
Hurst, Elise
text. Estela, Lucy Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780143787167
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Chalk Boy
Ord, Mandy
text. Wild, Margaret Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760630683
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The All New Must Have Orange 430
Speechley, Michael
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9780143788973
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Cicada
Tan, Shaun
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734418630
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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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Bouncing Back: An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story
Cleave, Rohan
Illus. Tulloch, Coral CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486308279
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The Happiness Box: A Wartime Book of Hope
Greenwood, Mark
Illus. McLean, Andrew Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925081381
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Waves
Rawlins, Donna
Illus. Jackson, Mark Potter, Heather Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381641
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Make Believe: M. C. Escher for Kids
Ryan, Kate
Illus. Bennett, Cally National Gallery of Victoria
ISBN: 9781925432558
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Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha
Stubbs, Siena
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925360981
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Sorry Day
Vass, Coral
Illus. Leffler, Dub
National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279033
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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 illustration. Ages 0-18 years.
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Australian Birds
Chun, Matt
Hardie Grant Egmont
ISBN: 9781760502003
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Grandma Z
Gray-Barnett, Daniel
Scribble Kids' Books
ISBN: 9781925322156
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Dingo
Harricks, Tannya
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381283
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The Singing Seal
Langton, Allison
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925584868
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Carmichael's Journey
Metcalfe, Samantha
Little Steps Publishing
ISBN: 9781925545692
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Red House, Blue House, Green House, Tree House!
Reiseger, Jane
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925584691
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