Presenting the CBCA Shortlist - 2021
Congratulations to all CBCA Shortlist Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2021
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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.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended
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The End of the World is Bigger than Love
Davina Bell
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922268822
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The Lost Soul Atlas
Zana Fraillon
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419934
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When Rain Turns to Snow
Jane Godwin
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420053
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Metal Fish, Falling Snow
Cath Moore
Text Publishing
ISBN: 9781922330079
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Where We Begin
Christie Nieman
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781743535660
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Peta Lyre's Rating Normal
Anna Whateley
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760525309
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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. 7-12 years.
Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.
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Aster's Good, Right Things
Kate Gordon
Riveted Press
ISBN: 9780648492573
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The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
Jaclyn Moriarty
ill. Kelly Canby Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760875060
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Worse Things
Sally Murphy
ill. Sarah Davis Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651657
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We Are Wolves
Katrina Nannestad
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733340888
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Bindi
Kirli Saunders
ill. Dub Leffler Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936667
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The Book of Chance
Sue Whiting
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760651367
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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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Busy Beaks
Sarah Allen
Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972948
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Who's Your Real Mum?
Bernadette Green
ill. Anna Zobel Scribble Kids' Books
ISBN: 9781925849493
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No! Never!
Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman
ill. Mel Pearce Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734418906
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Anemone is not the Enemy
Anna McGregor
Scribble Kids' Books
ISBN: 9781922310118
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There's No Such Thing
Heidi McKinnon
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877279
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We Love You, Magoo
Briony Stewart
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760896904
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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.
Note: Some of these books may be for mature readers.
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The Unwilling Twin
Freya Blackwood
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781460757536
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Not Cute.
Philip Bunting
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781760972387
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Norton and the Bear
Gabriel Evans
Berbay Publishing
ISBN: 9780648785132
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Ellie's Dragon
Bob Graham
Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781406387629
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How to Make a Bird
Matt Ottley
text. Meg McKinlay Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781925381894
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Your Birthday Was the Best!
Felicita Sala
text. Maggie Hutchings Affirm Press
ISBN: 9781925972535
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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 Dangerous Animals
Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420015
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Azaria: A True History
Maree Coote
Melbournestyle Books
ISBN: 9780648568407
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Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu
Pamela Freeman
ill. Liz Anelli Walker Books Australia
ISBN: 9781760650285
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Strangers on Country
David Hartley & Kirsty Murray
ill. Dub Leffler National Library of Australia
ISBN: 9780642279552
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Hold On! Saving the Spotted Handfish
Gina M Newton
ill. Rachel Tribout CSIRO Publishing
ISBN: 9781486311842
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Matthew Flinders - Adventures on Leaky Ships
Carole Wilkinson
ill. Prue Pittock Wild Dog Books
ISBN: 9781742034935
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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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Ribbit Rabbit Robot
Sofya Karmazina
Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 9781743834060
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No! Never!
Mel Pearce
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734418906
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Seven Seas of Fleas
Dave Petzold
Starfish Bay Publishing
ISBN: 9781760360986
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Shirley Purdie: My Story, Ngaginybe Jarragbe
Shirley Purdie
Magabala Books
ISBN: 9781925936131
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This Small Blue Dot
Zeno Sworder
Thames & Hudson Australia
ISBN: 9781760761110
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Go Away, Worry Monster!
Robin Tatlow-Lord
EK Books
ISBN: 9781925820393
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