Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers

Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers
Awarded for	Excellence in Australian middle to upper primary school books
Country	Australia
Presented by	Children's Book Council of Australia
First awarded	1982
Official website	http://cbca.org.au/index.htm

The Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers has been presented annually since 1982 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Note: from 1982 to 1986 this award was titled Junior Book of the Year.

The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, poetry or concept books for readers who have developed independent reading skills but are still developing in literary appreciation. Generally, books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years."^[1]

Award winners

The most awarded author is Emily Rodda, with five awards.

2010s

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
2016	Morris Gleitzman	Soon	Viking Books
2015	Libby Gleeson	The Cleo Stories : The Necklace and the Present	Allen & Unwin
2014	Catherine Jinks	City of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit	Allen & Unwin
2013	Sonya Hartnett	The Children of the King	Viking Books
2012	Kate Constable	Crow Country	Allen & Unwin
2011	Isobelle Carmody	The Red Wind	Viking Books
2010	Odo Hirsch	Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool	Allen & Unwin

2000s

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
2009	Glenda Millard, illus. Stephen Michael King	Perry Angel's Suitcase	ABC Books
2008	Carole Wilkinson	Dragon Moon	Black Dog Books
2007	Catherine Bateson	Being Bee	University of Queensland Press
2006	Elizabeth Fensham	Helicopter Man	Bloomsbury Press
2005	Sonya Hartnett	The Silver Donkey	Viking Books
2004	Carole Wilkinson	Dragonkeeper	Black Dog Books
2003	Catherine Bateson	Rain May and Captain Daniel	University of Queensland Press
2002	John Heffernan, illus. Andrew McLean	My Dog	Margaret Hamilton Books
2001	Diana Kidd	Two Hands Together	Penguin Books
2000	Jackie French	Hitler's Daughter	HarperCollins

1990s

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
1999	Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor	My Girragundji	Allen & Unwin
1998	Elaine Forrestal	Someone Like Me	Puffin Books
1997	Libby Gleeson, illus. Ann James	Hannah Plus One	Puffin Books
1996	James Moloney	Swashbuckler	University of Queensland Press
1995	Wendy Orr, illus. Kerry Millard	Ark in the Park	HarperCollins
1994	Emily Rodda	Rowan of Rin	Omnibus Books
1993	Garry Disher	The Bamboo Flute	Angus & Robertson
1992	Anna Fienburg, illus. Kim Gamble	The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels	Allen & Unwin
1991	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	Finders Keepers	Omnibus Books
1990	Jeannie Adams	Pigs and Honey	Omnibus Books

1980s

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
1989	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	The Best-Kept Secret	Angus and Robertson
1988	Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins	My Place	Collins Dove
1987	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	Pigs Might Fly	Angus and Robertson
1986	Mary Steele	Arkwright	Hyland House
1985	Emily Rodda, illus. Noela Young	Something Special	Angus and Robertson
1984	Max Dann, illus. Ann James	Bernice Knows Best	Oxford University Press
1983	Robin Klein, illus. Alison Lester	Thing	Oxford University Press
1982	Christobel Mattingley, illus. Patricia Mullins	Rummage	Angus and Robertson

External links

CBCA Awards History

References

↑ CBCA Guidelines for Publishers Archived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.

Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers

1982-1989	Rummage by Christobel Mattingley (1982) Thing by Robin Klein (1983) Bernice Knows Best by Max Dann (1984) Something Special by Emily Rodda (1985) Arkwright by Mary Steele (1986) Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda (1987) My Place by Nadia Wheatley (1988) The Best-Kept Secret by Emily Rodda (1989)

1990-1999	Pigs and Honey by Jeannie Adams (1990) Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda (1991) The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels by Anna Fienburg (1992) The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher (1993) Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda (1994) Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr (1995) Swashbuckler by James Moloney (1996) Hannah Plus One by Libby Gleeson (1997) Someone Like Me by Elaine Forrestal (1998) My Girragunji by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor (1999)

2000-2009	Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French (2000) Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd (2001) My Dog by John Heffernan (2002) Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson (2003) Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson (2004) The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett (2005) Helicopter Man by Elizabeth Fensham (2006) Being Bee by Catherine Bateson (2007) Dragon Moon by Carole Wilkinson (2008) Perry Angel's Suitcase by Glenda Millard (2009)

2010-present	Darius Bell and the Glitter Pond by Odo Hirsch (2010) The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody (2011) Crow Country by Kate Constable (2012)

Picture Book (1955-present) Early Childhood (2001-present) Older Readers (1946-present) Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988-present)

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