Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book
Awarded forExcellence in Australian picture books
CountryAustralia
Presented byChildren's Book Council of Australia
First awarded1955
Websitehttp://cbca.org.au/index.htm

The Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book has been presented occasionally since 1955 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).

The Award "will be made to 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."[1]

Award winners

1950s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
1955 No award [2]
1956 Peggy Barnard Sheila Hawkins Wish and the Magic Nut John Sands [3]
1957 No award [2]
1958 Axel Poignant photographs Piccaninny Walkabout Angus & Robertson [4]
1959 No award [2]

1960s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
1960 No award [5]
1961 No award [5]
1962 No award [5]
1963 No award [5]
1964 No award [5]
1965 Elisabeth MacIntyre Hugh's Zoo Constable Young Books [6]
1966 No award [7]
1968 No award [8]
1969 Ivan Southall Ted Greenwood Sly Old Wardrobe Cheshire [9]

1970s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
1970 No award [10]
1971 A. B. Paterson Desmond Digby Waltzing Matilda Collins [11]
1974 Jenny Wagner Ron Brooks The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek Longman Young [12]
1975 A. B. Paterson Quentin Hole The Man from Ironbark Collins [13]
1976 Dick Roughsey Dick Roughsey The Rainbow Serpent Collins [14]
1978 Jenny Wagner Ron Brooks John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat Viking Kestrel
1979 Percy Trezise Dick Roughsey The Quinkins Collins

1980s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
1980 Peter Pavey One Dragon's Dream Nelson Australia [15]
1981 No award [16]
1982 Jan Ormerod Jan Ormerod Sunshine Penguin Books [17]
1983 Pamela Allen Pamela Allen Who Sank the Boat? Nelson Australia [18]
1984 Pamela Allen Pamela Allen Bertie and the Bear Nelson Australia [19]
1985 Not awarded [20]
1986 Terry Denton Terry Denton Felix & Alexander Oxford University Press [21]
1987 Helen Smith, text based on a story by Kenji Miyazawa Junko Morimoto Kojuro and the Bears Collins [22]
1988 Bob Graham Bob Graham Crusher is Coming! Lothian [23]
1989 Graeme Base Graeme Base The Eleventh Hour Viking Books [24]
Allan Baillie Jane Tanner Drac and the Gremlin Viking Kestrel [25]

1990s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
1990 Margaret Wild Julie Vivas The Very Best of Friends Margaret Hamilton
1991 Bob Graham Bob Graham Greetings from Sandy Beach Lothian
1992 Jeannie Baker Window Julia MacRae
1993 Bob Graham Bob Graham Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten Penguin Books
1994 Gary Crew Peter Gouldthorpe First Light Lothian
1995 Gary Crew Stephen Woolman The Watertower Keystone, Era
1996 Narelle Oliver The Hunt Lothian
1997 Elizabeth Honey Not a Nibble! Little Ark
1998 Junko Morimoto, translated by Isao Morimoto Junko Morimoto The Two Bullies Random House
1999 John Marsden Shaun Tan The Rabbits Lothian

2000s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
2000 Margaret Wild Anne Spudvilas Jenny Angel Viking Books
2001 Margaret Wild Ron Brooks Fox Allen and Unwin
2002 Libby Gleeson Armin Greder An Ordinary Day Scholastic Press
2003 Norman Jorgensen Brian Harrison-Lever In Flanders Fields Fremantle Arts Centre Press
2004 Joan Grant Neil Curtis Cat and Fish Lothian
2005 Alison Lester Alison Lester Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Viking Books
2006 Colin Thompson The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley Lothian
2007 Shaun Tan Shaun Tan The Arrival Lothian
2008 Matt Ottley Requiem for a Beast Lothian
2009 Kylie Dunstan Collecting Colour Lothian

2010s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
2010 Gregory Rogers The Hero of Little Street Allen & Unwin
2011 Jeannie Baker Mirror Walker Books
2011 Nicki Greenberg Hamlet Allen & Unwin
2012 Bob Graham Bob Graham A Bus Called Heaven Walker Books
2013 Julie Hunt Ron Brooks The Coat Allen & Unwin
2014 Shaun Tan Shaun Tan Rules of Summer Hachette Australia
2015 Irena Kobald Freya Blackwood My Two Blankets Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
2016 Nadia Wheatley Armin Greder Flight Windy Hollow Books [26]
2017 Bob Graham Bob Graham Home in the Rain Walker Books [27]
2018 Gwyn Perkins Gwyn Perkins A Walk in the Bush Affirm Press [28]
2019 Shaun Tan Shaun Tan Cicada Lothian [29]

2020s

Year Author Illustrator Book Publisher Ref.
2020 Chris McKimmie Chris McKimmie I Need a Parrot Ford Street [30]
2021 Meg McKinlay Matt Ottley How to Make a Bird Walker Books [31]
2022 Claire Saxby Jess Racklyeft Iceberg Allen & Unwin [32]
2023 Zeno Sworder Zeno Sworder My Strange Shrinking Parents Thames & Hudson [33]

See also

References

  1. ↑ CBCA Guidelines for Publishers Archived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 "Austlit — Picture Book of the Year (1955-)". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ ""'Wish and the Magic Nut by Peggy Barnard". Austlit. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ↑ ""Colourful Display for Children's Book Week"". The Canberra Times. 8 July 1958. p. 4. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Austlit — Picture Book of the Year (1955-)". Austlit. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. ↑ ""Children's Book Awards"". The Canberra Times. 3 July 1965. p. 14. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "The award winners". The Canberra Times. 9 July 1966. p. 12. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Children's Book Week - Prizewinners". The Canberra Times. 6 July 1968. p. 13. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Book Council Award Winners". The Canberra Times. 12 July 1969. p. 16. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Judges' Awards". The Canberra Times. 11 July 1970. p. 16. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "1971 Awards". The Canberra Times. 10 July 1971. p. 15. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "Judges' Report". The Canberra Times. 6 July 1974. p. 11. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  13. ↑ "No major award for children's books". The Canberra Times. 26 April 1975. p. 11. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  14. ↑ "1976 children's book awards announced". The Canberra Times. 10 July 1976. p. 3. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Children's". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 361. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 July 1980. p. 13. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ ""No Picture Book of Year prize"". The Canberra Times, 11 July 1981, p9. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  17. ↑ ""1982 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award"". The Canberra Times, 24 July 1982, p13. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1983". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1984". Austlit. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1985". Austlit. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  21. ↑ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1986". Austlit. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book 1987". Austlit. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "Austlit — Crusher is Coming — Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  24. ↑ "Austlit — The Eleventh Hour — Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  25. ↑ "Austlit — Drac and the Gremlin — Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  26. ↑ "Book of the Year - Winners 2016". Children's Book Council of Australia. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  27. ↑ Convery, Stephanie; Harmon, Steph (17 August 2017). "Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  28. ↑ "Book of the Year Awards 2018". Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  29. ↑ "CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  30. ↑ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  31. ↑ "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  32. ↑ "CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards". Books+Publishing. 19 August 2022. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  33. ↑ "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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