The shortlists for the various categories of the Children’s Book Council Awards has been announced. This is a showcase of Australian writing for children, and we are very happy to see that some local authors have been included in the lists. Nicki Greenberg is on the picture book short list for her pictorial depiction of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Michael Pryor is on the notable list for the installment of his Laws of Magic series Moment of Truth. Well done to both of them.
The short lists are:
Older readers:
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
About a Girl by Joanne Horniman
The Life of a Teenage Body Snatcher by Doug MacLeod
The Piper’s son by Melina Marchetta
Younger readers:
Just a Dog by Michael Gerard Bauer
Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers
Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot by Anna Bradford & Sarah Davis
The Red Wind by Isabelle Carmody
Duck for a Day by Meg McKinlay
Toppling by Sally Murphy & Rhian Nest James
Early Childhood:
The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies by Tom Niland Champion, Kilmeny Niland & Deborah Niland
The Deep End by Ursula Dubosarsky
Noni the Pony by Alison Lester
It’s Bedtime William by Deborah Niland
Look See, Look at Me by Leonie Norrington & Dee Huxley
Maudie and Bear by Jan Ormerod & Freya Blackwood
Picture Books:
Mirror by Jeannie Baker
Why I love Australia by Bronwen Bancroft
Hamlet: Staged on the Page by Nicky Greenberg
Family Forest by Kim Kane & Lucia Masciullo
Two Peas in a Pod by Chris McKimmie
My Uncle’s Donkey by Tohby Riddle
Eve Pownall Award fro Information Books:
Theme Parks, Playgrounds and Toys by Nicolas Brasch
Drawn from the Hear: A Memoir by Ron Brooks
Zero Hour: the Anzacs on the Western Front by Leon Davidson
The Return of the Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky
Wicked Warriors & Evil Emperors by Alison Lloyd
Our World: Bardi Jaawi Life at Ardiyooloon
The winners will be announced at the beginning of Children’s Book Week, on Friday 19th August. Good luck to all the nominated authors and illustrators.
We have stock of most of the titles, but some of them are having to be reprinted. Ask us if you would like to buy or order any of the titles and we can let you know what is available immediately.
