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The Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers has been presented annually since 1946 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Note: from 1946 to 1986 this award was known as "Book of the Year".
The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, or poetry which require of the reader a degree of maturity to appreciate the topics, themes and scope of emotional involvement. Generally, books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling."[ 1]
Award winners
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s
1970s
1960s
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
1969 [ 14]
Margaret Balderson , illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus
When Jays Fly to Barbmo
Oxford University Press
1968 [ 15]
Ivan Southall , illustrated by Jennifer Tuckwell
To the Wild Sky
Angus and Robertson
1967 [ 16]
Mavis Thorpe Clark , illustrated by Genevieve Melrose
The Min-Min
Lansdowne Press
1966 [ 17]
Ivan Southall , illustrated by Clem Seale
Ash Road
Angus and Robertson
1965 [ 18]
H. F. Brinsmead , illustrated by Annette Macarthur-Onslow
Pastures of the Blue Crane
Oxford University Press
1964 [ 19]
Eleanor Spence , illustrated by Geraldine Spence
The Green Laurel
Oxford University Press
1963 [ 20]
Joan Phipson , illustrated by Margaret Horder
The Family Conspiracy
Constable
1962 [ 21]
L. H. Evers
The Racketty Street Gang
Hodder & Stoughton
Joan Woodberry
Rafferty Rides a Winner
M. Parrish, London
1961 [ 22]
Nan Chauncy , illustrated by Brian Wildsmith
Tangara
Oxford University Press
1960 [ 23]
Kylie Tennant , illustrated by Clem Seale
All the Proud Tribesmen
Macmillan
1950s
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
1959 [ 24]
Nan Chauncy , illustrated by Geraldine Spence
Devil's Hill
Oxford University Press
John Gunn , illustrated by Brian Keogh
Sea Menace
Constable
1958 [ 25]
Nan Chauncy
Tiger in the Bush
Oxford University Press
1957 [ 26]
Enid Moodie Heddle (ed.), illustrated by Nancy Parker
The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales
Longmans Green
1956 [ 27]
Patricia Wrightson , illustrated by Margaret Horder
The Crooked Snake
Angus and Robertson
1955 [ 28]
Norman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay , illustrated by Madeleine Boyce
The First Walkabout
Longmans Green
1954 [ 29]
K. Langloh Parker , edited by Henrietta Drake-Brockman, illustrated by Elizabeth Durack
Australian Legendary Tales
Angus and Robertson
1953 [ 30]
James H. Martin and W. D. Martin
Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow
Angus and Robertson
Joan Phipson , illustrated by Margaret Horder
Good Luck to the Rider
Angus and Robertson
1952 [ 31]
Eve Pownall , illustrated by Margaret Senior
The Australia Book
John Sands
1951 [ 32]
Ruth C. Williams , illustrated by Rhys Williams
Verity of Sydney Town
Angus and Robertson
1950 [ 33]
Alan J. Villiers , illustrated by Charles Pont
Whalers of the Midnight Sun
Angus and Robertson
1940s
Commended books
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
1948 [ 34]
Veronica Basser
Ponny the Penguin
Australasian Publishing Co.
Ada Jackson
Beetles A'Hoy!
Paterson's Press
James H. Martin & W. D. Martin
The Australian Book of Trains
Angus and Robertson
Musette Morell
Bush Cobbers
Australasian Publishing Co.
Leslie Rees
The Story of Shadow, the Rock Wallaby
John Sands
See also
External links
References
^ CBCA Guidelines for Publishers Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020 .{{cite web }}
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^ "CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019 .
^ "CBCA – Book of the Year Awards 2018" . cbca.org.au . Retrieved 28 August 2018 .
^ 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 . Retrieved 18 August 2017 .
^ "Selectors' difficult task" , The Canberra Times , 27 July 1991, p42
^ "1976 children's book awards announced" , The Canberra Times , 10 July 1976, p3
^ "No major award for children's books" , The Canberra Times , 26 April 1975, p11
^ "Judges' Report" , The Canberra Times , 6 July 1974, p11
^ a b "The Judges' Report" , The Canberra Times , 7 July 1973, p11
^ a b "Children's Book Week" , The Canberra Times , 8 July 1972, p15
^ a b "1971 Awards" , The Canberra Times , 10 July 1971, p15
^ a b "Judges' Awards" , The Canberra Times , 11 July 1970, p16
^ a b "Book Council Award Winners" , The Canberra Times , 12 July 1969, p16
^ a b "Children's Book Week – Prizewinners" , The Canberra Times , 6 July 1968, p13
^ "Children's Book Week 1967" , The Canberra Times , 8 July 1967, p13
^ a b "The award winners" , The Canberra Times , 9 July 1966, p12
^ a b "Children's Book Awards" , The Canberra Times , 3 July 1965, p14
^ a b "Book of the Year by Eleanor Spence" by K. Masterman , The Canberra Times , 4 July 1964, p11
^ Austlit – The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson
^ a b "Award Winners" , The Canberra Times , 7 July 1962, p17
^ a b "Old Favourite Wins 'Book of the Year' Title" , The Canberra Times , 8 July 1961, p14
^ a b "Kylie Tennant Wins Book of the Year Award" , The Canberra Times , 11 July 1960, p3
^ a b "Children's Book of the Year Award Shared" The Canberra Times , 11 July 1959, p11
^ Austlit – Tiger in the Bush by Nan Chauncy
^ Austlit – The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales edited by Enid Moodie Heddle
^ Austlit – The Crooked Snake by Patricia Wrightson
^ Austlit – The First Walkabout by Norman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay
^ Austlit – Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker
^ "For the Young Reader" , The Age , 5 December 1953, p21
^ "Children's Book of the Year: An Australian Classic?" , The Sunday Herald , 10 August 1952, p11
^ "Prizewinner for Children" , The Sydney Herald , 5 August 1951, p11
^ "New Book Wins Council Award" , Truth , 30 June 1950, p44
^ a b "Book Society Award" , The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 November 1948, p2
^ "No Book Award by Society" , The Age , 29 September 1947, p4
^ "Book of the Year: Children's Story by Leslie Rees" , The West Australian , 13 November 1946, p8
^ "Australian Book Council Awards" , The Canberra Times , 8 July 1967, p14
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