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CBCA award winners announced

The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awards have been announced.

Published 18 August, 2008

The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) awards have been announced.

The winning and honour books are:

Book of the Year: Older Readers

  • The Ghost's Child (Sonya Hartnett, Viking) 

Honour Books:

  • Marty's Shadow (John Heffernan, Omnibus)
  • Black Water (David Metzenthen, Penguin)

Book of the Year: Younger Readers

  • Dragon Moon (Carole Wilkinson, Black Dog Books)

Honour Books:

  • Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) (Sherryl Clark, illustrated by Elissa Christian, Puffin)
  • Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp (Odo Hirsch, A&U)

Book of the Year: Early Childhood

  • Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (Aaron Blabey, Viking)

Honour Books:

  • Cat (Mike Dumbleton, illustrated by Craig Smith, Working Title Press)
  • Lucy Goosey (Margaret Wild, illustrated by Ann James, Little Hare Books)

Picture Book of the Year

  • Requiem for a Beast (Matt Ottley, Lothian)

Honour Books:

  • The Peasant Prince (Li Cunxin, illus by Anne Spudvilas, Viking)
  • Dust (Colin Thompson, ABC Books)

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

  • Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books (Frances Watts, illus by David Legge, ABC Books)

Honour Books:

  • Girl Stuff: Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years (Kaz Cooke, Viking)
  • Kokoda Track: 101 Days (Peter Macinnis, Black Dog Books).

http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2008/08/09164/

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