Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book
| Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in Australian picture books |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Children's Book Council of Australia |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Official website | http://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
| Year | Author | Illustrator | Book | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956[2] | Peggy Barnard | Sheila Hawkins | Wish and the Magic Nut | John Sands |
| 1957[3] | No award | |||
| 1958[4] | Axel Poignant | photographs | Piccaninny Walkabout | Angus & Robertson |
| 1959[5] | No award | |||
| 1960[6] | No award | |||
| 1961[7] | No award | |||
| 1962[8] | No award | |||
| 1963[9] | No award | |||
| 1964[10] | No award | |||
| 1965[11] | Elizabeth MacIntyre | Hugh's Zoo | Constable Young Books | |
| 1966[12] | No award | |||
| 1968[13] | No award | |||
| 1969[14] | Ivan Southall | Ted Greenwood | Sly Old Wardrobe | Cheshire |
| 1970[15] | No award | |||
| 1971[16] | A. B. Paterson | Desmond Digby | Waltzing Matilda | Collins |
| 1974[17] | Jenny Wagner | Ron Brooks | The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek | Longman Young |
| 1975[18] | A. B. Paterson | Quentin Hole | The Man from Ironbark | Collins |
| 1976[19] | Dick Roughsey | Dick Roughsey | The Rainbow Serpent | Collins |
| 1978 | Jenny Wagner | Ron Brooks | John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat | Viking Kestrel |
| 1979 | Percy Trezise | Dick Roughsey | The Quinkins | Collins |
| 1980 | Peter Pavey | One Dragon's Dream | Nelson Australia | |
| 1982 | Christobel Mattingley | Patricia Mullins | Rummage | Angus & Robertson |
| 1983 | Pamela Allen | Pamela Allen | Who Sank the Boat? | Nelson Australia |
| 1984 | Pamela Allen | Pamela Allen | Bertie and the Bear | Nelson Australia |
| 1986 | Terry Denton | Terry Denton | Felix & Alexander | Oxford University Press |
| 1987 | Helen Smith, text based on a story by Kenji Miyazawa | Junko Morimoto | Kojuro and the Bears | Collins |
| 1988 | Bob Graham | Bob Graham | Crusher is Coming! | Lothian |
| 1989 | Graeme Base (joint winner) | Graeme Base | The Eleventh Hour | Viking Books |
| 1989 | Allan Baillie (joint winner) | Jane Tanner | Drac and the Gremlin | Viking Books |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 Kobold | Freya Blackwood | My Two Blankets | Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont |
| 2016[20] | Nadia Wheatley | Armin Greder | Flight | Windy Hollow Books |
See also
References
- ↑ CBCA Guidelines for Publishers Archived February 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Austlit - Wish and the Magic Nut by Peggy Barnard
- ↑ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
- ↑ "Colourful Display for Children's Book Week", The Canberra Times, 8 July 1958, p4
- ↑ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
- ↑ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
- ↑ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
- ↑ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
- ↑ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
- ↑ Austlit - Picture Book of the Year
- ↑ "Children's Book Awards", The Canberra Times, 3 July 1965, p14
- ↑ "The award winners", The Canberra Times, 9 July 1966, p12
- ↑ "Children's Book Week - Prizewinners", The Canberra Times, 6 July 1968, p13
- ↑ "Book Council Award Winners", The Canberra Times, 12 July 1969, p16
- ↑ "Judges' Awards", The Canberra Times, 11 July 1970, p16
- ↑ "1971 Awards", The Canberra Times, 10 July 1971, p15
- ↑ "Judges' Report", The Canberra Times, 6 July 1974, p11
- ↑ "No major award for children's books", The Canberra Times, 26 April 1975, p11
- ↑ "1976 children's book awards announced", The Canberra Times, 10 July 1976, p3
- ↑ Children's Book Council of Australia (19 August 2016). "Book of the Year - Winners 2016". Children's Book Council of Australia. Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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