CBCA Winners 2008

posted in News on 2008-08-22

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Older Readers - Book of the Year 2008
  Author Title Publisher
WINNER HARTNETT, Sonya THE GHOST’S CHILD Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR HEFFERNAN, John MARTY’S SHADOW Omnibus Books (Scholastic Australia)
HONOUR METZENTHEN, David BLACK WATER Penguin Books (Penguin Group Australia)
NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers
Younger Readers - Book of the Year 2008
  Author Title Publisher
WINNER WILKINSON, Carole DRAGON MOON Black Dog Books
HONOUR CLARK, Sherryl
Illustrated by Elissa CHRISTIAN		 SIXTH GRADE STYLE QUEEN (NOT!) Puffin Books (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR HIRSCH, Odo AMELIA DEE AND THE PEACOCK LAMP Allen & Unwin
Early Childhood - Book of the Year 2008
  Author Title Publisher
WINNER BLABEY, Aaron PEARL BARLEY AND CHARLIE PARSLEY Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR DUMBLETON, Mike
Illustrated by Craig SMITH		 CAT Working Title Press
HONOUR WILD, Margaret
Illustrated by Ann JAMES		 LUCY GOOSEY Little Hare Books
Picture Book of the Year 2008
  Author Title Publisher
WINNER OTTLEY, Matt REQUIEM FOR A BEAST Lothian (Hachette Livre Australia)
HONOUR SPUDVILAS, Anne
Text: Li CUNXIN		 THE PEASANT PRINCE Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR THOMPSON, Colin
and 13 other illustrators		 DUST ABC Books
NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers
Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2008
  Author Title Publisher
WINNER WATTS, Frances
Illustrated by David LEGGE		 PARSLEY RABBIT’S BOOK ABOUT BOOKS ABC Books
HONOUR COOKE, Kaz GIRL STUFF: YOUR FULL-ON GUIDE TO THE TEEN YEARS Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
HONOUR MACINNIS, Peter KOKODA TRACK: 101 DAYS Black Dog Books
NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers

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