Australian literary award from 2001
The Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood has been presented annually since 2001 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).
The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, poetry or concept books for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. They may be picture books, picture storybooks or texts in which illustrations play a substantial part in the storytelling or concept development."[ 1]
Award winners
2000s
2010s
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
Ref.
2010
Lisa Shanahan , illus. Emma Quay
Bear & Chook by the Sea
Lothian Books
2011
Jan Ormerod , illus. Freya Blackwood
Maudie and Bear
Little Hare Books
2012
Nick Bland , illus. Freya Blackwood
The Runaway Hug
Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
2013
Emma Allen , illus. Freya Blackwood
The Terrible Suitcase
Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
2014
Jan Ormerod , illus. Andrew Joyner
The Swap
Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
2015
Libby Gleeson , illus. Freya Blackwood
Go to Sleep, Jessie!
Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
2016
Anna Walker
Mr Huff
Penguin Random House
[ 2]
2017
Johanna Bell , illus. Dion Beasley
Go Home, Cheeky Animals!
Allen & Unwin
[ 3]
2018
Michael Gerard Bauer , illus. Chrissie Krebs
Rodney Loses It!
Omnibus Books
[ 4]
2019
Alison Lester
Tricky's Bad Day
Affirm
[ 5]
2020s
See also
External links
References
2001–2009 2010–2019
Bear & Chook by the Sea by Lisa Shanahan (2010)
Maudie and Bear by Jan Ormerod (2011)
The Runaway Hug by Nick Bland (2012)
The Terrible Suitcase by Emma Allen (2013)
The Swap by Jan Ormerod (2014)
Go to Sleep, Jessie! by Libby Gleeson (2015)
Mr Huff by Anna Walker (2016)
Go Home, Cheeky Animals! by Johanna Bell (2017)
Rodney Loses It! by Michael Gerard Bauer (2018)
Tricky's Bad Day by Alison Lester (2019)
2020–present
My Friend Fred by Frances Watts (2020)
No! Never by Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman (2021)
Where the Lyrebird Lives by Vikki Conley and Max Hamilton (2023)
Gymnastica Fantastica! by Briony Stewart (2024)