CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced
20 August, 2021The winners of the 2021 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced.
The winning titles and honour books in each category are:
Older readers: winner
The End of the World is Bigger than Love (Davina Bell, Text)
Older readers: honour books
Metal Fish, Falling Snow (Cath Moore, Text)
Where We Begin (Christie Nieman, Pan)
Younger readers: winner
Aster’s Good, Right Things (Kate Gordon, Riveted Press)
Younger readers: honour books
The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst (Jaclyn Moriarty, illus by Kelly Canby, A&U)
Worse Things (Sally Murphy, illus by Sarah Davis, Walker)
Early childhood: winner
No! Never! (Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, illus by Mel Pearce, Lothian)
Early childhood: honour books
Anemone is not the Enemy (Anna McGregor, Scribble)
We Love You, Magoo (Briony Stewart, Puffin)
Picture books: winner
How to Make a Bird (Meg McKinlay, illus by Matt Ottley, Walker)
Picture books: honour books
Not Cute (Philip Bunting, Omnibus)
Your Birthday Was the Best! (Maggie Hutchings, illus by Felicita Sala, Affirm)
Eve Pownall Award for information books: winner
Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu (Pamela Freeman, illus by Liz Anelli, Walker)
Eve Pownall Award for information books: honour books
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals (Sami Bayly, Lothian)
Strangers on Country (David Hartley & Kirsty Murray, illus by Dub Leffler, NLA)
CBCA Award for new illustrators: winner
This Small Blue Dot (Zeno Sworder, Thames & Hudson).
The winners and honour books were chosen from shortlists announced in March.
For more information about the CBCA Awards, see the CBCA website.
Originally published by Books and Publishing (Read More)