PRESENTING THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNERS – 2022

Congratulations to all CBCA Winning and Honours Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2022

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THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.
Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended.

Winner

Tiger Daughter
Rebecca Lim
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760877644

Honours

Girls in Boys’ Cars
Felicity Castagna
Pan Macmillan Australia
ISBN: 9781760982980

Honours

How to Repaint a Life
Steven Herrick
University of Queensland Press
ISBN: 9780702263156
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. Ages 7-12 years.
Note: Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they contain mature themes, including violence. Parental guidance is recommended.

Winner

A Glasshouse of Stars
Shirley Marr
Penguin Random House Australia
ISBN: 9781760899547

Honours

Dragon Skin
Karen Foxlee
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781460759608

Honours

Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
Katrina Nannestad
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780733341465
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading.
Ages 0-6 years

Winner

Jetty Jumping
Andrea Rowe
ill. Hannah Sommerville
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760500658

Honours

Walk of the Whales
Nick Bland
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509026

Honours

Amira’s Suitcase
Vikki Conley
ill. Nicky Johnston
New Frontier Publishing
ISBN: 9781922326133
THE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Entries in this category should be 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.
Ages 0-18 years (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).

Note: Picture Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author

Winner

Iceberg
Jess Racklyeft
text. Claire Saxby
Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781760526047

Honours

Stellarphant
James Foley
Fremantle Press
ISBN: 9781760990732

Honours

Just One Bee
Christopher Nielsen
text. Margrete Lamond & Anthony Bertini
Dirt Lane Press
ISBN: 9780648023890
THE EVE POWNALL AWARD

Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style.
Ages 0-18 years

Winner

Still Alive, Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System
Safdar Ahmed
Twelve Panels Press
ISBN: 9780980593730

Honours

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature
Sami Bayly
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734420046

Honours

Heroes, Rebels and Innovators
Karen Wyld
ill. Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Hachette Australia
ISBN: 9780734419835
CBCA AWARD FOR NEW ILLUSTRATOR

This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children’s book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.

The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
Michelle Pereira
text. Sandhya Parappukkaran
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
ISBN: 9781760509361

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