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CBCA Shortlist 2008

Posted by Lisa Hill on April 3, 2008


Younger Readers Shortlist 2008

CLARK, Sherryl
Illustrated by Elissa CHRISTIAN

SIXTH GRADE STYLE QUEEN (NOT!) Puffin Books (Penguin Group Australia)
FRENCH, Jackie
Illustrated by Bruce WHATLEY
THE SHAGGY GULLY TIMES Angus & Robertson
(HarperCollinsPublishers Australia)
HIRSCH, Odo AMELIA DEE AND THE PEACOCK LAMP Allen & Unwin
METZENTHEN, David
Illustrated by Stephen AXELSEN
WINNING THE WORLD CUP Puffin Books (Penguin Group Australia)
RODDA, Emily THE KEY TO RONDO Omnibus Books (Scholastic Australia)
WILKINSON, Carole DRAGON MOON Black Dog Books

Early Childhood Shortlist 2008

Author Title Publisher
ALLEN, Pamela SHHH! LITTLE MOUSE Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
BLABEY, Aaron PEARL BARLEY AND CHARLIE PARSLEY Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
DUMBLETON, Mike
Illustrated by Craig SMITH
CAT Working Title Press
GRAHAM, Bob THE TROUBLE WITH DOGS! Walker Books
HURST, Elise THE NIGHT GARDEN ABC Books
WILD, Margaret
Illustrated by Ann JAMES
LUCY GOOSEY Little Hare Books

Picture Book of the Year Shortlist 2008

NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers
Author Title Publisher
SPUDVILAS, Anne
Text: Li CUNXIN
THE PEASANT PRINCE Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
GREDER, Armin THE ISLAND Allen & Unwin
HUXLEY, Dee
Text: Leonie NORRINGTON
YOU AND ME: OUR PLACE Working Title Press
INGPEN, Robert
Text: Liz LOFTHOUSE
ZIBA CAME ON A BOAT Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
OTTLEY, Matt REQUIEM FOR A BEAST Lothian (Hachette Livre Australia)
THOMPSON, Colin
and 13 other illustrators
DUST ABC Books

Eve Pownall Shortlist 2008

NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers
Author Title Publisher
CERMAK, Michael AUSTRALIA’S DEADLY AND DANGEROUS ANIMALS Steve Parish Publishing
COOKE, Kaz GIRL STUFF: YOUR FULL-ON GUIDE TO THE TEEN YEARS Viking (Penguin Group Australia)
MACINNIS, Peter KOKODA TRACK: 101 DAYS Black Dog Books
NORMAN, Mark THE ANTARCTICA BOOK: LIVING IN THE FREEZER Black Dog Books
WATTS, Frances
Illustrated by David LEGGE
PARSLEY RABBIT’S BOOK ABOUT BOOKS ABC Books
WILKINSON, Carole (editor)
Illustrated by Dean JONES
NED KELLY’S JERILDERIE LETTER

The CBCA Book of the Year shortlist has been announced. I was pleased to see that Dragon Moon (the third in the Dragonkeeper trilogy) has been nominated – it is excellent and kids love it for its accessible narrative style and compelling storyline.

I’ve only got a few of the others so shall have to get cracking to locate them all as soon as I get back to school.

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