Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers explained
Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers |
Awarded For: | Excellence in Australian middle to upper primary school books |
Presenter: | Children's Book Council of Australia |
Country: | Australia |
Year: | 1982 |
The Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers has been presented annually since 1982 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Note: from 1982 to 1986 this award was titled Junior Book of the Year.
The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, poetry or concept books for readers who have developed independent reading skills but are still developing in literary appreciation. Generally, books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years."[1]
Award winners
The most awarded author is Emily Rodda, with six awards.
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1990s
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2010s
2020s
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://cbca.org.au/docs/publisher%20guidelines.pdf CBCA Guidelines for Publishers
- News: Convery . Stephanie . Harmon . Steph . 17 August 2017 . Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award . . live . 18 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190816192029/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/18/claire-zorns-grief-and-surfing-story-wins-childrens-book-of-the-year-award . 16 August 2019 . 0261-3077.
- Web site: Book of the Year Awards 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903135412/https://cbca.org.au/winners-2018 . 3 September 2018 . 28 August 2018 . Children's Book Council of Australia.
- Web site: 2019-08-16 . CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190816183834/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/08/16/137855/cbca-awards-2019-winners-announced/ . 16 August 2019 . 2019-08-16 . . en-AU.
- Web site: 2020-10-16 . CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017014533/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/16/158101/cbca-book-of-the-year-2020-winners-announced/ . 17 October 2020 . 2020-10-16 . . en-AU.
- Web site: 2021-08-21 . CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210820025648/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/08/20/191847/cbca-book-of-the-year-2021-winners-announced/ . 20 August 2021 . 2021-08-20 . . en-AU.
- Web site: 2022-08-19 . CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819021253/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/19/219322/cbca-announces-2022-book-of-the-year-awards/ . 19 August 2022 . 2022-08-19 . . en-AU.
- Web site: 2023-08-18 . CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced . 2023-08-19 . Books+Publishing.
- News: Story . Hannah . 2024-08-16 . 'It's never been so difficult to get a book into kids' hands': The book prize reaching young people . 2024-08-16 . ABC News . en-AU.