The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.[1]
The award was established in 2016. The works considered for this award were originally included under the scope of the Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's & YA from 2008-2015. In 2016 that award was split into two separate awards (Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's and Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Young Adult).
| 2016 | Aaron Blabey | The Bad Guys: Episode 1 | Winner | [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katrina Nannestad & Lucia Masciullo | Olive of Groves | Finalist | [3] | |
| Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus) | The 65-Storey Treehouse | Finalist | ||
| Shaun Tan | The Singing Bones | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Jeannie Baker | Circle | Winner | [4] |
| Aaron Blabey | Pig the Winner | Finalist | [5] | |
| Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus) | The 78-Storey Treehouse | Finalist | ||
| Judith Rossell | Wormwood Mire | Finalist | ||
| 2018 | Jessica Townsend | Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Winner | [6] |
| Aaron Blabey | Pig the Star | Finalist | [7] | |
| Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh (Illus) | I'm Australian Too | Finalist | ||
| Sally Rippin | Polly and Buster: The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Karen Foxlee | Lenny's Book of Everything | Winner | [8] |
| Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys (illus) | All the Ways to be Smart | Finalist | [9] | |
| Shaun Tan | Tales from the Inner City | Finalist | ||
| Jessica Townsend | Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Sami Bayly | The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals | Winner | [10] |
| Anh Do & Jeremy Ley (illus) | Into the Wild: Wolf Girl Book 1 | Finalist | [11] | |
| Mem Fox & Freya Blackwood (illus) | The Tiny Star | Finalist | ||
| Bruce Pascoe | Young Dark Emu: A Truer History | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | Amelia Mellor | The Grandest Bookshop in the World | Winner | [12] |
| Sami Bayly | The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals | Finalist | [13] | |
| Jane Godwin & Alison Lester (illus) | Sing Me The Summer | Finalist | ||
| Jessica Townsend | Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow | Finalist | ||
| 2022 | Katrina Nannestad | Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief | Winner | [14] |
| Karen Foxlee | Dragon Skin | Finalist | [15] | |
| Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing & David Hardy (illus) | Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country | Finalist | ||
| Favel Parrett | Wandi | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | Craig Silvey | Runt | Winner | [16] |
| Sean E. Avery | Frank's Red Hat | Finalist | [17] | |
| Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing & David Hardy (illus) | Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country | Finalist | ||
| Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard | Guardians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 1 | Finalist | ||
| 2024 | Jaclyn Moriarty | The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet | Winner | [18] |
| Amelia McInerney & Lucinda Gifford | Neil, the Amazing Sea Cucumber | Finalist | [19] | |
| Katrina Nannestad | Silver Linings | Finalist | ||
| Favel Parrett | Kimmi | Finalist | ||