List of literary awards received by Jackie French explained

The following is a list of books by Australian author Jackie French that have received awards, honours and been shortlisted, among other things, for literary prizes.

Rain Stones

first published 1991

Shortlisted - NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Children's Book Award (1991)
Shortlisted - CBCA ^[1] (1992)
Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Primary Age Group (1993)

Walking the Boundaries

first published 1993

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (1994)
Shortlisted - Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Awards: Junior Section

Somewhere Around the Corner

first published 1994

Honour - CBCA ^[2] (1995)
Highly Commended - Annual Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature^[3] (1994)

Daughter of the Regiment

first published 1998

Shortlisted - CBCA ^[4] (1999)

Hitler's Daughter

first published 1999

Won - CBCA ^[5] (2000)
Won - Sanderson Young Adult Audio Book of the Year Awards: Vision Australia Library (2000)
Won - UK National Literacy Association WOW! Award
Won - Semi-Grand Prix Award (Japan)
Won - Notable Book, US Library Association Notable Book
Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Roll of Honour (2007)
Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Roll of Honour (2008)
Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers (2001)
Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (2002)
Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2002)
Shortlisted - Canberra's Own Outstanding List (2002)
Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2002)
Shortlisted - Children's Choice Book Awards: Older Readers
Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award: Fiction for Older Readers (2007)
Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award: Fiction for Older Readers (2008)
Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Favourite Book of 2008 (2008)
Named a "Blue Ribbon" book by the Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books in the USA (2003)
Admitted to the Kids' Own Australian Literature Awards' Hall of Fame^[6]

The Café on Callisto

first published 2000

Won - Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction (2001)

Lady Dance

first published 2000

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2001)

Stamp, Stomp, Whomp

first published 2000

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2001)

Missing You, Love Sara

first published 2000

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2001)
Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Older Readers (2001)
Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2002)
Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2002)

How to Guzzle Your Garden

first published 2000

Shortlisted - CBCA ^[5] (2000)

In the Blood

first published 2001

Won - ACT Book of the Year^[7] (2002)

Ride the Wild Wind

first published 2002

Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[8] (2003)
Shortlisted - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards - Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature (2003)

Diary of a Wombat

first published 2002

Won - American Library Association Notable Children's Book
Won - Canberra's Own Outstanding List Award for Best Picture Book (2003)
Won - Young Australian Readers' Award (2003)
Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Best Picture Book (2003)
Won - ABA/A A Neilson Book of the Year (2003)
Won - Benjamin Franklin Award, USA (2004)
Won - Lemmee Award, USA (2004)
Won - KIND Award, USA (2004)
Won - Kids' Reading Oz Choice Award (2007)
Won - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2008)
Honour - CBCA ^[9] (2003)
Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2003)
Shortlisted - Australian Publisher's Association Book Design Awards for Best Designed Children's Picture Book (2003)
Shortlisted - Galley Club Award, Picture Book category of the Children's Choice Book Awards (2003)
Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2004)
Shortlisted - Book Sense Book of the Year Award: Children's Illustrated Book (2004)
Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2007)
Voted Favourite Picture Book of the Year in the Cuffie Awards in the USA
Tied with Diary of a Worm for Funniest Book in the Cuffie Awards in the USA (2003)
Number two on the 'Best 20 picture books for 2003' in the USA (2003)

Flesh and Blood

first published 2003

Shortlisted - Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel (2004)

Valley of Gold

first published 2003

Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[10] (2004)

Too Many Pears!

first published 2003

Shortlisted - COOL Award (2004)
Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2004)

To the Moon and Back

first published 2004

Won - CBCA ^[11] (2005)

My Dad the Dragon

first published 2004

Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[12] (2005)

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy

first published 2004

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2005)

Pete the Sheep

first published 2005

Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2005)

The Secret World of Wombats

first published 2005

Shortlisted - NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature^[13] (2006)

They Came on Viking Ships

first published 2005

Won - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Younger Readers (2007)
Shortlisted - Essex Book Award (UK)
Shortlisted - NSW Premier's History Awards: The Young People's History Prize (2006)

Josephine Wants to Dance

first published 2006

Won - Australian Booksellers' Book of the Year: Younger Readers (2007)
Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[14] (2007)
Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[15] (2007)

The Goat who Sailed the World

first published 2006

Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[16] (2007)
Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2008)

Macbeth and Son

first published 2006

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2007)
Shortlisted - CBCA (2007)

The Shaggy Gully Times

first published 2007

Won - White Raven Award (2008)
Shortlisted - CBCA (2008)

Pharaoh

first published 2007

Shortlisted - CBCA (2008)
Shortlisted - ACT Book of the Year (2008)

A Rose for the Anzac Boys

first published 2008

Honour Book - CBCA ^[17] (2009)

The Night They Stormed Eureka

first published 2009

Won - NSW History Award: Young People's History Prize^[18] (2011)

The Donkey who Carried the Wounded

first published 2009

Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[19] (2010)

Weevils, War & Wallabies: 1920-1945

first published 2009

Won - Notable Book, CBCA ^[20] (2010)

Queen Victoria's Underpants

first published 2010

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2011)

Oracle

first published 2010

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2011)

A Waltz for Matilda

first published 2010

Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award (2011)

Christmas Wombat

first published 2011

Shortlisted - Australian Book Industry Award: Book of the Year for Younger Children^[21]

Nanberry: Black Brother White

first published 2011

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2012)^[22]
Honour - CBCA ^[23] (2012)
Shortlisted - Australian Book Industry Awards (2012, awaiting judging)

Flood

first published 2011

Won - International White Raven Award (2012)
Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2012)
Honour - CBCA (2012)

The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup

first published 2012

Won - Notable Book, CBCA (2013)

Pirate Boy of Sydney Town

first published 2019

Shortlisted - Young People's History Prize, New South Wales Premier's History Awards (2020)^[24]

Notes and References

News: Winners and Shortlists 1990 - 1999 - CBCA . 25 April 2012 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403053729/http://cbca.org.au/9099.htm#1992 . 3 April 2012 . dead .
News: Winners and Shortlists 1990 - 1999 - CBCA . 25 April 2012 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403053729/http://cbca.org.au/9099.htm#1995 . 3 April 2012 . dead .
News: The Family Therapy Associations of Australia, Award for Children's Literature . 1 July 2007.
News: Winners and Shortlists 1990 - 1999 - CBCA . 25 April 2012 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403053729/http://cbca.org.au/9099.htm#1999 . 3 April 2012 . dead .
News: Winners 2000 - 2006 - CBCA . 25 April 2012 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501145436/http://cbca.org.au/2009.htm#2000 . 1 May 2012 . dead .
News: Kids Own Australian Literature Awards Inc.:: Hall of Fame . 21 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120518125233/http://www.koalansw.org.au/page/hall_of_fame.html . 18 May 2012 .
Web site: ACT Book of the Year Winners . ACT Virtual Library . 2007-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070831125605/http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/frequentlyaskedquestions/literaryawards/literaryawards2 . 2007-08-31 . dead .
News: notables03YR - CBCA . 25 April 2012 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324233311/http://cbca.org.au/natnote03yr.htm . 24 March 2012 . dead .
News: Winners 2000 - 2006 - CBCA . 25 April 2012 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501145436/http://cbca.org.au/2009.htm#2003 . 1 May 2012 . dead .
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News: Natnote05YR - CBCA . 26 April 2012 . 25 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325000406/http://cbca.org.au/Natnote05yr.htm . 25 March 2012 . dead .
News: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, 2006 Shortlist . 13 April 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231817/http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/LiteraryAwards/2006%20awards/2006shortlist06.htm . September 27, 2007 .
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News: Winners 2009 - CBCA . 25 April 2012.
News: Jackie's update April 2011 . 23 April 2012 . 23 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320180319/http://www.jackiefrench.com/april11.html . 20 March 2012 . dead .
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Web site: 2012 ABIA finalists announced . Books and Publishing. 7 May 2019. 12 April 2012.
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Web site: 2020-08-05. Shortlists for 2020 NSW Premier's History Awards announced. 2020-08-06. Books+Publishing. en-AU.