CBCA Winners 2012

Congratulations to this years Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year winners!


BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS
The Dead I Know
By Scot Gardner
Honour Books: A Straight Line To My Heart by Bill Condon and When We Were Two by Robert Newton

BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS
Crow Country
By Kate Constable
Honour Books: Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French and The Truth About Verity Sparks by Susan Green


BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD
The Runaway Hug
By Nick Bland, llustrated by Freya Blackwood 
Honour Books: Come Down, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett Illustrated by Freya Blackwood and That's Not a Daffodil! by Elizabeth Honey

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A Bus Called Heaven
By Bob Graham 
Honour Books: The Dream of the Thylacine by Ron Brooks illustrated by Margaret Wild and Flood by Jackie French illustrated by Bruce Whatley

EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS
One Small Island
By Alison Lester, Illustrated by Coral Tulloch
Honour Books: The Little Refugee by Anh & Suzanne Do illustrated by Bruce Whatley and Surrealism For Kids by Queensland Art Gallery