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Picture Book of the Year

This award is: made to outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity, or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations. CBCA Awards Handbook
 
Picture Book Shortlist
Little critter [Copyrighted to CBCA]
©CBCA
Note: These books have an intended audience ranging from birth to 18 years. Some titles may be for mature readers.
 
 
 
 
 
BLABEY, Aaron
Sunday Chutney
Viking, 2008
ISBN 978-0-670-07179-1
SCIS No: 1369240
Price: hbk $24.95

CMIS Review:
Sunday Chutney

Penguin:
Book information [Includes a short video]
Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey
© Penguin Group Australia
Cover reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
 
 
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Award DUNSTAN, Kylie
Collecting Colour
Lothian Children’s Books, 2008
ISBN 978-0-7344-1022-1
SCIS No: 1354586
Price: hbk $28.99

CMIS Review:
Collecting Colour

Author/Illustrator:
Kylie Dunstan
Colecting Colour by Kylie Dunstan

Winner
© Hachette Australia
Cover permission for CMIS as a corporate member of the CBCA
 
 
 
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OTTLEY, Matt MARSDEN, John
Home and Away
Lothian Children’s Books, 2008
ISBN 978-0-7344-1056-6
SCIS No: 1380848
Price: hbk $28.99

CMIS Review:
Home and Away
Student Reviews: YARA [Choose 'Australian Books' and select 'Marsdenl' from the author index]

Author: John Marsden
Illustrator:
Matt Ottley
Home and Away by John Marsden and Matt Ottley

Honour Book
© Hachette Australia
Cover permission for CMIS as a corporate member of the CBCA
 
 
 
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RIDDLE, Tohby
Nobody Owns the Moon
Viking, 2008
ISBN 978-0-670-07160-9
SCIS No: 1377853
Price: hbk $24.95

CMIS Review:
Nobody Owns the Moon

Author/Illustrator: Tohby Riddle

Awards: Shortlisted, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature 2009 [NSW]
Nobody owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle
© Penguin Group Australia
Cover reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
 
 
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HOLFELD, Greg and STARKE, Ruth
Captain Congo and the Crocodile King
Working Title Press, 2008
ISBN 978-1-87628-891-4
SCIS No: 1373414
Price: hbk $24.95

CMIS Review: 
Captain Congo and the Crocodile King

Author: Ruth Starke
Illustrator:
Greg Holfeld's blog

Captain Congo and the Crocodile King by Ruth Starke and Greg Holfeld
© Working Title Press
Cover reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
 
 
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THOMPSON, Colin
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness

Random House Australia, 2008
ISBN 978-1-7416-6256-6
SCIS No: 1359653
Price: hbk $24.95

CMIS Review:
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness

Random House: Reading Guide
Author/Illustrator: Colin Thompson
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness by Colin Thompson

Honour Book
© Random House Australia
Cover reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
 
 
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