Here’s the shortlist…
Monday, August 10th, 2009… of the titles in the running to win Book of the Year in the 2009 Children’s Book Week.
CBW is 22-28th August, but until we know the winners, come in, phone us, or pop onto the library catalogue and place a free reseve on any of the following titles:
Book of the Year - Older Readers Short List 2009 These books are for mature readers
Monster Blood Tattoo Book Two: Lamplighter by D. M. Cornish
Into White Silence by Anthony Eaton
A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Kill the Possum by James Moloney
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Book of the Year - Younger Readers Short List 2009 Intended for independent younger readers.
The Wish Pony by Catherine Bateson
Polar Boy by Sandy Fussell
Then by Morris Gleitzman
Audrey of the Outback by Christine Harris & Ann James
Perry Angel’s Suitcase by Glenda Millard & Stephen Michael King
The Wizard of Rondo by Emily Rodda
Book of the Year - Early Childhood Short List 2009 Intended for children in the pre-reading to early reading stages.
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
Leaf by Stephen Michael King
Special Kev by Chris McKimmie
Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle by Glenda Millard & Stephen Michael King
Tom Tom by Rosemary Sullivan & Dee Huxley
Puffling by Margaret Wild & Julie Vivas
Book of the Year - Picture Book Short List 2009
Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years range (Some books may be for mature readers).
Sunday Chutney by Aaron Blabey
Collecting Colour by Kylie Dunstan
Home and Away by Matt Ottley & John Marsden
Nobody Owns the Moon by Tohby Riddle
Captain
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness by Colin Thompson
Book of the Year - Eve Pownall Short List 2009 Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years. (Some books may be for mature readers).
The Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky & Tohby Riddle
Simpson and his Donkey by Mark Greenwood & Frané Lessac
Alive in the Death by Lincoln Hall
The Story of Chicken in
Tuart Dwellers by Jan Ramage & Ellen Hickman
Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art by John Ross & Anna Booth