2020 CBCA Book of the Year Award Winners & Honour Books

The announcement of the Book of the Year Awards was made on Friday October 16 (delayed due to Covid). It was a virtual event, and the entire ceremony can be viewed here. A list of the winners can be downloaded here as a pdf file, and there is a lot of other information available about each book as well.

*Each book is linked to its Reading Time review.

Older Readers

WINNER
HONOUR BOOK
HONOUR BOOK

Younger Readers

WINNER
HONOUR BOOK
HONOUR BOOK

Early Childhood

WINNER
HONOUR BOOK
HONOUR BOOK

Picture Book

WINNER
HONOUR BOOK
HONOUR BOOK

Eve Pownall Information Book of the Year

WINNER
HONOUR BOOK

New Illustrator’s Award

WINNER

Note: There are no Honour Books awarded in the New Illustrator’s category

Go here to see the whole Shortlist and here for the Notable Lists, and here for a press release including comments by CBCA National Chair Emeritus Professor Margot Hillel.

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