Announcing the 2025 Book of the Year Award Short Lists
Book of the Year Older Readers Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate […]
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Highly Recommended
These books are highly recommended by the Reading Time reviewers.
Over or Under?
Pip Harry (text) and Hilary Jean Tapper (illustrator), Over or Under?, Lothian Children’s Books, October 2024, 32 pp., RRP $24.99
Sunny at the End of the World
Bowe, Steph. Sunny at the End of the World, Text Publishing, March 2025, 272 pp., RRP $22.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922790767 ‘It’s the
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Little Bones
Sandy Bigna, Little Bones, University of Queensland Press, March 2025, 238 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780702268878 Eleven-year-old Bones is
The Midwatch
Judith Rossell, The Midwatch, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, Oct 2024, 320 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk) ISBN 9781761212369 I loved every
Every Rock has a Story
Kitty van Cuylenburg (text) and Cher Hart (illustrator), Every Rock has a Story: An A to Z of Australian Geology,
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The Moon Story
Marshia Cook, with Tamua Nuggett (extra illustrations), The Moon Story, Indigenous Literacy Foundation, December 2024, 24 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk),
Announcing the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Award Notable Books
Congratulations to the following authors, illustrators and publishers on being recognised on this year’s lists. Shortlists will be announced on
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Don’t Worry, Felix
Yohann Devezy and Katharine Alice (text), Zoe Bennett (illustrator), Don’t Worry, Felix, New Frontier Publishing, October 2024, 32 pp., RRP
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The Skin I’m In
Steph Tisdell, The Skin I’m In, Macmillan Australia, August 2024, 346 pp, RRP $26.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760984977 From the extraordinary