On March March 26 2019, at noon, The Children’s Book Council of Australia announced their 2019 Short List. Congratulations to all creators. Winners will be announced on Friday August 16, 2019 at noon. The ceremony will take place in Melbourne.
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Books have links to either reviewing on Reading Time, or where possible, directly to Booktopia.
The Book of the Year: Older Readers
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years (NB: These books are for mature readers).
https://readingtime.com.au/between-us/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/small-spaces/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/lennys-book-of-everything/ 
https://t.dgm-au.com/QE4LA 
https://readingtime.com.au/the-bogan-mondrian/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/the-art-of-taxidermy/
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. Ages 7-12 years.
https://readingtime.com.au/brindabella/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/leave-taking/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/black-cockatoo/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/the-slightly-alarming-tale-of-the-whispering-wars-kingdoms-and-empires-2/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/the-peacock-detectives/ 
https://t.dgm-au.com/yo9KW
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.
https://readingtime.com.au/heads-and-tails-insects/ 
https://t.dgm-au.com/4Mo9n 
https://readingtime.com.au/rainbow-bear/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/noni-the-pony-rescues-a-joey/ 
https://t.dgm-au.com/REmQN 
https://readingtime.com.au/here-comes-stinkbug/
Picture Book of the Year
Entries in this category should be outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and Illusrator achieve artistic and literary unity or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through Illusrations. Ages 0-18 years (NB. Some of these books may be for mature readers).
Note: Picture Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author
https://t.dgm-au.com/9qOk5 
https://readingtime.com.au/the-mediterranean/ 
https://t.dgm-au.com/jaZbP 
https://t.dgm-au.com/Pn4xe 
https://t.dgm-au.com/5zYr2 
https://t.dgm-au.com/kAZ6L
The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.
https://readingtime.com.au/bouncing-back-an-eastern-barred-bandicoot-story/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/the-happiness-box-a-wartime-book-of-hope/ 
https://t.dgm-au.com/1zR4B 
https://store.ngv.vic.gov.au/products/make-believe-m-c-escher-for-kids 
https://readingtime.com.au/our-birds-nilimurrungu-wayin-malanynha/ 
https://readingtime.com.au/sorry-day/
CBCA Award for New Illustrator
This Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children’s book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.
https://t.dgm-au.com/3zoGA 
https://t.dgm-au.com/0zA4L 
https://readingtime.com.au/dingo-nature-storybooks/ 
https://t.dgm-au.com/27M4G 
https://t.dgm-au.com/OE4PG
