Winners - 2019

Congratulations to the CBCA Book of the Year Awards winners and honour books for 2019!

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)

Winner

Between Us Atkins, Clare Black Inc. Books ISBN: 9781760640217

Honours

Small Spaces Epstein, Sarah Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921977381

Honours

Lenny's Book of Everything Foxlee, Karen Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760529444

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 8-12 years.

Winner

His Name Was Walter Rodda, Emily HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9781460756188

Honours

Black Cockatoo Merrison, Carl & Hustler, Hakea Magabala Books ISBN: 9781925360707

Honours

The Peacock Detectives Nugent, Carly Text Publishing ISBN: 9781925603705

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 0-7 years

Winner

Tricky's Bad Day Lester, Alison Affirm Press 9781925712513

Honours

Heads and Tails: Insects Canty, John Berbay Publishing 9780994384164

Honours

Here Comes Stinkbug! Riddle, Tohby Allen & Unwin 9781760523527

Entries in this category should be 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.
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

Winner

Cicada Tan, Shaun Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734418630

Honours

The Mediterranean Greder, Armin Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760630959

Honours

The All New Must Have Orange 430 Speechley, Michael Penguin Random House Australia ISBN: 9780143788973

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

Winner

Sorry Day Vass, Coral Illus. Leffler, Dub National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780642279033

Honours

The Happiness Box: A Wartime Book of Hope Greenwood, Mark Illus. McLean, Andrew Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781925081381

Honours

Make Believe: M. C. Escher for Kids Ryan, Kate Illus. Bennett, Cally National Gallery of Victoria ISBN: 9781925432558

The CBCA Award for New Illustrators aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. Ages 0-18 years.

Note: New Illustrator Books are listed by the illustrator, followed by the author

Winner

Grandma Z Gray-Barnett, Daniel Scribble Kids' Books ISBN: 9781925322156