Winston and the Indoor Cat
Leila Rudge
Walker Books Australia
CBCA 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.
To read what our Shadow Judges are saying about these books click the Book’s image below.
You can download the CBCA Book of the Year Judges’ Critique here.
Jetty Jumping
Andrea Rowe (illus. by Hannah Sommerville)
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
Amira’s Suitcase
Vikki Conley (illus. by Nicky Johnston)
New Frontier Publishing
Walk of the Whales
Nick Bland
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
What Do You Call Your Grandma?
Ashleigh Barton (Illust: Martina Heiduczek)
ABC: An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
When the Waterhole Dries Up
Kaye Baillie (illus. by Max Hamilton)
Windy Hollow Books