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Monday, August 23, 2010

Children's Book Council Book of the Year 2010 Awards

The winners of the 2010 Book of the year awards have been announced! Congratulations to the authors and illustrators who have provided us with such beautiful and entertaining reading! Click on the book covers to go to a site with activities based around the books. The winners are, in their categories, as follows:

Picture Book of the Year 2010
Winner: The Hero of Little Street by Gregory Rogers
Honour: Isabella's Garden by Rebecca Cool (illustrations) and Glenda Millard (text)

Honour: Fox and Fine Feathers by Narelle Oliver

Early Childhood Book of the Year 2010
Winner: Bear & Chook by the Sea by Lisa Shanahan (text) and Emma Quay (illustrations)
Honour: Kip by Christina Booth
Honour: Clancy & Millie and the Very Fine House by Libby Gleeso
n (text) and Freya Blackwood (illustrations)


Younger Readers Book of the Year 2010
Winner: Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch
Honour: Running with the Horses by Alison Lester
Honour: Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy (text) and Heather Potter (illustrations)


Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2010
Winner: Australian Backyard Explorer by Peter Macinnis
Honour: Polar Eyes: a Journey to Antarctica by Tanya Patrick (text) and Nicholas Hutcheson (illustrations)
Honour: Maralinga: The Anangu Story by the Yalata & Oak Communities with Christobel Mattingley

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