2025 CBCA Book of the Year Award Winners
Each year the Children’s Book Council of Australia announces their Book of the Year across six categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early...
2025 CBCA Book of the Year Award Winners
Children’s Book Week
Children’s Book Week Review – Two Turtles
Children’s Book Week Review – Two Turtles
An action-packed story with bold illustrations and a silly twist at the end. This book is an unforgettable lesson in the importance of cooperation and the perils of relentless competition.
Children’s Book Week Review – Birdy by Sharon Kernot
Children’s Book Week Review – Birdy by Sharon Kernot
" Maddy is mute. Since the Incident she has barely spoken. And now she and her mother and brother are staying in a farmhouse on an old apricot orchard not far from town. It’s a chance to rest and recuperate – or a way to hide further away from the world. "
Children’s Book Week Review – Comes the Night
Children’s Book Week Review – Comes the Night
Comes the night by Isobelle Carmody is included in the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Older Readers Shortlist.You can view the other titles...
Children’s Book Week Review – Over or Under?
Children’s Book Week Review – Over or Under?
I'm jumping waves at the beach with Dad.If they're small I can leap over their frothy peaks.Easy!But further out, when they're big, you have to duck...
Children’s Book Week Review – Amid the Sand Dunes
Children’s Book Week Review – Amid the Sand Dunes
Amid the Sand Dunes By Andrea Rowe / illustrated by Hannah Sommerville This book has made the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s 2025 Notable list...