Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
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Works About this Award

Children's Book Council of Australia Announces Winners of the 2024 Children's Book of the Year Awards Hannah Story , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2024;

'Karen Comer didn't set out to write a pandemic novel. But, living in Melbourne in 2020 through one of the world's strictest lockdowns, she read over part of her book and found she had accidentally written one.'

Young Readers Give Their Verdicts for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Shadowers' Choice Awards Rosemary Bolger , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , August 2022;

'For the first time, the best Australian children's books of the year have been decided by the young people reading them.' 

In 20 Years of Award-winning Picture Books, Non-white People Made up Just 12% of Main Characters Helen Caple , Ping Tian , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 October 2020;

'A highlight for Australian children’s literature is the announcements of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year award winners. This year’s winners will be announced on Friday October 16 — right before the start of CBCA’s Book Week on October 19.' 

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