Fiction for Younger Readers (1991-2014)
or Primary Division
Subcategory of COOL Award
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2014

winner y separately published work icon Andy Roid and the Tracks of Death Felice Arena , Melbourne : Penguin , 2013 Z1911997 2013 single work children's fiction children's adventure

'Andy and Judd are undercover in Switzerland. Their mission is to find the headquarters of the evil Blaireau Corporation, but why is Judd so freaked out? One thing's for sure, Andy's upgraded powers and hardware are certainly going to get a workout!' (Publisher's blurb)

Year: 2013

winner y separately published work icon Pizza Cake and Other Funny Stories Morris Gleitzman , Camberwell : Puffin , 2011 Z1815763 2011 selected work short story children's 'Save ten lives with a paperclip, discover how a big banana can ruin your sister's holiday, make a new friend with a garbage bin, develop a taste for sheep's spleen and chips, bounce on a vampire's bed, rescue your dad from a dog and a spider, use a toilet roll to get justice, upset the neighbours with a pickaxe, eat a pizza that makes you fearless, and imagine a world where...' (From the publisher's website.)

Year: 2012

winner y separately published work icon Tashi and the Golem Anna Fienberg , Barbara Fienberg , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1634351 2009 single work children's fiction children's

Year: 2011

winner y separately published work icon The Very Bad Book Andy Griffiths , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2010 Z1727209 2010 selected work children's fiction poetry children's humour 'In a very bad wood,
There was a very bad house.
And in that very bad house,
There was a very bad room.
And in that very bad room,
There was a very bad cupboard.
And in that very bad cupboard,
There was a very bad shelf.
And on that very bad shelf,
There was a very bad box.
And in that very bad box,
There was a VERY BAD BOOK...
AND THIS IS IT!!!' (From the publisher's website.)

Year: 2010

winner y separately published work icon The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow Andy Griffiths , Sydney : Pan Macmillan , 2008 Z1517960 2008 single work children's fiction children's humour

'More rhyming mayhem and comic madness from the bestselling duo of the inspired JUST! series. Andy Griffiths’ rhyming text — that will entice and engage the most reluctant child to read while laughing all the way — is hilariously counterpointed by Terry Denton’s delightfully wonky illustrations. A side-splitting companion to the award-winning and Children's Book Council shortlisted title, The Cat on the Mat is Flat.' (Publication summary)

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