Picture Storybook (1986-)
Subcategory of YABBA
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Notes

  • Honour books are only awarded from 2022 (inclusive) onwards.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2024

winner y separately published work icon Macca the Alpaca Matt Cosgrove , Mascot : Koala Books , 2018 12315486 2018 single work picture book children's

'Macca the Alpaca is small, kind and friendly. His days are easy and carefree until he accidentally bumps head-first into Harmer the llama. Harmer is big, unkind and never, ever friendly . . . Can little Macca find a way to teach Harmer a lesson he'll never forget?' (Publication summary)

Year: 2023

winner y separately published work icon Busting! Aaron Blabey , Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2017 10294762 2017 single work children's fiction children's

'Lou is BUSTING for the loo.

'But the loo has quite a queue.

'So what on earth is Lou to do?' (Publication summary)

Year: 2022

winner y separately published work icon Pig the Monster Aaron Blabey , Aaron Blabey (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2021 21550418 2021 single work picture book children's

'Be very afraid... It's Halloween, and Pig is on a rampage for treats! But don't be stingy, because this greedy Pug has some terrible tricks up his sleeve... Another laugh-out-loud book from the #1 New York Times best-selling author, Aaron Blabey.' (Publication summary)

Year: 2021

winner y separately published work icon Do Not Open This Book Ever Andy Lee , Heath McKenzie (illustrator), Hawthorn : Lake Press , 2020 20007117 2020 single work picture book children's

'Do Not Open This Book EVER! Wizz is back, and he's up to his old tricks again. He does not want you to EVER read this book, and he'll use every trick he can think of to stop you reaching the end! What disaster awaits at the end of the book this time?

'This fun story will delight children and adults alike. Keep turning the pages and find out what happens when you reach the end all over again, if you dare!'

Source: publisher's blurb

Year: 2020

winner y separately published work icon Definitely Do Not Open This Book Andy Lee , Heath McKenzie (illustrator), Hawthorn : Lake Press , 2019 17292723 2019 single work picture book children's

'Wizz is back, and he's up to his old tricks again. He DEFINITELY does not want you to read this book, and he'll use every trick he can think of to stop you reaching the end! What disaster awaits at the end of the book this time?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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