Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature
Subcategory of Awards — Australian Awards
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History

In 2018, no prize was awarded for either the Picture Book or the Young Readers categories.

Notes

  • First awarded in 1988 by the NSW Family Therapy Association. State branches joined with the NSW Branch and the Award became a national one.
    The Award is annual and is for an Australian children's book published in the previous year.
    From 1988 to 1995 there was a single category for the Award.
    In 1996 two categories were created, Older Readers; and Picture Book and Younger Readers.

    There was no award in the Picture Book and Younger Readers category in 2003.

Subcategories

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Year: 1995

winner y separately published work icon Fracture Zone Jonathan Harlen , Norwood : Omnibus Books , 1994 Z509301 1994 single work novel young adult Andrejs' extended family, now resident in Sydney, but originally affluent landowners in Latvia, finally accept that Australia is their home. Against this backdrop, Andrejs finds himself championing an old woman who is in danger of losing her home. (Source: Southern Cross University)

Year: 1994

winner y separately published work icon Dougy James Moloney , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z517389 1993 single work novel young adult (taught in 1 units)

'I'm nobody much That's the way Dougy sees himself. Struggling at school, Dougy is quiet. He watches more than he speaks. His siblings, Raymond and Gracey, are the one with the talent- his brother a star footballer and his sister just picked for the state athletic championships. When racial tensions engulf their lonely town in the Australian outback, madness grips and hot-headed men give way to their fears. And waiting in the rising river waters lurks something even more dangerous. Death is stalking Dougy's sister, Gracey, unless he can save her. Can a nobody stand against such forces? Is there more to Dougy than even he knows?' (Publication summary)

Year: 1993

winner y separately published work icon Crossfire James Moloney , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1992 Z248006 1992 single work novel young adult When Luke is suspended for taking a rifle to school, he's in big trouble. But his mother's unexpected hospitalisation means that he can join his father on a forbidden hunting trip, where he discovers the guns, the killing, and even his father aren't quite as he imagined.

Year: 1992

winner y separately published work icon Change the Locks Simon French , Gosford : Ashton Scholastic , 1991 Z545130 1991 single work novel young adult It is only chance and coincidence that begin to explain the mystery of Steven's memories and the fear that accompanies them because his mother continually evades his questions about the past.

Year: 1991

winner y separately published work icon Two Weeks With the Queen Morris Gleitzman , London : Blackie , 1989 Z509661 1989 single work novel humour young adult (taught in 3 units) "Sent to live with relatives in England when his younger brother develops a rare form of cancer, Colin tries to see the Queen to help find a cure for his brother." (Source: Trove)
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Works About this Award

Book Notes [20 July 1991] 1991 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 July 1991; (p. 40)
New Values, New Awards Maureen Crago , 1991 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 6 no. 4 1991; (p. 14-16)
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