Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood

The Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood has been presented annually since 2001 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).

The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, poetry or concept books for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. They may be picture books, picture storybooks or texts in which illustrations play a substantial part in the storytelling or concept development."CBCA Guidelines for Publishers

Award winners

2000s YearAuthor Title Publisher 2001, illus. Andrew McLean You'll Wake the Baby! Penguin Books2002Let's Get a Pup!Walker Books2003, illus. Andrew McLeanA Year on Our FarmOmnibus Books2004Grandpa and ThomasViking Books2005, illus. Judy HoracekWhere Is the Green Sheep?Viking Books2006Annie's ChairViking Books2007, illus. Freya BlackwoodAmy and LouisScholastic Press2008Pearl Barley and Charlie ParsleyViking Books2009How to Heal a Broken WingWalker Books

2010s YearAuthor Title PublisherRef. 2010, illus. Emma Quay Bear & Chook by the Sea Lothian Books2011, illus. Freya BlackwoodMaudie and BearLittle Hare Books2012, illus. Freya BlackwoodThe Runaway HugScholastic Press, Scholastic Australia2013, illus. Freya BlackwoodThe Terrible SuitcaseLittle Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont2014, illus. Andrew JoynerThe SwapScholastic Press, Scholastic Australia2015, illus. Freya BlackwoodGo to Sleep, Jessie!Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont2016Mr HuffPenguin Random House2017, illus. Dion BeasleyGo Home, Cheeky Animals!Allen & Unwin2018, illus. Chrissie KrebsRodney Loses It!Omnibus Books2019Tricky's Bad DayAffirm

2020s YearAuthorTitlePublisherRef.2020My Friend FredAllen & Unwin2021 and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman, illus. Mel PearceNo! Never!Lothian2022, illus. Hannah SommervilleJetty JumpingHardie Grant2023, illus. Max HamiltonWhere the Lyrebird LivesWindy Hollow2024Gymnastica Fantastica!Lothian2025, illus. by Craig SmithThe Wobbly BikeWalker2026The Emporer's EggLothian

See also

List of CBCA Awards List of Australian literary awards

External links CBCA Awards History

References