The Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Shortlists for 2009 have been announced, and you can find most of them within CSU Library’s collection.
Book of the Year – Older Readers
- Monster Blood Tattoo Book Two: Lamplighter by DM Cornish
- Into White Silence by Anthony Eaton
- A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French
- Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
- Kill the Possum by James Maloney
- Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Book of the Year – Younger Readers
- The Wish Pony by Catherine Bateson
- Polar Boy by Sandy Fussell
- Then by Morris Gleitzman
- Audrey of the Outback by Christina Harris
- Perry Angel’s Suitcase by Glenda Millard
- The Wizard of Rondo by Emily Rodda
Book of the Year – Early Childhood
- How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
- Leaf by Stephen Michael King
- Special Kev by Chris McKimmie
- Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle by Glenda Millard
- Tom Tom by Rosemary Sullivan
- Puffling by Margaret Wild
Book of the Year – Picture Book
- Sunday Chutney illustrated by Aaron Blabey
- Collecting Colour illustrated by Kylie Dunstan
- Home and Away illustrated by Matt Ottley
- Nobody Owns the Moon illustrated by Tohby Riddle
- Captain Congo and the Crocodile King illustrated by Greg Holfeld
- The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness illustrated by Colin Thompson
Book of the Year – Eve Pownall Award
- The Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky
- Simpson and his Donkey by Mark Greenwood
- Alive in the Death Zone by Lincoln Hall
- The Workbook Series – The Story of Chicken in Australia by Catriona Nicholls and Janet Paterson
- Tuart Dwellers by Jan Ramage
- Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art by John Ross and Anna Booth
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