Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers

{{Infobox award

| name = Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| awarded_for = Outstanding Australian books (fiction, drama, illustrated text, poetry or graphic novels) for 13–18-year olds

| presenter = Children's Book Council of Australia

| country = Australia

| year = 1946

| website = http://www.cbca.org.au/

}}

The Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers has been presented annually since 1946 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Note: from 1946 to 1986 this award was known as "Book of the Year".

The Award "will be made to outstanding books of fiction, drama, or poetry which require of the reader a degree of maturity to appreciate the topics, themes and scope of emotional involvement. Generally, books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling."[http://cbca.org.au/docs/publisher%20guidelines.pdf CBCA Guidelines for Publishers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220033953/http://cbca.org.au/docs/publisher%20guidelines.pdf |date=20 February 2012 }}

Award winners

= 1940s =

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! Year

! Author

! Title

! Publisher

! Ref.

1946

|{{Sortname|Leslie|Rees|link=Leslie Rees (writer)}}, illustrated by Walter Cunningham

| {{Sortname|The|Story of Karrawingi the Emu}}

| John Sands

|{{Cite news |date=13 November 1946 |title=Book of the Year |pages=8 |work=The West Australian |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46183607 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204356/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46183607 |url-status=live }}

1947

| colspan="3" |No award

|{{Cite news |date=29 September 1947 |title=No Book Award by Society |pages=4 |work=The Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206044618 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204406/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206044618 |url-status=live }}

1948

|{{Sortname|Frank|Hurley}}

| Shackleton's Argonauts: A Saga of the Antarctic Icepacks

| Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=16 November 1948 |title=Book Society Award |pages=2 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18099028 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204401/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18099028 |url-status=live }}

1949

| colspan="3" |No competition

|{{cite web|title="CBCA Book of the Year Awards 1946 onwards" |publisher=The Children's Book Council of Australia|url=https://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/documents/National/CBCA%20Awards%201946%20on.pdf|access-date= 13 August 2023}}

= 1950s =

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! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

1950

|{{Sortname|Alan J.|Villiers}}, illustrated by Charles Pont

| Whalers of the Midnight Sun

| Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=30 July 1950 |title=New Book Wins Council Award |pages=44 |work=Truth |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167980570 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204355/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167980570 |url-status=live }}

1951

|{{Sortname|Ruth C.|Williams}}, illustrated by Rhys Williams

| Verity of Sydney Town

| Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=5 August 1951 |title=Prizewinner For Children |pages=11 |work=Sunday Herald |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18495337 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204414/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18495337 |url-status=live }}

1952

|{{Sortname|Eve|Pownall}}, illustrated by Margaret Senior

|{{Sortname|The|Australia Book}}

|John Sands

|{{Cite news |date=10 August 1952 |title=Children's Book Of The Year: An Australian Classic? |pages=11 |work=Sunday Herald |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18515643 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204402/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18515643 |url-status=live }}

1953

|{{Sortname|Joan|Phipson}}, illustrated by Margaret Horder

|Good Luck to the Rider

|Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=5 December 1953 |title=For the Young Reader |pages=21 |work=The Age |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206911475 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204414/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206911475 |url-status=live }}

1953

|{{Sortname|James H.|Martin}} and W. D. Martin

|Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow

|Angus and Robertson

1954

|{{Sortname|K. Langloh|Parker}}, edited by Henrietta Drake-Brockman, illustrated by Elizabeth Durack

|Australian Legendary Tales

|Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite web |title=Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C423598 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507084048/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C423598 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |access-date=29 April 2016 |website=Austlit}}

1955

|{{Sortname|Norman B.|Tindale|Norman Tindale}} and Harold Arthur Lindsay, illustrated by Madeleine Boyce

|{{Sortname|The|First Walkabout}}

|Longmans Green

|{{Cite web |title=The First Walkabout by Norman B. Tindale & Harold Arthur Lindsay |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C151032 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507105037/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C151032 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |access-date=2 May 2016 |website=Austlit}}

1956

|{{Sortname|Patricia|Wrightson}}, illustrated by Margaret Horder

|{{Sortname|The|Crooked Snake}}

|Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite web |title=The Crooked Snake by Patricia Wrightson |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C385140 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507050442/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C385140 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |access-date=2 May 2016 |website=Austlit}}

1957

|{{Sortname|Enid Moodie|Heddle}} (ed.), illustrated by Nancy Parker

|{{Sortname|The|Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales}}

|Longmans Green

|{{Cite web |title=The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales edited by Enid Moodie Heddle |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C181347 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507090108/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C181347 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |access-date=2 May 2016 |website=Austlit}}

1958

|{{Sortname|Nan|Chauncy}}

|Tiger in the Bush

|Oxford University Press

|{{Cite web |title=Tiger in the Bush by Nan Chauncy |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C3676 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507095717/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C3676 |archive-date=7 May 2016 |access-date=2 May 2016 |website=Austlit}}

rowspan="2" |1959

|{{Sortname|Nan|Chauncy}}, illustrated by Geraldine Spence

|Devil's Hill

|Oxford University Press

|{{Cite web |date=11 July 1959 |title=Children's Book of the Year Award Shared |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114847166 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204417/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114847166 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |access-date=26 April 2016 |website=The Canberra Times |page=11}}

{{Sortname|John|Gunn|link=John Gunn (Australian writer)}}, illustrated by Brian Keogh

|Sea Menace

|Constable

= 1960s =

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! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

1960

|{{Sortname|Kylie|Tennant}}, illustrated by Clem Seale

| All the Proud Tribesmen

| Macmillan

|{{Cite news |date=11 July 1960 |title=Kylie Tennant Wins Book Of Year Award |pages=3 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137118152 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204359/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137118152 |url-status=live }}

1961

|{{Sortname|Nan|Chauncy}}, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith

| Tangara

| Oxford University Press

|{{Cite news |date=8 July 1961 |title=Children's Book Week |pages=14 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130716863 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204412/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130716863 |url-status=live }}

rowspan="2" |1962

|{{Sortname|Joan|Woodberry}}

| Rafferty Rides a Winner

| M. Parrish, London

|{{Cite news |date=7 July 1962 |title=Award Winners |pages=17 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131726266 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204400/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131726266 |url-status=live }}

| {{Sortname|The|Racketty Street Gang}}

| Hodder & Stoughton

1963

|{{Sortname|Joan|Phipson}}, illustrated by Margaret Horder

|{{Sortname|The|Family Conspiracy}}

|Constable

|{{Cite web |title=The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C147561 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610233420/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C147561 |archive-date=10 June 2016 |access-date=30 May 2016 |website=Austlit}}

1964

|{{Sortname|Eleanor|Spence}}, illustrated by Geraldine Spence

|{{Sortname|The|Green Laurel}}

|Oxford University Press

|{{Cite news |date=4 July 1964 |title=K. Masterman Reviews The Award Winner And Highly Commended Books In The Australian Children's Book Council's 1964 Selections Book Of The Year By Eleanor Spence |pages=11 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105832295 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204416/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105832295 |url-status=live }}

1965

|{{Sortname|H. F.|Brinsmead}}, illustrated by Annette Macarthur-Onslow

|Pastures of the Blue Crane

|Oxford University Press

|{{Cite news |date=3 July 1965 |title=Children's book awards |pages=14 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105758938 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204411/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105758938 |url-status=live }}

1966

|{{Sortname|Ivan|Southall}}, illustrated by Clem Seale

|Ash Road

|Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=9 July 1966 |title=The award winners |pages=12 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107880852 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204357/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107880852 |url-status=live }}

1967

|{{Sortname|Mavis Thorpe|Clark}}, illustrated by Genevieve Melrose

|{{Sortname|The|Min-Min}}

|Lansdowne Press

|{{Cite news |date=8 July 1967 |title=Children's Book Week 1967 |pages=13 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106965786 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204358/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106965786 |url-status=live }}

1968

|{{Sortname|Ivan|Southall}}, illustrated by Jennifer Tuckwell

|To the Wild Sky

|Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=6 July 1968 |title=Children's Book Week |pages=13 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107061241 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204426/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107061241 |url-status=live }}

1969

|{{Sortname|Margaret|Balderson}}, illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus

|When Jays Fly to Barbmo

|Oxford University Press

|{{Cite news |date=12 July 1969 |title=Book Council award winners |pages=16 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136943729 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204401/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136943729 |url-status=live }}

= 1970s =

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! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

1970

|{{Sortname|Annette |Macarthur-Onslow}}

| Uhu

| Ure Smith

|{{Cite web |date= |title=Judges' awards |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110331635 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204358/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110331635 |archive-date=2023-03-07 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=The Canberra Times}}

1971

|{{Sortname|Ivan|Southall}}

| Bread and Honey

| Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite web |date=10 July 1971 |title=1971 awards |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110666933 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204408/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110666933 |archive-date=2023-03-07 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=The Canberra Times |pages=15}}

1972

|{{Sortname|H. F.|Brinsmead}}

| Longtime Passing

| Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite web |date=8 July 1972 |title=Children's Book Week |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101993472 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204350/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101993472 |archive-date=2023-03-07 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=The Canberra Times}}

1973

|{{Sortname|Noreen|Shelley}}, illustrated by Robert Micklewright

| Family at the Lookout

| Oxford University Press

|{{Cite news |date=7 July 1973 |title=The Judges' Report |pages=11 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110736549 |access-date=2023-03-08}}

1974

|{{Sortname|Patricia|Wrightson}}

| {{Sortname|The|Nargun and the Stars|nolink=|link=}}

| Hutchinson

|{{Cite news |date=6 July 1974 |title=Judges' Report |pages=11 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110718249 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204358/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110718249 |url-status=live }}

1975

| colspan="3" |No award

|{{Cite news |date=26 April 1975 |title=No major award for children's books |pages=11 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116344404 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204349/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116344404 |url-status=live }}

1976

|{{Sortname|Ivan|Southall}}

| Fly West

| Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=10 July 1976 |title=1976 children's book awards announced |pages=3 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110816752 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204352/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110816752 |url-status=live }}

1977

|{{Sortname|Eleanor|Spence}}, illustrated by Malcolm Green

| The October Child

| Oxford University Press

| {{cite web|title="CBCA Awards Judges' Report 1977" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Documents/Book%20of%20the%20Year/1977/CBCA_JudgesReport_1977.pdf|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

1978

|{{Sortname|Patricia|Wrightson}}

| The Ice is Coming

| Hutchinson

| {{cite web|title="CBCA Awards Judges' Report 1978" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Documents/Book%20of%20the%20Year/1978/CBCA_JudgesReport_1978.pdf|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

1979

|{{Sortname|Ruth|Manley}}, illustrated by Marianne Yamaguchi

| {{Sortname|The|Plum-Rain Scroll|nolink=1|link=}}

| Hodder and Stoughton

| {{cite web|title="CBCA Awards Judges' Report 1979" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Documents/Book%20of%20the%20Year/1979/CBCA_JudgesReport_1979.pdf|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

= 1980s =

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! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

! Ref.

1980

|{{Sortname|Lee|Harding|link=Lee Harding (writer)}}

| Displaced Person

| Hyland House

|{{cite web|title="Book award to Victorian" |publisher= The Canberrra Times, 12 July 1980, p3|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125609765|access-date= 27 August 2023}}

1981

| {{Sortname|Ruth|Park}}

| Playing Beatie Bow

| Nelson Books

|{{cite web|title="No Picture Book of Year prize" |publisher= The Canberra Times, 11 July 1981, p9|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127050989|access-date= 11 October 2023}}

1982

| {{Sortname|Colin|Thiele}}

| {{Sortname|The|Valley Between|nolink=1|link=}}

| Opal Books

|{{cite web|title="1982 Australian Children's Book of the Year Award" |publisher= The Canberra Times, 24 July 1982, p13|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126885945|access-date= 16 November 2023}}

1983

|{{Sortname|Victor|Kelleher}}

| Master of the Grove

| Kestrel Books

|{{cite web|title= Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1983 |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v874|access-date= 21 November 2023}}

1984

|{{Sortname|Patricia|Wrightson}}

| {{Sortname|A |Little Fear|nolink=1|link=}}

| Hutchinson

|{{cite web|title= Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1984 |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v874|access-date= 21 November 2023}}

1985

|{{Sortname|James|Aldridge}}

| {{Sortname|The|True Story of Lilli Stubeck|nolink=1|link=}}

| Hyland House

|{{cite web|title= Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1985 |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v874|access-date= 21 November 2023}}

1986

|{{Sortname|Thurley|Fowler}}

| {{Sortname|The|Green Wind|nolink=1|link=}}

| Rigby

|{{cite web|title= Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1986 |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v874|access-date= 21 November 2023}}

1987

| {{Sortname|Simon|French}}

| All We Know

| Angus and Robertson

|{{cite web|title= Austlit — Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers 1987 |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v869?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=36&count=3|access-date= 9 December 2023}}

1988

| {{Sortname|John|Marsden|link=John Marsden (writer)}}

| So Much to Tell You

| Joy Street Books

|{{cite web|title= Austlit — So Much To Tell You — Awards |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C184390?mainTabTemplate=workAwards|access-date= 23 December 2023}}

1989

| {{Sortname|Gillian|Rubinstein}}

| Beyond the Labyrinth

| Hyland House

|{{cite web|title= Austlit — Beyond the Labyrinth — Awards |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C247210?mainTabTemplate=workAwards|access-date= 23 December 2023}}

= 1990s =

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! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

! Ref.

1990

|{{Sortname|Robin|Klein}}

| Came Back to Show You I Could Fly

| Viking Books

1991

|{{Sortname|Gary|Crew}}

| Strange Objects

| Heinemann

|{{Cite news |date=27 July 1991 |title=Selectors' difficult task |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122373476 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204358/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122373476 |url-status=live }}

1992

|{{Sortname|Eleanor|Nilsson}}

| {{Sortname|The|House Guest|nolink=1|link=}}

| Viking Books

1993

|{{Sortname|Melina|Marchetta}}

| Looking for Alibrandi

| Puffin Books

rowspan="2" | 1994

|{{Sortname|Isobelle|Carmody}}

| {{Sortname|The|Gathering|nolink=|link=The Gathering (Carmody novel)}}

| Penguin Books

| {{cite web|title="Carmody, Crew take out book honours" |publisher= The Canberra Times, 21 August 1994, p2|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118263901|access-date= 20 June 2024}}

| Angel's Gate

| Heinemann

1995

|{{Sortname|Gillian|Rubinstein}}

|Foxspell

|Hyland House

1996

|{{Sortname|Catherine|Jinks}}

|Pagan's Vows

|Omnibus Books

1997

|{{Sortname|James|Moloney}}

|{{Sortname|A |Bridge to Wiseman's Cove|nolink=|link=}}

|University of Queensland Press

1998

|{{Sortname|Catherine|Jinks}}

|Eye to Eye

|Puffin Books

1999

|{{Sortname|Phillip|Gwynne}}

|Deadly, Unna?

|Penguin Books

= 2000s =

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! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

! Ref

2000

|{{Sortname|Nick|Earls}}

| 48 Shades of Brown

| Penguin Books

| {{cite web|title="CBCA Awards – Winners 2000-2006" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105155208/http://cbca.org.au/2009.htm|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2001

|{{Sortname|Judith|Clarke}}

| Wolf on the Fold

| Allen and Unwin

2002

|{{Sortname|Sonya|Hartnett}}

| Forest

| Viking Books

2003

|{{Sortname|Markus|Zusak}}

| {{Sortname|The|Messenger |nolink=|link=The Messenger (Zusak novel)}}

| Macmillan Publishers

2004

|{{Sortname|Melina|Marchetta}}

| Saving Francesca

| Viking Books

2005

|{{Sortname|Michael Gerard|Bauer}}

| {{Sortname|The|Running Man|nolink=|link=The Running Man (Bauer novel)}}

| Omnibus Books

2006

|{{Sortname|J. C.|Burke}}

| {{Sortname|The|Story of Tom Brennan|nolink=|link=}}

| Random House

2007

|{{Sortname|Margo|Lanagan}}

| Red Spikes

| Allen and Unwin

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2007" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2007|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2008

|{{Sortname|Sonya|Hartnett}}

| The Ghost's Child

| Viking Books

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2008" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2008|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2009

|{{Sortname|Shaun|Tan}}

| Tales from Outer Suburbia

| Allen and Unwin

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2009" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2009|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

= 2010s =

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! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

2010

|{{Sortname|David|Metzenthen}}

| Jarvis 24

| Penguin Group

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2010" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2010|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2011

|{{Sortname|Sonya|Hartnett}}

| {{Sortname|The|Midnight Zoo|nolink=}}

| Viking Books

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2011" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2011|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2012

|{{Sortname|Scot|Gardner}}

| {{Sortname|The|Dead I Know|nolink=1}}

| Allen & Unwin

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2012" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2012|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2013

|{{Sortname|Margo|Lanagan}}

| Sea Hearts

| Allen & Unwin

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2013" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2013|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2014

|{{Sortname|Fiona|Wood|link=Fiona Wood (writer)}}

| Wildlife

| Pan MacMillan

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2014" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2014|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2015

|{{Sortname|Claire|Zorn}}

| {{Sortname|The|Protected|nolink=1}}

| University of Queensland Press

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2015" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2015|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2016

|{{Sortname|Fiona|Wood|link=Fiona Wood (writer)}}

|Cloudwish

|Macmillan Australia

| {{cite web|title="CBCA – Winners 2016" |publisher= CBCA|url=https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2016|access-date= 20 April 2024}}

2017

|{{Sortname|Claire|Zorn}}

|One Would Think the Deep

|University of Queensland Press

|{{Cite news |last=Convery |first=Stephanie |last2=Harmon |first2=Steph |date=17 August 2017 |title=Claire Zorn's grief-and-surfing story wins children's book of the year award |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/18/claire-zorns-grief-and-surfing-story-wins-childrens-book-of-the-year-award |url-status=live |access-date=18 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816192029/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/18/claire-zorns-grief-and-surfing-story-wins-childrens-book-of-the-year-award |archive-date=16 August 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}

2018

|{{Sortname|Cath|Crowley}}, Fiona Wood, and Simmone Howell

|Take Three Girls

|Pan Macmillan

|{{Cite web |title=CBCA – Book of the Year Awards 2018 |url=https://cbca.org.au/winners-2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903135412/https://cbca.org.au/winners-2018 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |access-date=28 August 2018 |website=cbca.org.au}}

2019

|{{Sortname|Clare|Atkins}}

|Between Us

|Black Inc.

|{{Cite web |date=16 August 2019 |title=CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/08/16/137855/cbca-awards-2019-winners-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816183834/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/08/16/137855/cbca-awards-2019-winners-announced/ |archive-date=16 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-16 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}

= 2020s =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="95%"

! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

2020

|{{Sortname|Vikki|Wakefield}}

|This Is How We Change the Ending

|Text Publishing

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 October 2020 |title=CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/16/158101/cbca-book-of-the-year-2020-winners-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017014533/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/10/16/158101/cbca-book-of-the-year-2020-winners-announced/ |archive-date=17 October 2020 |access-date=2020-10-16 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}

2021

|{{Sortname|Davina|Bell}}

|{{Sortname|The|End of the World is Bigger than Love|nolink=1}}

|Text Publishing

|{{Cite web |last= |date=21 August 2021 |title=CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/08/20/191847/cbca-book-of-the-year-2021-winners-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820025648/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/08/20/191847/cbca-book-of-the-year-2021-winners-announced/ |archive-date=20 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}

2022

|{{Sortname|Rebecca|Lim|nolink=1}}

|Tiger Daughter

|Allen & Unwin

|{{Cite web |last= |date=19 August 2022 |title=CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/19/219322/cbca-announces-2022-book-of-the-year-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819021253/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/08/19/219322/cbca-announces-2022-book-of-the-year-awards/ |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}

2023

|{{Sortname|last=Taylor|first=Tom|link=Tom Taylor (writer)}}

|Neverlanders

|Penguin Random House

|{{Cite web |date=18 August 2023 |title=CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/08/18/235853/cbca-book-of-the-year-awards-2023-winners-announced/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |publisher=Books+Publishing}}

2024

|Karen Comer

|Grace Notes

|Lothian Children’s Books

|{{Cite news |last=Story |first=Hannah |date=2024-08-16 |title='It's never been so difficult to get a book into kids' hands': The book prize reaching young people |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-16/childrens-book-council-australia-book-of-the-year-2024/104225408 |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

Commended books

= 1940s =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="95%"

! Year

! Author

!Title

! Publisher

rowspan="5" |1948

| {{Sortname|Veronica|Basser}}

|Ponny the Penguin

| Australasian Publishing Co.

| rowspan="5" |

|Beetles A'Hoy!

| Paterson's Press

{{Sortname|James H.|Martin}} and W. D. Martin

|{{Sortname|The|Australian Book of Trains|nolink=1|link=}}

| Angus and Robertson

|Bush Cobbers

| Australasian Publishing Co.

|{{Sortname|The|Story of Shadow, the Rock Wallaby|nolink=1|link=}}

| John Sands

= 1950s =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="95%"

! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

rowspan="4" |1959

|{{Sortname|Elyne|Mitchell}}

| {{Sortname|The|Silver Brumby|link=The Silver Brumby (novel)}}

| Hutchinson

| rowspan="4" |

| Australian and New Zealand Ships of Today

| Angus and Robertson

| Exploring Australia

| Methuen

| {{Sortname|The|Bunyip Hole|nolink=1|link=}}

| Angus and Robertson

= 1960s =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="95%"

! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

rowspan="3" |1960

|{{Sortname|Dale|Collins}}

| Anzac Adventure

| Angus and Robertson

| rowspan="3" |

| {{Sortname|The|Summer in Between|nolink=1|link=}}

| Oxford University Press

{{Sortname|Norman Barnett|Tindale}} and H. A. Lindsay

| Rangatira

| Rigby

rowspan="3" |1961

|{{Sortname|Alan|Aldous}}

| Doctor With Wings

| Brockhampton

| rowspan="3" |

| Silver Brumby's Daughter

| Hutchinson

| Lillipilly Hill

| Oxford University Press

rowspan="3" |1962

|{{Sortname|Ruth|Park}}

| {{Sortname|The|Hole in the Hill|nolink=1|link=}}

| Ure Smith

| rowspan="3" |

| {{Sortname|The|Forbidden Bridge|nolink=1|link=}}

| Bodley Head

| Sun on the Stubble

| Rigby

rowspan="3" |1964

|{{Sortname|Nan|Chauncy}}

| {{Sortname|The|Roaring 40|nolink=1|link=}}

| Oxford University Press

| rowspan="3" |

| Threat to the Barkers

| Angus and Robertson

| Storm Boy

| Rigby

rowspan="6" |1965

|{{Sortname|Nan|Chauncy}}

| High and Haunted Island

| Oxford University Press

| rowspan="6" |

| {{Sortname|The|Courteous Savage|nolink=1|link=}}

| Nelson

| {{Sortname|The|Wonderland of Nature|nolink=1|link=}}

| Writers' Press

| Winged Skis

| Hutchinson

| {{Sortname|A |Day at the Zoo|nolink=1|link=}}

| Angus and Robertson

| Jamie's Summer Visitor

| Bodley Head

rowspan="4" |1966

|{{Sortname|Reginald|Ottley}}

| By the Sandhills of Yamboorah

| Deutsch

| rowspan="4" |

| Indonesian Journey

| Lansdowne Press

| {{Sortname|The|Year of the Currawong|nolink=1|link=}}

| Oxford University Press

| February Dragon

| Rigby

rowspan="3" |1967

|{{Sortname|Max|Fatchen}}

| {{Sortname|The|River Kings|nolink=1|link=}}

| Hicks Smith

| rowspan="3" |{{Cite news |date=8 July 1967 |title=Australian Book Council Awards |pages=14 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106965787 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204436/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/106965787 |url-status=live }}

| {{Sortname|The|Roan Colt of Yamboorah|nolink=1|link=}}

| Deutsch

| Cocky's Castle

| Angus and Robertson

rowspan="5" |1968

|{{Sortname|H. F.|Brinsmead}}

| {{Sortname|A |Sapphire for September|nolink=1|link=}}

| Oxford University Press

| rowspan="5" |

| Mathinna's People

| Oxford University Press

| Blue Above the Trees

| Lansdowne

| {{Sortname|The|Fox Hole|nolink=1|link=}}

| Hicks Smith

| Midnite

| F. W. Cheshire

rowspan="7" |1969

|{{Sortname|George|Finkel|nolink=1}}

|{{Sortname|The|Loyall Virginian|nolink=1|link=}}

|Angus and Robertson

| rowspan="7" |

|Wood, Wire and Fabric

|Lansdowne

|Cricket the Australian Way

|Lansdowne

|Wandjina: Children of the Dream Time

|Jacaranda

|Let the Balloon Go

|Methuen Hicks Smith

|Children of the Desert

|Nelson

|I Own the Racecourse

|Hutchinson

= 1970s =

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" width="95%"

! Year

!Author

! Title

! Publisher

!Ref.

rowspan="6" |1970

|{{Sortname|Diedre|Hill}}

| Over the Bridge

| Hutchinson

|{{Cite news |date=11 July 1970 |title=Judges' awards |pages=16 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110331635 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204358/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110331635 |url-status=live }}

| Six Days Between a Second

| Heinemann

| {{Sortname|The|Bates Family|nolink=1}}

| Collins

| Ombley-Gombley

| Angus and Robertson

| Finn's Folly

| Angus and Robertson

| Blue Fin

| Rigby

rowspan="3" |1971

|{{Sortname|George|Finkel|nolink=1}}

|James Cook, Royal Navy

|Angus and Robertson

|{{Cite news |date=10 July 1971 |title=1971 awards |pages=15 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110666933 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204408/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110666933 |url-status=live }}

|{{Sortname|The|Story of China|nolink=1}}

|Angus and Robertson

|Climb a Lonely Hill

|Collins

rowspan="2" |1972

|{{Sortname|David|Martin|link=David Martin (poet)}}

|Hughie

|Nelson

|{{Cite news |date=8 July 1972 |title=Children's Book Week |pages=13 |work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101993472 |access-date=2023-03-08 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307204350/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101993472 |url-status=live }}

|{{Sortname|The|Windmill at Magpie Creek|nolink=1}}

|Brockhampton Press

rowspan="2" |1973

|{{Sortname|Meredith|Hooper}}

|Everyday Inventions

|Hutchinson

|{{Sortname|An |Older Kind of Magic|nolink=1}}

|Angus and Robertson