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2011 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS In 2011 the judges read

2011 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS In 2011 the judges read 403 books for the 4 Fiction categories. Exploring the books nominated in this year’s shortlists for the CBCA Children’s Book of the Year Awards. AWARD’S CRITERIA.

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2011 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS In 2011 the judges read

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  1. 2011 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSIn 2011 the judges read 403 books for the 4 Fiction categories

  2. Exploring the books nominated in this year’s shortlists for theCBCA Children’s Book of the Year Awards

  3. AWARD’S CRITERIA • The Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards are for books with an implied readership under the age of eighteen. • The judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit, including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; • language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style of the work with proper regard to the aesthetic qualities of the language; • originality in the treatment of literary elements as they apply to the form of the work. • Judges should also consider quality of illustrations, book design, production, printing and binding.

  4. CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers: • 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.

  5. Older Readers Book of the YearShortlist 2011

  6. Pan Macmillan Australia Pan Macmillan Australia Graffiti moonCath Crowley

  7. The Midnight ZooSonya Hartnett Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

  8. About a girlJoanne Hornimann Allen & Unwin

  9. The life of a teenage body-snatcherDoug MacLeod Penguin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

  10. The piper’s sonMelina Marchetta PenguinBooks, Penguin Group (Australia)

  11. Six impossible thingsFiona Wood Pan Macmillan Australia

  12. CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers: • outstanding books of fiction, drama or poetry for readers who have developed independent reading skills but are still developing in literary appreciation. • generally books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years.

  13. Younger ReadersBook of the YearShortlist 2011

  14. Just a dogMichael Gerard Bauer Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia

  15. Henry Hoey HobsonChristine Bongers Woolshed Press, Random House Australia

  16. Violet Mackerall’sbrilliant plotAnna BranfordIll. Sarah Davis Walker Books Australia

  17. The red windIsobelleCarmody Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

  18. Duck for a dayMeg McKinlayIll Leila Rudge Walker Books Australia

  19. TopplingSally MurphyIll. Rhian Nest James Walker Books Australia

  20. Paranormal

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