CBCA Notable Books 2021
The CBCA have announced their Notable Books lists. Most have been reviewed by ReadPlus reviewers and the reviews can be found in the ReadPlus review index.
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Blue Peter Book Awards 2021
Blue Peter Book Awards have been announced. The award for Best Story was awarded to A Kind of Spark, by Elle McNicoll. The award for Best Book with Facts went to Mike Barfield and illustrator Jess Bradley's hilarious book, A Day In The Life Of A Poo, A Gnu And You.
ALA award winners 2021
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the awards for top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults. Of special interest:
John Newbery Medal
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Randolph Caldecott Medal
We Are Water Protectors illustrated by Michaela Goade
Michael L. Printz Award
Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri
Best Fiction for Young Adults 2021
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2021
2021 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers final list consists of 64 titles, with a Top Ten selected.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2021
From YALSA, the Great Graphic Novel list for Teens consists of 126 titles selected from 145 official nominations. Top Ten titles have been selected.
Staff Holiday Reading List 2020
Whitley Awards 2020
Recognising the best of Australasian zoological literature, the Whitley
Awards 2020 have been announced.
Teens' Top Ten 2020
2020 Teens' Top Ten have been announced.
Blue Peter Book Awards shortlist 2021
The six books shortlisted for the 2021 Blue Peter Book Awards have
been announced. (Books
for Keeps).
KOALA Awards 2020
K.O.A.L.A. is the
opportunity for young readers all across NSW to judge their very own
literary awards.
This year's winners and honour books were:
Picture book:
Winner
Definitely do not open this book by Andy Lee, illustrated by
Heath McKenzie
Honour
This
is a Ball - Beck and Matt Stanton
Pig
the Grub - Aaron Blabey
Younger readers:
Winner
The
Bad Guys Episode 9: The Big Bad Wolf - Aaron Blabey
Honour
WeirDo
12: Hopping Weird - Anh Do and Jules Faber
Mr
Bambuckle's Remarkables Fight Back - Tim
Harris and James Hart
Older readers:
The 117-Storey Treehouse - Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
Honour
Wundersmith:
The Calling of Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend
Exploding
Endings: Painted Dogs and Doom Cakes - Tim Harris
Years 7-9
Winner
Detention
- Tristan Bancks
Honour
As
Happy As Here - Jane Godwin
Liars:
No Survivors - Jack Heath
Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2020
The Prime
Minister's Literary Awards have been announced. Of particular
interest:
Young adult literature
How
it feels to float by Helena Fox
Children's literature
Cooee
mittigar by Jasmine Seymour