Today is the first day of Book Week, which runs until next Friday, August 23. The winners of the Children’s Book Council of Australia‘s Book of the Year Awards were announced yesterday, and they are:
Older Readers Book of the Year 2013
Winner: Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan
Honours:
The Ink Bridge, Neil Grant
Friday Brown, Vikki Wakefield
Younger Readers Book of the Year 2013
Winner: The Children of the King, Sonya Hartnett
Honours:
Pennies for Hitler, Jackie French
The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk, Glenda Millard and Stephen Michael King
Early Childhood Book of the Year 2013
Winner: The Terrible Suitcase, Emma Allen and Freya Blackwood
Honours:
With Nan, Tania Cox and Karen Blair
Too Many Elephants in This House, Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner *
Picture Book of the Year 2013
Winner: The Coat, Ron Brooks and Julie Hunt
Honours:
Herman and Rosie, Gus Gordon
Sophie Scott Goes South, Alison Lester
Eve Pownall Information Book of the Year 2013
Winner: Tom the Outback Mailman, Kristin Weidenbach and Tony Ide
Honours:
Lyrebird! A True Story, Jackie Kerin and Peter Gouldthorpe
Topsy-Turvy World: How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers, Kirsty Murray
* If I’d been judging it, Too Many Elephants in This House would have won the whole thing.