Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards > 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards > Shortlists 2022
Huda and Me by H. Hayek
$15.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books
Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because she has a little smile on her face and she keeps glancing at her pink digital watch. I can't believe we're doing this. I can't believe we're running away from home. Well, we're not really running away. We'l ...Show more
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
From the award-winning author of the CBCA shortlisted When the Ground is Hard, comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and an uplifting story of how friendship saves and heals. Fifteen-year-old Amandla's mother has always been strange. For starters, she's a white woman living in Sugar Town, one of ...Show more
Terciel and Elinor (Old Kingdom Prequel) by Garth Nix
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+) | Series: Old Kingdom
Bestselling novelist Garth Nix returns to the Old Kingdom for the never-before-told love story of Sabriel's parents, Terciel and Elinor, and the charter magic that brought them together - and threatened to tear them apart. A long-awaited prequel to a classic fantasy series. In the Old Kingdom, a land o ...Show more
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
$19.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the ci ...Show more
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature by Sami Bayly
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Information Books | Series: The Illustrated Encyclop
Come along for another fresh take on the animal kingdom from bestselling author and illustrator, Sami Bayly. Discover 60 of the most peculiar pairs in nature and learn how plant and animal species rely on each other for their survival. Whether it be a rare tick living in the fur of a pygmy possum, a sti ...Show more
The Inheritance by Armin Greder
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books
A provocative call-to-arms to economic leaders to change course and better protect our planet and its people, presented in words and pictures by the multi-award-winning creator of The Island and The Mediterranean. 'All this will soon be yours, respect what I have built and make it prosper.' These are th ...Show more
Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest by Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler
$29.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books
Walk with us through one of the Top End's magnificent monsoon forests, in Kakadu National Park, learning about the plants, animals and Kundjeyhmi culture along the way. When we go walking, we never know how long we will be, what we will hear and what we will see.We pack our bags with food and water, a ...Show more
Winston and the Indoor Cat by Leila Rudge
$25.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books
A story about seeing what life is like on the other side of the window. Two very different cats: Winston, a free-spirited explorer; and The Indoor Cat, lover of leisure; form a friendship and show each other how different their lives could be. Can The Indoor Cat be enticed by outdoor adventure? Will Win ...Show more