Australian Book of the Year Awards

[Georgia Phillips <georgiap@UOW.EDU.AU>]

Here are the winners of the Australian Children's Book of the Year Awards,
just announced last Friday.

Book of the Year : Older Readers
Winner : Rubinstein, Gillian   Foxspell (Hyland House)

Honour books:
Moloney, James   Gracey  (University of QLD Press)
Wheatley, Nadia  The night Tolkien died  (Random House Australia)


Book of the Year : Younger Readers
Winner : Orr, Wendy  (illus. Kerry Millard)  Ark in the park  (Harper
collins/Angus and Robertson)

Honour books:
French, Jackie   Somewhere around the corner  (Harper Collins/Angus and
Robertson)
Hill,Anthony  The burnt stick  (Viking/Penguin Australia)


Picture Book of the Year
Winner : Woolman, Steven  (text Gary Crew)  The Watertower  (Era Publications)

Honour Books :
Legge, David  Bamboozled  (Ashton Scholastic)
Stanley, Elizabeth  The Deliverance of Dancing Bears (University of Western
Australia/Cygnet Books


Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Winner: Stewart, Robin E.  New Faces: The Complete Book of Alternative Pets
(Agmedia)

Honour Books:
Millar, Cameron and Dominique Falla  Woodlore  (Omnibus Books)
Tucker, Alan  Too Many Captain Cooks  (Omnibus Books)


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