2016 CBCA Book of the Year Awards: Picture Book of the Year shortlist
Sutherland Shire Libraries
Thursday, August 18, 2016
It's Children's Book Week 20-26 August ! Checkout the shortlisted books for each award, each day this week. The winners will be announced Friday 19 August.The Picture Book of the Year Shortlist
Ride, Ricardo, Ride!/ Shane Devries (Text: Phil Cummings)
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My Dead Bunny/James Foley (Text: Sigi Cohen)
"My dead bunny's name is Brad; his odour is extremely bad. He visits me when I'm in bed, but Bradley wasn't always dead ..." A hilarious rhyming tale about a zombie bunny who comes back to visit his owner.
Flight/Armin Greder (Text: Nadia Wheatley)
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The family has to flee.
They've been tipped off that the authorities are after their blood.
Apparently in biblical times, a small family sets off across a desert in search of refuge from persecution in their own country, and an ancient story becomes a fable for our times.
Their journey is beset by heat and thirst, threatening tanks and the loss of their donkey, but eventually they reach a refugee camp where they can wait in safety for asylum in another country.
Windy Hollow Books
One Step at a Time/ Sally Heinrich (Text: Jane Jolly)
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Suri's Wall/Matt Ottley (Text: Lucy Estela)
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And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda/ Bruce Whatley (Text: Eric Bogle)
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Eric Bogle's famous and familiar Australian song about the Battle of Gallipoli explores the futility of war with haunting power. Now Bruce Whatley's evocative illustrations bring a heart-rending sense of reality to the tale.
A timely story for every generation to share.