Books by Themes > Award Winners > CBCA Notables 2022
Established with the first awards in 1946, the annual CBCA Book of the Year Awards aim to:
- promote quality literature for young Australians;
- support and encourage a wide range of Australian writers and illustrators of children’s books and;
- celebrate contributions to Australian children’s literature.
Jetty Jumping: CBCA Book of the Year, Early Childhood by Andrea Rowe
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: Jetty Jumping Ser.
WINNER of 2022 CBCA Book of the Year: Early ChildhoodMilla is afraid of jumping off the jetty because of the shadows in the deep water underneath. But one day she accidentally drops her bracelet into the water, and when she grabs for it she accidentally tumbles from the jetty and into the deep dark wate ...Show more
Walk of the Whales: CBCA Honour Book by Nick Bland
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
When all of the whales in the ocean leave their home to walk around on land, people don’t quite know what to think. But soon shopkeepers go out of business, farms are flooded with water and salt, and people shout horrible, anti-whale words. That is, until, a smart little girl decides to ask the whales ...Show more
Book of Curious Birds by Jennifer Cossins
$26.99 AUD
Category: Animals
Birds can be curious creatures. From their strange or unusual appearance to their unique behaviour, they really are one of the most fascinating species in the animal kingdom. Explore the unique traits of curious birds from the Blue-footed booby to the Greater prairie chicken in this beautifully illustra ...Show more
My Brother Ben by Peter Carnavas
$14.99 AUD
Category: Realistic Fiction
Luke and his big brother Ben spend the summer on the banks of Cabbage Tree Creek. Quiet Luke sketches birds, while Ben leaps off the Jumping Tree. The boys couldn't be more different but they share the same dream- winning a boat so they can explore the creek properly. Then Ben starts high school and the ...Show more
Seven Wherewithal Way (#1) by Samantha-Ellen Bound
$17.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy
Ferdinand fell out of the sky on the hottest day of the year, while Celeste and Esmerelda Barden were on the front porch eating ice-cream. Celeste is having the worst summer ever. Her parents are off on an adventure and she's stuck at Gran's house with her annoying little sister, Esme, and strict instr ...Show more
Road Tripping with Pearl Nash by Poppy Nwosu
$24.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult
The summer is finally here, and Pearl Nash is on a mission to save her slowly disintegrating friendship with a whirlwind end-of-year road trip that is definitely, absolutely, most positively going to solve all her problems. Except, instead of her best friend Daisy's feet on her dash, suddenly Pearl ends ...Show more
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature by Sami Bayly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Animals | 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
Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy
From the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Lenny's Book of Everything comes a magical tale about a girl who saves a dragon and rescues her family. How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissors. 2) Believe in everything. Pip never wants to ...Show more
Sharing by Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Age range: 3 to 6.When we share, there is plenty for all. A tender, thoughtful story with a gentle reminder of all the ways sharing makes us stronger.Sharing is the third book in the award-winning Our Place series (Respect, 2020 and Family, 2020) that introduces children to First Nations philosophies th ...Show more
Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day by Davina Bell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
The follow-up to bestseller All the Ways to be Smart by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys. I know your world is feeling gray but it won't always be this way. And everyone alive can say they've felt the way you do today. We all have bad days, bad days do pass. From creative superstars Davina Bell and Allis ...Show more
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief: CBCA Honour Book 2022 by Katrina Nannestad
$19.99 AUD
Category: Advanced Reader 10+
Readers Cup 2023 Winner of the 2022 Indie Book Awards for Childrens Literature Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old ... Wood splinters and Mama screams and the nearest soldier seizes her rou ...Show more
Saving Seal: the plastic predicament by Diane Jackson Hill
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Age range 6 to 9 Seal has made his home in the waters of a coastal village, but he often finds himself trapped and ensnared in the plastic rubbish filling the Bay. Fortunately, he is rescued by Lizzie and Grandpa Dave. Lizzie and Grandpa Dave are motivated to do something about cleaning up their Bay and ...Show more