Today at noon the winners and honour books for 2025 for our CBCA (Children's Book Council of Australia) Book of the Year will be announced. I was privileged to be a judge 2021-23 so I do appreciate this is a complex process but also an exciting one.
There were 730 entries this year and 15 judges (six categories). The notables were announced in February with 122 books, representing 31 publishers, 114 writers and 79 illustrators. And then in March we heard the titles of the six short listed books in each category.
This category is beyond the scope of my blog but I did talk about Birdy
I'm predicting Laughter is the Best Ending to win
and only Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger as an honour title
This category disappointed me this year and I think there should only be one honour title
I'm predicting One little Dung Beetle to win
and The Wobbly Bike and How to Move a Zoo as Honour titles
(But I do also love Spiro)
You need to consider this category is for readers aged 0-6
I'm predicting Afloat to win
and A leaf called Greaf and The Garden of Broken Things as Honour titles
This was a very strong field with an excellent set of titles
I cannot predict this category but I did enjoy South with the Seabirds by Jess McGeachin
I also cannot predict this category but I have talked about
Digger digs down and I do like When I was a little Girl and The Land Recalls You.
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