CBCA Predicting the 2026 Notables - Picture Books

Dawn

Once I was a Giant

One Day

Next week the CBCA will announce the 2026 Book of the Year Notables. There will be 25 books in each of five categories. (Note there is no notable list for New Illustrator).

I looked through three of our Australian Standing Order services and some of my past blog posts and compiled this list of picture books published in 2025 which may have been submitted to the CBCA judges for the 2026 award. The 40+ books I have put here are from both possible categories - Picture Book of the Year and Early Childhood Picture Book of the Year.

I put my top three Picture Book choices at the top of this post.