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Designers' Choice Children's / Young Adult Book of the Year
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2020

winner y separately published work icon Argh! There's a Skeleton Inside You! Idan Ben-Barak , Julian Frost (illustrator), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2019 16559724 2019 single work picture book children's

'Quog and Oort are on their way to Kevin's birthday party. Unfortunately, their spaceship has crashed. Pick up this book to lend them a hand!

'An interstellar exploration of hands and what's inside them, from the award-winning creators of the internationally successful Do Not Lick This Book.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2019

winner y separately published work icon Rhyme Cordial Antonia Pesenti , Antonia Pesenti (illustrator), Melbourne : Scribble , 2018 15749202 2018 single work picture book children's

'From Alarm Croc to Cheepy Head, you’ll enjoy Rhyme Cordial all day long! A fun, new take on wordplay from bestselling illustrator Antonia Pesenti. Open the pages to reveal unexpected rhymes and bold, bright illustrations.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2016

winner y separately published work icon The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade Davina Bell , Allison Colpoys (illustrator), Melbourne : Scribble , 2015 7607784 2015 single work picture book children's

'The night before the Underwater Fancy Dress Parade, Alfie got that feeling...

Sometimes it's hard to be brave. Sometimes you get that feeling. Alfie isn't sure he can go to the parade, but his mum knows there's at least one special place for Alfie - a beautiful shimmery, underwater world that tells Alfie it's okay to feel shy. Because sometimes you're just not ready...until, one day, you are.' (Publication summary)

designed by Allison Colpoys.

Year: 2015

winner y separately published work icon Max Marc Martin , Marc Martin (illustrator), Melbourne : Penguin Books , 2014 7081486 2014 single work picture book children's

'Max and Bob are old friends. Max helps out in Bob's shop, and in the evenings they go fishing together.

'Until one summer, when everything changes . . .

'From the winner of the 2013 Crichton Award for Australia's best new illustrator comes this heartwarming story of enduring friendship.

(Publication summary)

designed by Marc Martin.

Year: 2014

joint winner y separately published work icon WeirDo Weir Do Anh Do , Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2013 6105044 2013 single work children's fiction children's humour

" 'My parents could have given me any first name at all, like John, Kevin, Shmevin . . . ANYTHING. Instead I'm stuck with the worst name since Mrs Face called her son Bum.'

Meet Weir Do. No, that's not a typo, that's his name! Weir Do is the new kid in school. With an unforgettable name, a crazy family and some seriously weird habits, fitting in won't be easy . . . but it will be funny!" (Publisher's blurb)

With Alphabetical Sydney.
joint winner y separately published work icon Alphabetical Sydney Hilary Bell , Antonia Pesenti (illustrator), Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2013 6434670 2013 single work picture book children's

'This is our Sydney, the brightest and best of it, North to the south to the east and the west of it. Bats and cicadas, lawn bowls and the zoo, This is our town. Let us share it with you. ' (Publisher's blurb)

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