AustLit
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2022
y Wombat Philip Bunting (illustrator), Lindfield : Omnibus Books , 2020 19902700 2020 single work picture book children's'A rhythmic, read-aloud (and rather silly) burrow into the unseen world of the wombat.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2020
y Wilam : A Birrarung Story Lisa Kennedy (illustrator), Newtown : Black Dog Books , 2019 14800069 2019 single work picture book children's'As ngua rises, Bunjil soars over mountain ash, flying higher and higher as the wind warms. Below, Birrarung begins its long winding path down to palem warreen. Wilam – home.
'Yarra Riverkeeper Andrew Kelly joins award-winning picture book duo Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy to tell the Indigenous and geographical story of Melbourne’s beautiful Yarra river, from its source to its mouth; from its pre-history to the present day.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2018
y Teacup Matt Ottley (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2015 7207725 2015 single work picture book children's'Once there was a boy who had to leave home ... and find another. In his bag he carried a book, a bottle and a blanket. In his teacup he held some earth from where he used to play. This is one boys story of leaving his homeland, surviving a long journey by sea ... and finding a safe, new place to call home.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2016
y Banjo and Ruby Red Freya Blackwood (illustrator), Richmond : Hardie Grant Egmont , 2013 6164549 2013 single work picture book children's'A funny and touching story of antagonism and love by award-winning author Libby Gleeson, with illustrations by internationally acclaimed Freya Blackwood. Freya Blackwood's stunning illustrations perfectly capture the endearing personalities of boisterous Banjo and head-strong Ruby Red.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Year: 2014
y Lightning Jack Patricia Mullins (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2012 Z1848635 2012 single work picture book children's historical fiction"When Sam Tully sees the free spirited horse Lightning Jack, he dares to ride him. Together they muster a herd of steers into their stable, escape a grazier’s deal and fly into the air with Pegasus wings. Then when they are ambushed by the notorious outlaw Ned Kelly, Lightning Jack leaps out of trouble and back to the wilderness. But then Sam can’t resist a race and rides Lightning Jack against the ghost of Phar Lap at breakneck speed ... Sam’s horse is a gallant horse, a midnight horse, a horse in every dream." (Publisher's blurb)
Works About this Award
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Anything Would Do For Kids 2001 single work review bibliography
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 41-46)