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History
The first Crichton Award was announced in 1988. Wallace Raymond Crichton left an financial legacy to Children's Book Council of Australia, Victoria Branch, to recognise and award new Australian children's book illustrators.
Formerly the Crichton Award, as of 2019, the award is known as the CBCA Award for New Illustrator, and is party of the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.
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The Crichton Award aims to recognise and encourage new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. The Award was created in 1988.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2021
winner y This Small Blue Dot Zeno Sworder (illustrator), Port Melbourne : Thames and Hudson , 2020 18853297 2020 single work picture book children's'With a strong message of interconnectedness, hope and empowerment, This Small Blue Dot follows a little girl exploring the big and small things in life. From contemplating our place on this 'blue dot' to the best Italian, Chinese and Indian desserts, the book provides a broader, more inclusive view of who we are, where we come from and where our dreams may take us. Delivering big lessons with playful humour, the precocious young narrator shares her take on nature and the environment, wisdom from elders, broccoli, embracing difference and the power of imagination. This Small Blue Dot captures not only lessons on life but also the sense of fun and strangeness that comes with being a member of the human family on planet Earth.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2020
winner y Baby Business Jasmine Seymour (illustrator), Broome : Magabala Books , 2019 15602920 2019 single work picture book children's'Baby Business tells the story of the baby smoking ceremony that welcomes baby to country. The smoke is a blessing – it will protect the baby and remind them that they belong. This beautiful ritual is recounted in a way young children will completely relate to.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2019
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Year: 2018
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Year: 2017
Works About this Award
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The Picks of the Year 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 2012; (p. 22-23) Edited version of the Children's Book Council of Australia, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards Judge's Report. -
Spot-On Choices for Young Bookworms 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 2007; (p. 19) -
Swashbuckling Sea Creatureson Book Short List 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 6 April 2006; (p. 20) -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 2006 Shortlist 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 50 no. 2 2006; (p. 14) -
The Crichton Award 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 49 no. 3 2005; (p. 2)