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Children's Christian Book of the Year
Subcategory of Australian Christian Book of the Year Awards
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History

The Australian Christian Book of the Year Award is given to an original work written by an Australian citizen normally resident in Australia, and published by an Australian publisher.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 1995

winner y separately published work icon The Burnt Stick Anthony Hill , Ringwood London New York (City) : Viking , 1994 Z571934 1994 single work novella young adult (taught in 1 units) The story of John Jagamarra, who was taken from his mother and grew up at the Pearl Bay Mission for Aboriginal Children.

Year: 1994

winner y separately published work icon Martin's Mountain Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Lutheran Publishing House , 1993 Z969070 1993 single work children's fiction children's

'Martin is enjoying life on the family farm, helping his father, when one day disaster strikes. He then has to face new challenges and accept new responsibilities. At times the mountain looming ahead seems steep and forbidding, but in the end, together with his family, he finds the strength and the faith to conquer it.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 1993

winner y separately published work icon Toby's Riddle and Other Stories Joan Bartlett , Sutherland : Albatross Books , 1992 Z840958 1992 selected work children's fiction children's

Year: 1992

joint winner y separately published work icon Tomb Travellers : Beyond the Gateways and Guardians of Egypt's Underworld Roy Pond , Sutherland : Albatross Books , 1991 Z548995 1991 single work novel young adult fantasy

Year: 1991

joint winner y separately published work icon Inigo, the Adventures of a Saint Michael Hansen , Brunswick : David Lovell Publishing , 1991 Z969078 1991 single work children's fiction children's
winner y separately published work icon Yonderbeyonder Thyrza Davey , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1990 Z846959 1990 single work children's fiction children's fantasy
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