Congratulations!

The Childrens' Book Council of Australia
The Childrens' Book of the Year Awards
Shortlist 2009

All associated with Show & Tell Promotions would like to congratulate the following authors and illustrators who have been shortlisted in this year's awards. These and other talented authors and illustrators are available for booking, with detailed profiles being available on our website or by contacting Show & Tell directly.

Book of the Year - Older Readers

• D.M. Cornish for Monster Blood Tattoo Book Two: Lamplighter
• Anthony Eaton for Into White Silence
• Jackie French for A Rose for the Anzac Boys
• Melina Marchetta for Finnikin of the Rock
• James Moloney for Kill the Possum
• Shaun Tan for Tales from Outer Suburbia

Book of the Year - Younger Readers

• Catherine Bateson for The Wish Pony
• Sandy Fussell for Polar Boy
• Morris Gleitzman for Then
• Christine Harris for Audrey of the Outback (illus. by Ann James)
• Glenda Millard for Perry Angel's Suitcase (illus. by Stephen Michael King)
• Emily Rodda for The Wizard of Rondo

Book of the Year - Early Childhood

• Bob Graham for How to Heal a Broken Wing
• Stephen Michael King for Leaf
• Chris McSkimmie for Special Kev
• Glenda Millard for Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle (illus. Stephen Michael King)
• Rosemary Sullivan for Tom Tom (illus. by Dee Huxley)
• Margaret Wild for Puffling (illus. by Julie Vivas)

Picture Book of the Year

• Aaron Blabey for Sunday Chutney
• Kylie Dunstan for Collecting Colour
• Greg Holfeld for Captain Congo and the Crocodile King (text by Ruth Starke)
• Matt Ottley for Home and Away (text by John Marsden)
• Tohby Riddle for Nobody Owns the Moon
• Colin Thompson for The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

• Ursula Dubosarsky for The Word Spy (illus. by Tohby Riddle)
• Mark Greenwood for Simpson and his Donkey (illus. by Frané Lessac)
• Lincoln Hall for Alive in the Death Zone
• Catriona Nicholls and Janet Paterson for Chicken: the Story of Chicken in Australia (illus. by Rod Waller)
• Jan Ramage for Tuart Dwellers (illus. by Ellen Hickman)
• John Ross and Anna Booth for Every Picture Tells a Story: Adventures in Australian Art

Crichton Award for Illustration

• Peter Carnavas for Jessica's Box
• Moira Court for Miss Llewellyn-Jones (text by Elaine Forrestal)
• Sarah Davis for Mending Lucille (text by J. R. Poulter)
• M.S. Dawson for How WEIRD is that . . . ? (text by Gyan)
• Kylie Dunstan for Collecting Colour
• Jo Oliver for Pilgrim