Children’s book awards

There are several childrens book awards that are held around the country here are a few

Children's Book of the Year Awards

This award is the only one that is chosen by a panel of judges from a number short listed titles.

THE 2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD - The CategoriesBook of the Year: Older Readers

Book of the Year: Younger ReadersBook of the Year: Early Childhood

Picture Book of the YearEve Pownall Award for Information Books

 THE 2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS  Book of the Year: Older ReadersTitle: Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan,

Book of the Year: Younger ReadersTitle: The Children of the King by Sonja Hartnett

Book of the Year: Early ChildhoodTitle: The Terrible Suitcase by Emma Allen ill Freya Blackwood

Picture Book of the YearTitle: The Coat by Ron Brooks, Julie Hunt

Eve Pownall Award for Information BooksTitle: Tom the Outback Mailman by Kristin Weidenbach

The Bilby Awards

The Bilby awards are organised by the Qld branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia and has been in existence since 1990. these awards are voted by the children readers of Queensland. To nominate their favourite reads of the year.

The categories are broken into the following.

Early Readers - for books for readers under 8 years old

Younger Readers – for books for readers between 8 and 12 years old

Older Readers – for books for readers over 12 years old

In each category the award is for an individual book only

The 2013 Winners are:

Early Childhood:Bamboozled by David Legge

Younger Readers:The 26-storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Olders Readers:The hobbit by J R R Tolkien 

The Western Australian Young Readers' Book Awards.These awards are similar to the Bilbys as they are voted by the Children of Western AustraliaWAYRBA is a readers' choice award, organised on a statewide basis for young readers. The categories are

Older Readers

Younger Readers

Picture Book

Avis

Older ReadersFault In Our Stars by John Green Younger ReadersTitle : Wonder by R.J. Palacio  Picture BookTitle: Hairy Nose, Itchy Butt by Elizabeth Frankel and Garry Duncan AvisEagle Strike (Graphic Novel) by Anthony Horowitz The Avis Page Award is presented in Recognition of Outstanding Voting results. 

The COOL Awards

COOL Awards are the children's choice book awards voted for by the younger people of the Canberra region. The COOL Awards stands for Canberra's Own Outstanding List.

It is a program run for children allowing them to vote for their favourite Australian book. 

The winners of the 2013 COOL Awards:

 Favourite picture book - Mirror by Jeannie Baker (joint winner)Favourite picture book - The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland (joint winner)

Favourite fiction for younger readers - Pizza Cake by Morris Gleitzman

Favourite fiction for older readers - The 26-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton

Favourite fiction for years 7-9 - After by Morris Gleitzman

This is only a snapshot and reflects some of the Australian book awards that currently provide

Young People with some alternatives in reading choices as well as promoting literacy.