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Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 2005

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2005 Book of the Year: Older Readers
NOTE: These books are for mature readers

Winner

Bauer, Michael Gerard

The Running Man

Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia, 2004

Honour
Book

Eaton, Anthony

Fireshadow

(UQP Young Adult Fiction) University of Queensland Press, 2004

Honour
Book

Herrick, Steven

By the River

Allen & Unwin, 2004

Shortlist

Horniman, Joanne

Secret Scribbled Notebooks

Allen & Unwin, 2004

Shortlist

Jonsberg, Barry

The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull

Allen & Unwin, 2004

Shortlist

Lanagan, Margo

Black Juice

Allen & Unwin, 2004



2005 Book of the Year: Younger Readers

Winner

Hartnett, Sonya

The Silver Donkey

Viking, Penguin Books
Australia, 2004

Honour
Book

Heffernan, John

A Horse Called Elvis

Scholastic Australia, 2004

Honour
Book

Roy, James

Billy Mack's War

University of Queensland Press, 2004

Shortlist

Hawke, Rosanne

Soraya the Storyteller

(Takeaways)
Lothian Books, 2004

Shortlist

Metzenthen , David

Tiff and the Trout

Puffin, Penguin Books Australia, 2004

Shortlist

Rogers, Gregory

The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard

Allen & Unwin, 2004



2005 Book of the Year: Early Childhood

Winner

Fox, Mem
Illus. Judy Horacek

Where is the Green Sheep?

Viking, Penguin Books
Australia, 2004

Honour
Book

King, Stephen
Michael

Mutt Dog!

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia, 2004

Honour
Book

Wild, Margaret
Illus. Donna Rawlins

Seven More Sleeps

Working Title Press, 2004

Shortlist

Dray, Matt

Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear

Viking, Penguin Books
Australia, 2004

Shortlist

Farrer , Vashti
Illus. Neil Curtis

Mr Noah and the Cats

(Start-Ups)
Lothian Books, 2004

Shortlist

Graham, Bob

Tales from the Waterhole

Walker Books, 2004



2005 Picture Book of the Year
NOTE: Some of these books may be for mature readers

Winner

Lester, Alison

Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia

Viking, Penguin Books
Australia, 2004

Honour
Book

Baker, Jeannie

Belonging

Walker Books, 2004

Honour
Book

Miller, David

Refugees

Lothian Books, 2004

Shortlist

Harvey, Roland

At the Beach: Postcards from Crabby Spit

Allen & Unwin, 2004

Shortlist

King, Stephen
Michael

Mutt Dog!

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia, 2004

Shortlist

Ormerod , Jan

Lizzie Nonsense

Little Hare Books, 2004



2005 Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
NOTE: Some of these books are for mature readers

Winner

Sullivan, Bryan with
French, Jackie
Illus. Gus Gordon

To the Moon and Back: The amazing Australians at the forefront of space travel plus fantastic Moon facts

Angus&Robertson ,
HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia, 2004

Honour
Book

Long, John
Illus. Jill Ruse
and John Long

Gogo Fish! The story of the Western Australian State Fossil Emblem

Western Australian Museum , 2004

Honour
Book

Vercoe , Elizabeth
with Abramowski,
Kerry

The Grief Book: Strategies for Young People

Black Dog Books, 2004

Shortlist

Chapman, Helen

Heritage & Places

Heinemann Library, Harcourt Education Australia, 2004

Shortlist

Pyers , Greg

Life in a Rockpool

Echidna Books, Harcourt Education Australia, 2004

Shortlist

Silkstone , Barry

Amazing Australian Mammals

Heinemann Library, Harcourt Education Australia, 2004