Day: April 6, 2006

2006 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Short List

| Tasha

The short list for The Children’s Book of the Year Awards from The Children’s Book Council of Australia has been announced. 

Older Readers:

Burke, J. C.        The Story of Tom Brennan
Caswell, Brian    Double Exposure
Condon, Bill       No Worries
Crowley, Cath    Chasing Charlie Duskin
Jonsberg, Barry     It’s Not All About You, Calma!
Moloney, James      Lost Property           

Younger Readers:

Bateson, Catherine   Millie and the Night Heron
Fensham, Elizabeth   Helicopter Man
Flynn, Pat     To the Light
Gleitzman, Morris   Once
Godwin, Jane   The True Story of Mary: Who wanted to stand on her head
Jennings, Paul   How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare, Robbed a Grave, Made a New Friend Who Might Not Have Really Been There at All, and While He Was at It Committed a Terrible Sin Which Everyone Was Doing Even Though He Didn’t Know It

Early Childhood:

Bourke, Nike   What the Sky Knows
Dubosarsky, Ursula   Rex
Matthews, Cecily   Emily’s Rapunzel Hair
Niland, Deborah   Annie’s Chair
Shanahan, Lisa   Daddy’s Having a Horse
Watts, Frances   Kisses for Daddy

Picture Book:

Crossett, Warren   The Sound of the Sea
Danalis, Stella     What the Sky Knows
Lissiat, Amy   The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley
Riddle, Tohby   Irving the Magician
Sheehan, Peter   The Island
Winch, John      Run, Hare, Run! The story of a drawing

Oink?

| Tasha


Oink? by Margie Palatini, illustrated by Henry Cole is a wonderfully silly book.  Thomas and Joseph are two very content pigs.  But their neighbors, the rabbit, duck and chickens are not content at all.  They see the pigs as a pair of lazy louts who do nothing at all and simply cannot be happy that way.  So they decide to give the pigs some jobs to do that will improve their lives.  But things don’t turn out the way the busybody neighbors expect.

This book’s illustrations add to the humor.  The simple happiness on the pigs’ faces is countered by the anger and frustration of the neighbors.  The text is great for reading aloud with plenty of pizzazz.  This is definitely one to share with a group, especially with its lack of an anti-laziness message.  Embrace your inner pig.