The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced the winners of their 2011 awards.
Older Readers Book of the Year
WINNER
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
HONORS
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher by Doug MacLeod
Younger Readers Book of the Year
WINNER
The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody
HONORS
Just a Dog by Michael Gerard Bauer
Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot by Anna Branford, illustrated by Sarah Davis
Early Childhood Book of the Year
WINNER
Maudie and Bear by Jan Ormerod, illustrated by Freya Blackwood
HONORS
The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies by Tom Niland Champion and Kilmeny Niland, illustrated by Deborah Niland
Look See, Look at Me by Leonie Norrington, illustrated by Dee Huxley
Picture Book of the Year
WINNERS
Mirror by Jeannie Baker
Hamlet by Nicki Greenberg
HONORS
Why I Love Australia by Bronwyn Bancroft
My Uncle’s Donkey by Tohby Riddle
Eve Pownall Book of the Year
WINNER
The Return of the Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Tohby Riddle
HONORS
Drawn from the Heart: A Memoir by Ron Brooks
Waking Brain Cells 