2015 Australian Book of the Year

ABIA 2015 Book of the Year winner

Galleycat has the news that a children’s book has won the 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards. The 52-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton won the overall Book of the Year award as well as the Book of the Year for Younger Children. The book is the fourth in the Treehouse series that combines silly illustrations and funny antics into zany comedy for young readers.

Here are the winners of the other 2015 children’s book awards:

BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR OLDER CHILDREN

ABIA 2015 Book of the Year for Older Children winner

Withering-by-Sea by Judith Russell

SMALL PUBLISHER’S CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR

Tea and Sugar Christmas

Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly and Robert Ingpen