The winners of the 2017 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced. Here are the winning titles and honor books in each category:

OLDER READERS – WINNER

One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn

 

OLDER READERS – HONOUR BOOKS

 

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

 

YOUNGER READERS – WINNER

Rockhopping by Trace Balla

 

YOUNGER READERS – HONOUR BOOKS

 

Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade by Kate Temple, Jol Temple and John Foye

Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr

 

EARLY CHILDHOOD – WINNER

Go Home, Cheeky Animals! by Johanna Bell, illustrated by Dion Beasley

 

EARLY CHILDHOOD – HONOUR BOOKS

 

Gary by Leila Rudge

Nannie Loves by Kylie Dunstan

 

PICTURE BOOK – WINNER

Home in the Rain by Bob Graham

 

PICTURE BOOK – HONOUR BOOKS

 

Mechanica by Lance Balchin

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clark, illustrated by Van T. Rudd

 

EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS – WINNER

Amazing Animals for Australia’s National Parks by Gina M. Newton

 

EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS – HONOUR BOOKS

 

A-Z of Endangered Animals by Jennifer Cossins

The Gigantic Book of Genes by Lorna Hendry

 

CRICHTON AWARD FOR DEBUT ILLUSTRATOR

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clark, illustrated by Van T. Rudd