The longlists for the Australian Booksellers Association’s 2020 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards have been announced. For the first time, the awards will be presented in three categories rather than one title from any category. Shortlists will be announced on June 4th and winners on July 8th.
Here are the longlisted titles in the children’s books of the year category:
All the Factors of Why I Love Tractors by Davina Bell, illus by Jenny Lovlie
As Happy As Here by Jane Godwin
Eddie Woo’s Wonderful World of Maths by Eddie Woo
Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing by Tim Flannery, illus by Sam Caldwell
Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals by Sami Bayly
It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street by Felicita Sala
Mr. Chicken All Over Australia by Leigh Hobbs
Sick Bay by Nova Weetman
The Tiny Star by Mem Fox, illus by Freya Blackwood
Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe
Waking Brain Cells 