The winners of the LA Times Book Prize have been announced. The winner for Young Adult Literature is:

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

This latest award is one of many for this book, including The Costa Book Award for Children’s Book, Costa Book of the Year, and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction. It has also been nominated for several others like the Andre Norton Award and Carnegie Medal. Definitely worth the read! It’s one of my favorites.

The winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize has been announced. It has gone to a debut novel by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, The Girl of Ink and Stars. The British award celebrates new and emerging talent in children’s writing.

Judge Florentyna Martin, who is Waterstones’ buyer for children’s books, described the novel as a joy to read. “It is always exciting when we see this level of outstanding talent in a new writer, and Kiran has crafted a mesmerising world full of myths, magic and adventure that evokes an atmosphere akin to Pullman’s His Dark Materials,” she said.

Two other category winners were vying for the overall prize:

 

There’s a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart

Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence

The shortlists for the 2017 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. They include two self-published books. Here are the books in the shortlist for the various awards:

BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS 

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

Frankie by Shivaun Plozza

One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn

Waer by Meg Caddy

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

Yellow by Megan Jacobson

 

 

BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS

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

Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr

A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee

Mrs. Whitlam by Bruce Pascoe

Rockhopping by Trace Balla

Within These Walls by Robyn Bavati

 

 

 

BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD

All I Want For Christmas is Rain by Cori Brooke, illustrated by Megan Forward

Chip by Kylie Howarth

Gary by Leila  Rudge

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

Nannie Loves by Kylie Dunstan

 

The Snow Wombat by Susannah Chambers, illustrated by Mark Jackson

 

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Home in the Rain by Bob Graham

Mechanica by Lance Balchin

My Brother by Dee, Oliver and Tiffany Huxley

One Photo by Liz Anelli/Ross Watkins

 

Out by Owen Swan and Angela May George

The Patchwork Bike by Van T Rudd and Maxine Beneba Clarke

 

 

EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS

A – Z of Endangered Animals by Jennifer Cossins

Amazing Animals of Australia’s National Parks by Gina M Newton

Fabish, The Horse that Braved a Bushfire by Neridah McMullin, illustrator Andrew McLean

The Gigantic Book of Genes by Lorna Hendry

Spellbound: Making Pictures with the A-B-C by Maree Coote

William Bligh: a stormy story of tempestuous times by Michael Sedundary, illustrated by Bern Emmerichs

 

THE CRICHTON AWARD FOR NEW ILLUSTRATORS 2017

Mechanica – A beginner’s field guide by Lance Balchin

“Melbourne” Word by Word by Michael McMahon

A Patch from Scratch by Megan Forward

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illustrator Van T Rudd

Small Things by Mel Tregonning

Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy, illustrator Lisa Kennedy