The 2010 Shortlist and Notables have been announced by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. 

Here are the titles on the shortlist for the various age groups:

 

Book of the Year – Older Readers

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

The Winds of Heaven by Judith Clarke

Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen

A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda Millard

Loving Richard Feynman by Penny Tangey

 

Book of the Year – Younger Readers

Matty Forever by Elizabeth Fensham

Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch

Running with the Horses by Alison Lester

The Whisperer by Fiona McIntosh

Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy, illustrated by Heather Potter

Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children by Jen Storer

 

Book of the Year – Early Childhood

The Wrong Book by Nick Bland

Kip by Christina Booth

The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Andrew Joyner

Clancy & Millie and the Very Fine House by Libby Gleeson, illustrated by Freya Blackwood

Bear & Chook by the Sea by Lisa Shanahan, illustrated by Emma Quay

Fearless by Colin Thompson, illustrated by Sarah Davis

 

Book of the Year – Picture Book

Isabella’s Garden by Glenda Millard, illustrated by Rebecca Cool

Schumann the Shoeman by John Danalis, illustrated by Stella Danalis

To the Top End: Our Trip across Australia by Roland Harvey

Mr. Chicken Goes to Paris by Leigh Hobbs

Fox and Fine Feathers by Narelle Oliver

The Hero of Little Street by Gregory Rogers

The Romance Writers of America have announced the finalists for the 2010 RITA Awards.  Here are the finalists in the Young Adult category:

Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog

Don’t Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols

The ABCs of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro

Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick

 

I haven’t read any of these.  For those of you who have, what’s your pick for the win?

Thanks to Bookshelves of Doom for the link!

Kitty Crowther has won the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children’s literature.  She is a Belgian illustrator and author of more than 30 books.

The award comes with a 5 million kroner prize, about $620,000.

Ten books have been named to the shortlist for the best children’s books in Ireland.  The winners will be announced on Monday, May 24th.

 

An Greasaí Bróg agus na Síoga by Catríona Hastings, illustrated by Andrew Hastings

Chalkline by Jane Mitchell

Gluaiseacht by Alan Titley

Colm and the Lazarus Key by Kieran Mark Crowley

Lincoln and His Boys by Rosemary Wells, illustrated by PJ Lynch

Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd

 

The Eyeball Collector by FE Higgins

The Gates by John Connolly

The Third Pig Detective Agency by Bob Burke

There by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

 

Thanks to Bookshelves of Doom for the link!

The 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award Winners have just been announced!

David Almond from the UK has won the author award!

Jutta Bauer from Germany has won the illustrator award!

Now, I haven’t read the Jutta Bauer book above, but don’t you love that cover?  Makes me wish I could read German better!

IBBY (The International Board on Books for Young People) has announced their 2010 Shortlist.  Five authors and five illustrators have been selected from a field of 55 nominees from 32 nations.

AUTHORS

Ahmad Reza Ahmadi from Iran

David Almond from the United Kingdom

Bartolomeu Campos de Queiros from Brazil

Lennart Hellsing from Sweden

Louis Jensen from Denmark

ILLUSTRATORS

Jutta Bauer from Germany

Carll Cneut from Belgium

Etienne Delessert from Switzerland

Svjetlan Junakovic from Croatia

Roger Mello from Brazil

Selected by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children’s Book Council, the books cover grades K-12.  You can visit their website for the books published in 2010 that they consider the best science trade books of the year.

I was pleased to see some of my favorites on the list:

Life in the Boreal Forest by Brenda Z. Guiberson, illustrated by Gennady Spirin (my review)

Redwoods by Jason Chin (my review)

Under the Snow by Melissa Stewart (my review)

 

Thanks to Chicken Spaghetti for the link!