Watch this space for richly-resourced, high quality classroom units of work in five of the award categories, with connections from English across the curriculum. You can also this year view the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) shortlist announcement video. About the unit writers.
The Little Wave
Pip Harry Years 3–4 Unit (free sample)
The Thing About Oliver
Deborah Kelly Years 5–6 Unit
The Secrets of Magnolia Moon
Edwina Wyatt and Katherine Quinn Years 3–4 Unit
The Dog Runner
Bren MacDibble Years 5–6 Unit
Catch a Falling Star
Meg McKinlay Years 5–6 Unit
The Glimme
Emily Rodda and Marc McBride Years 5–6 Unit
We’re Stuck!
Sue deGennaro Years F–2 Unit
One Runaway Rabbit
David Metzenthen and Mairead Murphy Years F–1 Unit
Bat Vs Poss
Alex Moses and Anil Tortop Years 1–2 Unit
When Billy was a Dog
Kirsty Murray and Karen Blair Years F–2 Unit
My Friend Fred
Frances Watts and A Yi Years F–1 Unit
Goodbye House, Hello House
Margaret Wild and Ann James Years F–2 Unit
Hello Lighthouse
Sophie Blackall Years 3–4 Unit
Nop
Caroline Magerl Years F–2 Unit
I NEED a parrot
Chris McKimmie Years F–2 Unit
Three
Stephen Michael King Years 3–4 Unit
The Good Son
Pierre-Jacques Ober, Felicity Coonan and Jules Ober Years 5–6 Unit
Tilly
James Goodwin and Anna Walker Years 2–3 Unit
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ugly Animals
Sami Bayley Years 4–5 Unit
Searching for Cicadas
Lesley Gibbs and Judy Watson Years 3–4 Unit
A Hollow is a Home
Abbie Mitchell and Astred Hicks Years 5-6 Unit
Wilam: A Birrarung Story
Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly and Lisa Kennedy Years 2–3 Unit
Young Dark Emu: A Truer History
Bruce Pascoe Years 5–6 Unit
Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery
Tohby Riddle Years 4–5 Unit
The Boy Who Steals Houses
C G Drews Hachette
How it Feels to Float
Helena Fox Pan MacMillan
Ghost Bird
Lisa Fuller UQP
When the Ground is Hard
Malla Nun Allen & Unwin
Four Dead Queens
Astrid Scholte Allen & Unwin
This is How We Change the Ending
Vikki Wakefield Text Publishing
Louie and Snippy: Save the Sea
Grant Cowan with text by Collette Dinningan Berbay Books
Paper Boy
Bethany Macdonald with text by Danny Parker Dirt Lane Press
Fly
Jess McGeachin Penguin Random House
Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines
Leanne Mulgo Watson with text by Jasmine Seymour Magabala Books
Baby Business
Jasmine Seymore Magabala Books
Little Bird’s Day
Johnny Warrkatje Malibirr with text by Sally Morgan Magaballa Books