CBCA 2013 Short List (29 books)

The books shortlisted for the Australian Children's Book of the Year

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1	The Ink Bridge by Neil Grant 3.57 avg rating — 256 ratings score: 399, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Wrong Boy by Suzy Zail (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 2,900 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Herman and Rosie by Gus Gordon (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 838 ratings score: 377, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 4,413 ratings score: 299, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Shiny Guys by Doug MacLeod 3.71 avg rating — 227 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 1,720 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Pennies for Hitler (Hitler Trilogy, #2) by Jackie French 4.19 avg rating — 1,977 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett 3.59 avg rating — 1,270 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Terrible Suitcase by Emma Allen 3.98 avg rating — 91 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Pros and Cons of Being a Frog by Sue deGennaro 3.55 avg rating — 347 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Peggy by Anna Walker 3.97 avg rating — 994 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Coat by Julie Hunt 3.81 avg rating — 93 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester 4.21 avg rating — 362 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Tom the Outback Mailman by Kristin Weidenbach really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Portrait of Spain for Kids by Queensland Art Gallery 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Creepy and Maud by Dianne Touchell 3.51 avg rating — 607 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Other Brother by Simon French 3.74 avg rating — 250 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	After (Once, #4) by Morris Gleitzman 4.39 avg rating — 6,702 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend by Steven Herrick (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 288 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk by Glenda Millard 4.42 avg rating — 132 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	With Nan by Tania Cox 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Too Many Elephants in this House by Ursula Dubosarsky (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	It's a miroocool! by Christine Harris 3.77 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Tanglewood by Margaret Wild 4.19 avg rating — 63 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Lightning Jack by Glenda Millard 4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A Day to Remember by Jackie French 3.76 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Python by Christopher Cheng 3.80 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Lyrebird! A true story by Jackie Kerin 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Topsy-turvy World : How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers by Kirsty Murray (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

29 books · 13 voters · list created April 9th, 2013 by John (votes) .

Tags: book-of-the-year, cbc, cbca, children-s-book-week

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message 1: by Miffy (new)

Apr 09, 2013 12:08AM

Hi John,
Great idea!
Is it possible to put the Crichton books on here as well? Just to add to the mayhem. ;)
Cheers!

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message 2: by Trisha (new)

Apr 09, 2013 03:30AM

Are you able to edit your titles John? 'Short List' should always be written as two words, capitalised, when referring 'our awards' - a directive from the Handbook Awards Committee. Also where you write 'shortlisted', it's missing a 't' in the middle there.

Thanks

Trisha

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message 3: by Trisha (new)

Apr 09, 2013 03:31AM

Dang it, I can change it (I have librarian status), so I did. hope that's okay (wish I had checked before typing)...

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message 4: by John (new)

Apr 09, 2013 04:52PM

All fine there Trisha, I was having fun finding out what I could do with my librarian status yesterday myself. Being as 3 of the books weren't on goodreads and another 4 didn't have cover images.
What I really want though (for this list and a couple of others I created for the CBCA winners) is the ability to restrict who can add books. Any clues on that? Or do I need 'super-mega librarian' status before I get such power?

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message 5: by Trisha (new)

Apr 09, 2013 06:29PM

sorry, don't think I can help with that.

Surely people won't add books, will they?

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message 6: by Toni (new)

Apr 09, 2013 07:23PM

Fantastic John. Great initiative.

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message 7: by Rosemary (new)

Apr 09, 2013 09:52PM

This is what we need sharing of great reads and promoting Australian children's literature

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message 8: by Tina (new)

Apr 09, 2013 10:15PM

Great idea John! Thanks for putting those up.

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message 9: by Bec (new)

Aug 27, 2013 11:19PM

The winners are in for the CBCA Awards for 2013
Older Readers Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan
Younger Readers Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett
Early Childhood The Terrible Suitcase by Emma Allen, illus by Freya Blackwood
Picture Book of the Year The Coat by Julie Hunt, illus by Ron Brooks
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Tom the Outback Mailman by Kristin Weidenbach, illus by Timothy Ide

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