Find all the Shortlisted titles here -
https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2021
Find the CBCA Book of the Year Awards Shortlist Announcement here -
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NemnHYshHgU
Find out how the books are judged here –
Shadow Judging for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2021
https://www.youtube.com/embed/_THALfwhtr0
Read the Shortlisted Titles below
For younger readers
Who’s Your Real Mum? by Bernadette Green and Anna Zobel
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WkANPrjYaIc
There’s No Such Thing by Heidi McKinnon
https://www.youtube.com/embed/H-5F0wgQ-Kw
We Love You, Magoo by Briony Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LAAyEdGsxAQ
Ribbit Rabbit Robot by Sofya Karmazina
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BzukpNlR9JI
Seven Seas of Fleas by Dave Petzold
https://www.youtube.com/embed/XZu9Itg6xEo
Go Away! Worry Monster! By Robin Tatlow-Lord
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NRw-41IR6fE
Not Cute by Philip Bunting
www.youtube.com/embed/W8hHAPwphaQ
Your Birthday was the Best by Maggie Hutchings and Felicita Sala
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y87ucX6X2GQ
Norton and the Bear by Gabriel Evans
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fB2FoZnrPkA
Ellie’s Dragon by Bob Graham
https://www.youtube.com/embed/3v0Bfh9d-Kk
The Unwilling Twin by Freya Blackwood
https://www.youtube.com/embed/h3J0A-yCROk
No! Never! by Libby Hathorn and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman
https://www.youtube.com/embed/F39RNrbxQe8
For older students
Worse Things by Sally Murphy and Sarah Davis
Author reading Chapter One https://www.youtube.com/embed/fqpXyzaakwk
We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad
Author introduction https://www.youtube.com/embed/g6qPkrCBKSU
Bindi by Kirli Saunders and Dub Leffler
Author talk https://www.youtube.com/embed/YRly4zQMZSk
The Book of Chance by Sue Whiting
Author Introduction https://www.youtube.com/embed/rTIsctUyHuc
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly
Author talking about her illustrations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnbgOULKbKE
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals - Activity: Look at the process author and illustrator Sami Bayly goes through to produce her incredible publications.
(For Year 6 only)
Azaria: A True History by Maree Coote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-N5zVK4EaI
Azaria - Questions: Who do you think will benefit from reading this book? Why? What is more important in your opinion – the words or the pictures – why? Do you think differently after reading the book? Do you think differently about – The desert? The Rock at Uluru? Wild animals? The media? The courts and the Law? Public opinion? If so, how have your thoughts and opinions changed? Why?
Strangers on Country by David Hartley and Kirsty Murray (illustrations by Dub Leffler)
Summary of one of the Europeans looked after by Indigenous Australians in the 1800s:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BL1cu5SsXGM
Matthew Flinders – Adventures on Leaky Boats by Carole Wilkinson and Prue Pittock
Illustrator talking about the book https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sw9tufpSoqA
Matt Ottley talking about his book How to Make a Bird
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jgwaYwm7_Nc
Meg McKinlay talking about How to Make a Bird
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LRQjkOMXRb4
Zeno Sworder reading This Small Blue Dot
https://www.youtube.com/embed/AD8WOO9dfro
The Small Blue Dot - Questions: Did you notice how the narrator is drawn in black and white and how her interaction with the world and her own imagination are expressed through colour and movement. What happens at the end of the book when she shares her joy and amazement about the world with her younger sibling?
Give Me Some Space by Phillip Bunting
Enjoy this wonderful story read by a Nasa Space Station astronaut.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VeCxxMZjlFo
Littlelight by Kelly Canby
https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMiaoW5TG1w
Do you think Littlelight looks a lot more interesting, vibrant and joyful once the wall has disappeared? Would you rather live in grey Littlelight with the wall around it or in brightly coloured Littlelight open to its neighbours? Why? Write a short paragraph outlining your reasons.
Dry to Dry by Liz Anelli and Pamela Freeman
https://www.youtube.com/embed/psYnypiR64o
Look at the colours Liz Anelli has used in Dry to Dry. Why do you think she chose to use these colours? Do you think they accurately represent the environment in Kakadu?
How does your neighbourhood change as the seasons change? How does the changing of the seasons affect the trees, animals and weather? Draw a picture of your backyard in the summer and in the winter, and make a list of the differences.
Australia’s Wild, Weird, Wonderful Weather by Stephanie Owen Reeder
https://www.youtube.com/embed/-jPx3TWMHkY
Try this fun weather quiz – (based on the information in the book)
http://stephanieowenreeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kids-Quiz-Australias-Wild-Weird-Wonderful-Weather.pdf