The Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book has been presented occasionally since 1955 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).
The Award "will be made to outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity, or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations."
Award winners
1950s
| Year |
Author |
Illustrator |
Book |
Publisher |
Ref. |
| 1955 |
No award |
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| 1956 |
Peggy Barnard |
Sheila Hawkins |
Wish and the Magic Nut |
John Sands |
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| 1957 |
No award |
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| 1958 |
Poignant, AxelAxel Poignant |
photographs |
Piccaninny Walkabout |
Angus & Robertson |
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| 1959 |
No award |
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1960s
| Year |
Author |
Illustrator |
Book |
Publisher |
Ref. |
| 1960 |
No award |
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| 1961 |
No award |
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| 1962 |
No award |
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| 1963 |
No award |
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| 1964 |
No award |
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| 1965 |
Elisabeth MacIntyre |
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Hugh's Zoo |
Constable Young Books |
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| 1966 |
No award |
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| 1968 |
No award |
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| 1969 |
Southall, IvanIvan Southall |
Greenwood, TedTed Greenwood |
Sly Old Wardrobe |
Cheshire |
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1970s
| Year |
Author |
Illustrator |
Book |
Publisher |
Ref. |
| 1970 |
No award |
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| 1971 |
Paterson, A. B.A. B. Paterson |
Digby, DesmondDesmond Digby |
Waltzing Matilda |
Collins |
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| 1974 |
Jenny Wagner |
Ron Brooks |
The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek |
Longman Young |
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| 1975 |
Paterson, A. B.A. B. Paterson |
Hole, QuentinQuentin Hole |
Man from Ironbark, TheThe Man from Ironbark |
Collins |
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| 1976 |
Roughsey, DickDick Roughsey |
Roughsey, DickDick Roughsey |
Rainbow Serpent, TheThe Rainbow Serpent |
Collins |
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| 1978 |
Jenny Wagner |
Ron Brooks |
John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat |
Viking Kestrel |
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| 1979 |
Percy Trezise |
Dick Roughsey |
The Quinkins |
Collins |
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1980s
1990s
2000s
| Year |
Author |
Illustrator |
Book |
Publisher |
Ref. |
| 2000 |
Margaret Wild |
Anne Spudvilas |
Jenny Angel |
Viking Books |
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| 2001 |
Margaret Wild |
Ron Brooks |
Fox |
Allen and Unwin |
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| 2002 |
Libby Gleeson |
Armin Greder |
An Ordinary Day |
Scholastic Press |
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| 2003 |
Norman Jorgensen |
Brian Harrison-Lever |
In Flanders Fields |
Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
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| 2004 |
Joan Grant |
Neil Curtis |
Cat and Fish |
Lothian |
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| 2005 |
Alison Lester |
Alison Lester |
Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia |
Viking Books |
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| 2006 |
Colin Thompson |
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The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley |
Lothian |
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| 2007 |
Shaun Tan |
Shaun Tan |
The Arrival |
Lothian |
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| 2008 |
Matt Ottley |
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Requiem for a Beast |
Lothian |
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| 2009 |
Kylie Dunstan |
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Collecting Colour |
Lothian |
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2010s
| Year |
Author |
Illustrator |
Book |
Publisher |
Ref. |
| 2010 |
Gregory Rogers |
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The Hero of Little Street |
Allen & Unwin |
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| 2011 |
Jeannie Baker |
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Mirror |
Walker Books |
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| 2011 |
Nicki Greenberg |
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Hamlet |
Allen & Unwin |
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| 2012 |
Bob Graham |
Bob Graham |
A Bus Called Heaven |
Walker Books |
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| 2013 |
Julie Hunt |
Ron Brooks |
The Coat |
Allen & Unwin |
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| 2014 |
Shaun Tan |
Shaun Tan |
Rules of Summer |
Hachette Australia |
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| 2015 |
Irena Kobald |
Freya Blackwood |
My Two Blankets |
Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont |
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| 2016 |
Nadia Wheatley |
Armin Greder |
Flight |
Windy Hollow Books |
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| 2017 |
Bob Graham |
Bob Graham |
Home in the Rain |
Walker Books |
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| 2018 |
Gwyn Perkins |
Gwyn Perkins |
Walk in the Bush, AA Walk in the Bush |
Affirm Press |
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| 2019 |
Shaun Tan |
Shaun Tan |
Cicada |
Lothian |
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2020s
| Year |
Author |
Illustrator |
Book |
Publisher |
Ref. |
| 2020 |
McKimmie, ChrisChris McKimmie |
McKimmie, ChrisChris McKimmie |
I Need a Parrot |
Ford Street |
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| 2021 |
McKinlay, MegMeg McKinlay |
Ottley, MattMatt Ottley |
How to Make a Bird |
Walker Books |
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| 2022 |
Saxby, ClaireClaire Saxby |
Racklyeft, JessJess Racklyeft |
Iceberg |
Allen & Unwin |
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| 2023 |
Sworder, ZenoZeno Sworder |
Sworder, ZenoZeno Sworder |
My Strange Shrinking Parents |
Thames & Hudson |
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