CBCA Book of the Year Awards

Updated June 29, 2026
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Laughter is the best ending
Master, Maryam
Paper Book
Zee is a loner. She likes to read Oscar Wilde and watch documentaries all day which, according to her parents, is not normal for 13 year olds. So they decide to send her on a five-day holiday camp, hoping she'll make 'at least one friend'.Now, Zee would rather take a bath in Tabasco sauce than...
Aggie Flea steals the show!
Ingram, Tania
Paper Book
Mess up!
Stanton, Matt (Illustrator)
Paper Book
The hilarious and unmissable new series about Gilbert, a boy whose best friend is an imaginary giant fluffy bunny called Fluff, from the creator who brought us The Odds, Funny Kid and Bored. Gilbert and Fluff have got themselves into an enormous mess! They have to...
Real Pigeons flap out
McDonald, Andrew
Paper Book
The feathery crime-fighters are FLAPPING OUT in their eleventh adventure in this hilarious blockbuster series! Can the Real Pigeons stick together through the chaos, or will someone fly away for good? One thing is for sure: the squad will never be the same again ... ★ ...
The sideways orbit of Evie Hart
Kamaleddine, Samera
Paper Book
Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize winner, Samera Kamaleddine. Evie Hart likes rules. A lot. But as she embarks on her very last year of primary school, it feels like all the rules around her are being broken. ...
Eww gross : foul facts and putrid pictures
Marshall, Dan
Paper Book
Get ready to discover just how gross our universe really is. Learn the foulest facts about space, Earth, humans, animals and science that have been tested by real scientists, and even do your own gross experiments. Meet your guide, Slimon,...

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