2026 CBCA Picture Book of the Year - Notables

Updated March 10, 2026
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Bigfoot vs Yeti : a love story
Foley, James
Paper Book
The Bigfoots and the Yetis live on either side of the great rift. They have been fighting for as long as anyone can remember. Every day, the Bigfoots throw fruit at the Yetis, and the Yetis throw snowballs at the Bigfoots. But one day, one Bigfoot and one Yeti decide to find what lies at the end of...
Bored
Sala, Felicita.
Paper Book
Utter boredom leads one imaginative girl to inspiration in this clever story from much-loved creator Felicita Sala. Rita is bored. So, so, so bored. She's tried stretching her body across her bedroom, side-eyeing herself in the mirror, stomping her feet and swinging...
Dropbear
Bunting, Philip
Philip Bunting - author illustrator of award-winning titles Mopoke and Not Cute - introduces the most enigmatic creature in the Australian bush. They say Dropbear is mean, Dropbear is savage . But They are the gossips ... Meet Dropbear, if you...
Here Come the Cousins
Hutchings, Maggie.
2026 CBCA NOTABLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR I count down the days all year until seven smiling cousins bounce through Pop's door... Finally the cousins have arrived! Get ready for races to the beach, duck-dives in the waves and...
Once I was a giant
Sworder, Zeno
Paper Book
2026 CBCA NOTABLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR When a picture-book maker runs out of stories, his pencil decides it's time to tell her own... 'My first memories were of darkness and reaching for sunlight. My roots connected me to everything. I was small but I...

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