FITA Judges’ Training Aid – January 2011. Position of Judges during Various Stages of Competition.
2011 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS In 2011 the judges read
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2011 CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIABOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS In 2011 the judges read
403 books
for the 4 Fiction categories
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Exploring the books nominated in this year’s shortlists for theCBCA Children’s Book of the Year Awards
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AWARD’S CRITERIA
• • The Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards are for books with an
implied readership under the age of eighteen.• • The judges assess entries for the Awards primarily for literary merit,
including cohesiveness in significant literary elements; • language chosen carefully for its appropriateness to the theme and style
of the work with proper regard to the aesthetic qualities of the language; • originality in the treatment of literary elements as they apply to the form
of the work. • Judges should also consider quality of illustrations, book design,
production, printing and binding.
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CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers:
outstanding books of fiction, drama or poetry which
require of the reader a degree of maturity to appreciate the topics, themes and scope of emotional involvement.
generally books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling.
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Older Readers Book of the YearShortlist 2011
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Graffiti moonCath Crowley
• Pan Macmillan Australia
• Pan Macmillan Australia
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The Midnight ZooSonya Hartnett
Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
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About a girlJoanne Hornimann
Allen & Unwin
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The life of a teenage body-snatcherDoug MacLeod
Penguin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
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The piper’s sonMelina Marchetta
Penguin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
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Six impossible thingsFiona Wood
Pan Macmillan Australia
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CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers:
outstanding books of fiction, drama or poetry for readers who have developed independent reading skills but are still developing in literary appreciation.
generally books in this category will be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years.
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Younger Readers Book of the YearShortlist 2011
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Just a dogMichael Gerard Bauer
Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
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Henry Hoey HobsonChristine Bongers
Woolshed Press, Random House Australia
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Violet Mackerall’s brilliant plot
Anna BranfordIll. Sarah Davis
Walker Books Australia
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The red windIsobelle Carmody
Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
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Duck for a dayMeg McKinlayIll Leila Rudge
Walker Books Australia
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TopplingSally Murphy
Ill. Rhian Nest James
Walker Books Australia
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Paranormal