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CBCA 2025 Notables


The CBCA 2025 Book of the Year Notables has been released! You can view the full list of notables here.

 

We are hard at work compiling our reviews for the full notables list into a special 5-part supplement for premium members.
So keep an eye out for those releasing very soon!

 

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The Peak

Scholastic AU

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After thwarting a robbery, Nolan Hawker is invited to the world’s most dangerous school. At The Peak…

To Stir with Love

Simon & Schuster Australia

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Walker Books Australia

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House

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House is a stunning picture book that is a heart-felt tale of friendship and belonging. House is th…

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Hardie Grant Children's Publishing

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Why I Love Christmas

Puffin

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Do you know what the best time of the year is? I do. It's easy. CHRISTMAS! I love it so much. And he…

The Truck Cat

Bright Light

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The Truck Cat is a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found. …

Tilly in a Tangle

Dirt Lane Press

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When things go wrong, following our instinct yields unexpected results. Tilly works hard at keeping …

these long-loved things

Scholastic Press

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Where do they go, these long-loved things? These stories told, these songs we sing? Once a memory is…

Slingshot Books

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In his picture-book debut, contemporary artist Datsun Tran tells his family’s story of making a new …

The Space Between

Puffin

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By the CBCA-award winning creator of Fly. The Space Between is a celebration of those special friend…

Stickboy

Scholastic Press

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Stickboy lived in wind and dust, where ancient rock loomed like waves waiting to break ... From Patr…

Listen, Hippo!

Puffin

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A wise and beautiful picture book that explores with gentle warmth and humour the nature of feelings…

The Land Recalls You

Scholastic Press

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Do not mourn the hands that raised you ... Do not weep for songs of land. Honouring the Stolen Gener…

Grow Big, Little Seed

Bright Light

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Grow Big, Little Seed is a tender, hopeful picture book about miscarriage and pregnancy after loss. …

General Waste

Scholastic Press

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General Waste loves stuff! Wasting lots of stuff! He tosses away apples after one bite, he has hour-…

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