CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers checklist
Every CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers book on our site, newest first. Print it and tick off the ones you have read.
| Read | Year | Title | By | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Inked | Karen Wasson | Winner | |
| 2025 | Laughter Is the Best Ending | Maryam Master | Winner | |
| 2024 | Scar Town | Tristan Bancks | Winner | |
| 2023 | Runt | Craig Silvey | Winner | |
| 2022 | A Glasshouse of Stars | Shirley Marr | Winner | |
| 2021 | Aster's Good, Right Things | Kate Gordon | Winner | |
| 2020 | The Little Wave | Pip Harry | Winner | |
| 2019 | His Name Was Walter | Emily Rodda | Winner | |
| 2018 | How to Bee | Bren MacDibble | Winner | |
| 2017 | Rockhopping | Trace Balla | Winner | |
| 2016 | Soon | Morris Gleitzman | Winner | |
| 2015 | The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present | Libby Gleeson | Winner | |
| 2014 | City of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit | Catherine Jinks | Winner | |
| 2013 | The Children of the King | Sonya Hartnett | Winner | |
| 2012 | Crow Country | Kate Constable | Winner | |
| 2011 | The Red Wind | Isobelle Carmody | Winner | |
| 2010 | Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool | Odo Hirsch | Winner | |
| 2009 | Perry Angel's Suitcase | Glenda Millard | Winner | |
| 2008 | Dragon Moon | Carole Wilkinson | Winner | |
| 2007 | Being Bee | Catherine Bateson | Winner | |
| 2006 | Helicopter Man | Elizabeth Fensham | Winner | |
| 2005 | The Silver Donkey | Sonya Hartnett | Winner | |
| 2004 | Dragonkeeper | Carole Wilkinson | Winner | |
| 2003 | Rain May and Captain Daniel | Catherine Bateson | Winner | |
| 2002 | My Dog | John Heffernan | Winner | |
| 2001 | Two Hands Together | Diana Kidd | Winner | |
| 2000 | Hitler's Daughter | Jackie French | Winner | |
| 1999 | My Girragundji | Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor | Winner | |
| 1998 | Someone Like Me | Elaine Forrestal | Winner | |
| 1997 | Hannah Plus One | Libby Gleeson | Winner | |
| 1996 | Swashbuckler | James Moloney | Winner | |
| 1995 | Ark in the Park | Wendy Orr | Winner | |
| 1994 | Rowan of Rin | Emily Rodda | Winner | |
| 1993 | The Bamboo Flute | Garry Disher | Winner | |
| 1992 | The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels | Anna Fienberg | Winner | |
| 1991 | Finders Keepers | Emily Rodda | Winner | |
| 1990 | Pigs and Honey | Jeanie Adams | Winner | |
| 1989 | The Best-Kept Secret | Emily Rodda | Winner | |
| 1988 | My Place | Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins | Winner | |
| 1987 | Pigs Might Fly | Emily Rodda | Winner | |
| 1986 | Arkwright | Mary Steele | Winner | |
| 1985 | Something Special | Emily Rodda | Winner | |
| 1984 | Bernice Knows Best | Max Dann | Winner | |
| 1983 | Thing | Robin Klein | Winner | |
| 1982 | Rummage | Christobel Mattingley | Winner |
The Gold Shelf: thegoldshelf.com/awards/cbca-younger-readers/