The Children's Book Council of Australia's 2025 Notables list has been announced!
HUGE congratulations to our creators:
Over or Under? by Pip Harry and Hilary Jean Tapper, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Tooth Fairy (and Some Things You Didn't) by Briony Stewart and Dinosaur in my Pocket by Ashleigh Barton and Blithe Fielden are all Notables for Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Six Summers of Tash and Leopold by Danielle Binks is a Notable for Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Look Me in the Eye by Jane Godwin is a Notable for Book of the Year: Older Readers
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Extinct Animals by Sami Bayly and Extreme Animal Facts by Jennifer Cossins are Notables for the Eve Pownall Award
Learn more and download Teachers Resources for each of our Notable books below, and check out all the wonderful Aussie authors and illustrators on the full list here.
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A beautiful picture book about learning to swim in the waves at the beach, from acclaimed author Pip Harry and award-winning illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper -
Every single minute, of every single day, a child somewhere loses a baby tooth. Find out what happens to all those teeth in this informative and fully illustrated guide to that mysterious creature, the tooth fairy. -
James loves two things more than anything in the world: dinosaurs and miniatures, but what happens when he takes a dinosaur that isn't his? A warm-hearted cautionary tale for sticky fingers everywhere, from bestselling children's author Ashleigh Barton with illustrations by Blithe Fielden. -
Once trust is gone, what is there to hold onto? From award-winning author Jane Godwin, a thought-provoking novel about young teens navigating friendship and trust in a post-pandemic world of surveillance and control.
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