Our awards
Allie McGregor's True Colours
by Sue Lawson
Winner
Older Readers
2007 Australian Family Therapist’s Award for Children’s Literature
The Antarctica Book
Wild Planet series
by Dr Mark Norman
Shortlisted
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2008 CBCA Awards
Winner
2008 APA Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing
The Black Dress
by Pamela Freeman
Winner
Young People's History Prize
2006 NSW Premier's History Awards
Notable Book
Book of the Year (Older Readers)
2006 CBCA Awards
Dragonkeeper
Dragonkeeper series
by Carole Wilkinson
Winner
Book of the Year (Younger Readers)
2004 CBCA Awards
Winner
Best Children's Book
2004 Queensland Premier's Literary Award
Winner
Best Young Adult Book
2003 Aurealis Awards
Winner
Older Readers
2006 KOALAs
Shortlisted
2006 COOL Awards
Shortlisted
2004 NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Winner
2006 Kalbacher Klapperschlange (Germany)
Special Mention
2004 International Youth Library White Ravens List
The Dragon Companion (hardback)
Dragonkeeper series
by Carole Wilkinson, illustrated by Dean Jones
Notable Book
Book of the Year (Younger Readers)
2008 CBCA Awards
Dragon Moon
Dragonkeeper series
by Carole Wilkinson
Shortlisted
Best Children's Book
2007 Aurealis Awards
Winner
Book of the Year (Younger Readers)
2008 CBCA Awards
Shortlisted
Patricia Wrightson Award
2008 NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Shortlisted
Book of the Year for Older Children
2008 APA Australian Book Industry Awards
Winner
Fiction for Years 7-9
2008 COOL (Canberra’s Own Outstanding List) Awards
Winner
Fiction for Years 7-9
2008 KROC (Kids Reading Oz Choice) Awards
Fly a Rebel Flag
The Drum series
by Robyn Annear
Shortlisted
2004 NSW Premier’s Young People’s History Prize
Garden of the Purple Dragon
Dragonkeeper series
by Carole Wilkinson
Winner
2006 West Australian Young Readers Book Award (WAYRBA)
Shortlisted
2006 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
Shortlisted
2006 COOL Awards
Shortlisted
2006 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA)
Shortlisted
2006 YABBAs
Shortlisted
2007 YABBAs
Winner
KOALA Award for Older Readers
2009
The Great Barrier Reef Book
Wild Planet series
by Dr Mark Norman
Winner
Whitley Commendation for Children‘s Books
2009 Whitley Awards (Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales)
2009 Whitley Awards
Winner
Wilderness Society Environment Award
2010 Children's Literature
The Grief Book
by Elizabeth Vercoe (with Kerry Abramowski)
Honour Book
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2005 CBCA Awards
Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter
True Tales series
by Carole Wilkinson, illustrated by Dean Jones
Shortlisted
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2008 CBCA Awards
Shortlisted
Best Non-Fiction
2008 Crime Writer’s Association of Australia Ned Kelly Awards
Joan Of Arc
The Drum series
by Lili Wilkinson
Shortlisted
Young People's History Prize
2007 New South Wales Premier's History Awards
Keep Your Hair On!
by Elizabeth Vercoe
Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities
2007 International Board on Books for Young People
Kokoda Track
The Drum series
by Peter Macinnis
Shortlisted
Young People's History Prize
2007 New South Wales Premier's History Awards
Honour Book
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2008 CBCA Awards
Little Lunch Five
Little Lunch series
by Danny Katz, illustrated by Mitch Vane
Shortlisted
2008 YABBAs
Shortlisted
2008 KOALAs
Mama's Song
by Ben Beaton
Winner
White Ravens Award
2010 Outstanding International Books for Children and Young Adults
Notable Book
Australian Children's Book
2010 Children's Book Council Book of the Year
The Penguin Book
Wild Planet series
by Dr Mark Norman
Winner
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2007 CBCA Awards
Shortlisted
Awards for Excellence in Australian Publishing
2007 Australian Publishers' Association
Shortlisted
Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature
2007
Queenie
by Corinne Fenton, illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe
Honour Book
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2007 CBCA Awards
Ramose and the Tomb Robbers
Ramose series
by Carole Wilkinson
Notable Book
Book of the Year (Younger Readers)
2002 CBCA Awards
Red Haze
The Drum series
by Leon Davidson
Honour Book
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2007 CBCA Awards
Winner
Elsie Locke Award
2007 Library & Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa Children's Book Awards
FInalist
Non-Fiction Award
2007 New Zealand Post Book Awards
Scarecrow Army
The Drum series
by Leon Davidson
Winner
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2006 CBCA Awards
Winner
Non-Fiction Category
2006 New Zealand Post Book Awards
The Shark Book
Wild Planet series
by Dr Mark Norman
Winner
Whitley Commendation for Children’s Books
2008 Whitley Awards (Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales)
Shirtfront
by Paula Hunt
Notable Book
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2006 CBCA Awards
Winner
Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Book
2006 APA Annual Book Design Awards
A Story of Natural Numbers
by David Demant
Shortlisted
Best Designed Children’s Non-fiction
2009 APA Book Design Awards
When Mum Was Little
written and illustrated by Mini Goss
Winner
Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration
2002 CBCA Awards
Who’s On The Money?
Our Stories series
by Chris Miles
Notable Book
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2008 CBCA Awards
The Wild Colonial Boys
Our Stories series
by Paula Hunt
Shortlisted
2008 APA Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing
Shortlisted
Best Non-Fiction
2008 Crime Writer’s Association of Australia Ned Kelly Awards