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History
Replaced the pre-existing category 'Infants/Primary' when this was split into two in 1996 (the other award being 'Picture Book').
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2000
winner y
Selby Snowbound
Pymble
:
HarperCollins Australia
,
1998
Z835654
1998
single work
children's fiction
children's
-
Year: 1999
winner y
Desert Dan the Dunny Man
New South Wales
:
Hodder Children's Books
,
1997
Z847921
1997
single work
children's fiction
children's
-
Year: 1998
winner y
Selby Speaks
North Ryde
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1988
Z837606
1988
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
'Selby is still valiantly trying to keep his gift of the gab a secret. After all, if his owners, the Trifles, find out that their pet pooch can talk, they might ask him to do chores like answer the telephone or do the shopping. Worse still, they might hand him over to snoopy scientists and he'd spend the rest of his life answering stupid questions. Selby has vowed to keep his trap shut — even if it kills him! But only fast talking can save him when he's caught in a cage with Two-Tooth Tina, or is about to be dumped over a cliff, or is going to be sliced into Selby-salami by a gigantic saw blade ... Yikes!' (Source: author's website.)
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Year: 1997
winner y
Selby Spacedog
Pymble
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1996
Z833021
1996
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
-
Year: 1996
winner y
Gasp!
Gasp! : The Breathtaking Adventures of a Fish Left Home Alone
Terry Denton
(illustrator),
Melbourne
:
Puffin
,
1995
Z833477
1995
single work
picture book
children's
humour
