AustLit
Subcategory of Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2013
winner y Seadog Sea Dog Tom Jellett (illustrator), North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2013 6020602 2013 single work picture book children's'Not since Harry the Dirty Dog has there been such a lovable puppy with such an aversion to pet grooming. A beautiful picture book about a lovable, but scruffy dog.
'Our dog is not a clean dog,
a shiny or a fluffy dog.
Our dog is a seadog' (Publisher's blurb)
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Year: 2012
winner y Come Down, Cat! Lucia Masciullo (illustrator), Camberwell : Penguin , 2011 Z1801791 2011 single work picture book children's'The day is ending, night is falling, and Nicholas' cat won't come down. High on the roof she licks her paws while Nicholas worries about her up there all alone. How does he coax her into the safe, warm house? She doesn't even want to come down from the roof... or does she?' (From the publisher's website.)
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Year: 2011
winner y Can We Lick the Spoon Now? Tamsin Ainslie (illustrator), Kingswood : Working Title Press , 2010 Z1711153 2010 single work picture book children's'What’s the best thing about making a cake? Licking the spoon, of course! What’s the worst thing about making a cake? Waiting! Share in the fun as Dad and the children get busy in the kitchen.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Year: 2010
winner y Our Daft Dog Danny Pamela Allen (illustrator), Camberwell : Viking , 2009 Z1588566 2009 single work picture book children's'In the winter, we love to visit Uncle Peter and his dog Millie at the beach.
'But the day we took our dog Danny with us, everything went wrong!
'Until Toby had a good idea...' (Publisher's blurb)
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Year: 2009
winner y The Terrible Plop Andrew Joyner (illustrator), Melbourne : Penguin , 2009 Z1563323 2009 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units)'A picture book about a little rabbit who learns that some things in life aren't as scary as they seem. Based on a Tibetan myth, a sound in the forest sets all the animals running for their lives from the Terrible Plop.'
(Source: Publisher's website)