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YABBA is the children’s choice book award in Victoria.

First given in 1986, YABBA has honoured popular Australian children’s books each year since.

What is YABBA all about?


It’s a huge, huge reward to be acknowledged by the actual readers you’re writing for!

Felice Arena – Author

The YABBA Awards… I think they’re the best part of the job.

Oliver Phommavanh – Author

I love the YABBA Awards… they’re the thing I look forward to the most every year.

Andy Griffiths – Author

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14 AGM Announcement

2014 Annual General Meeting

  Notice is hereby given to all members that the Annual General Meeting of the Young Australians Best Book Awards Council Inc will be held Monday 8 December 2014 at 6:45pm at 67 Sutherland Road Armadale. All members are invited to attend and nominate for the YABBA Council in 2015. The AGM Agenda All members are invited […]

14 Winners Slide

2014 Winners

  The YABBA Award winners have been declared for another year. Authors and illustrators attending the Awards Ceremony chatted with their young readers, and enthusiastically signed copies of their books. Those in attendance at Hillcrest Christian College on 28 October 2014 were:   The Last Thirteen Book One: 13 James Phelan Publisher – Scholastic 2013 […]

2014 – Dragonkeepers Series and Carole Wilkinson

Dragonkeepers (Series) Author – Carole Wilkinson Description: Ancient China, Han Dynasty. A slave girl saves the life of an ageing dragon and escapes her brutal master. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, the girl and the dragon make an epic journey across China carrying a mysterious stone that must be protected.