2012 Award Winners

November 8, 2012 by
Wiiner Slide

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 Trinity Grammar School on 7 November 2012  were:

  • Felice Arena
  • Sue Bursztynski
  • Sarah Davis
  • Corinne Fenton
  • Bob Graham
  • Andy Griffiths
  • Rolf Heimann
  • Elizabeth Honey
  • George Ivanoff
  • Nicky Johnston
  • Sofie Laguna
  • Oliver Phommavanh
  • Sally Rippin
  • Claire Saxby
  • Karen Tayleur
  • Colin Thompson
  • Gabrielle Wang
  • Carole Wilkinson
The 2012 Award Winners

Winner Fiction Years 7-9

Phoenix Files – Arrival

Chris Morphew

Publisher – Hardie Grant 2009

Fiction Older Readers

13 Storey Treehouse

Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Publisher – Pan Macmillan, 2011

Fiction Younger Readers

Alice Miranda at School

Jacqueline Harvey

Publisher – Random House, 2010

Picture Storybooks

Fearless in Love

Colin Thompson & Sarah Davis

Publisher – ABC Books/Harper Collins, 2011

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Award Winners – 1986 through 2011

October 6, 2012 by

The Young Australian’s Best Book Award was first presented in 1986 to Australian books voted on by the children of Victoria.  Awards have been presented in the following categories:

  • Picture Story Book
  • Fiction for Younger Readers
  • Fiction for Older Readers
  • Fiction for Years 7-9 (first awarded in 2007)

Download a PDF with all the Past Award Winners Here

2011

Title

Author
Picture Story Book THE WRONG BOOK Nick Bland
Fiction for Younger THE VERY BAD BOOK Andy Griffiths, ill. T Denton
Fiction for Older CONSPIRACY 365 series Gabrielle Lord
Fiction for Year 7-9 NOW Morris Gleitzman

2010

Title

Author
Picture Story Book FEARLESS Colin Thompson, illus Sarah Davis
Fiction for Younger THE BIG FAT COW THAT GOES KAPOW Andy Griffiths, illus T Denton
Fiction for Older BATTLE FOR RONDO Emily Rodda.
Fiction for Year 7-9 Boy Overboard Morris Gleitzman

2009

Title

Author
Picture Story Book ARE WE THERE YET? Alison Lester
Fiction for Younger ZAC POWER – MEGA MISSIONS 1-4 H.I. Larry
Fiction for Older SPECKY MAGEE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME F.Arena / G. Lyon
Fiction for Year 7-9 THEN Morris Gleitzman

2008

Title

Author
Picture Story Book UNO’S GARDEN Graeme Base.
Fiction for Younger JUST SHOCKING Andy Griffiths, illus Terry Denton
Fiction for Older KEY TO RONDO Emily Rodda.
Fiction for Year 7-9 MAO’S LAST DANCER Li Cunxin

2007

Title

Author
Picture Story Book CHATTERBOX Margaret Wild, illus Deborah Niland
Fiction for Younger THE CAT ON THE MAT IS FLAT Andy Griffiths, illus Terry Denton
Fiction for Older SPECKY MAGEE A LEGEND IN THE MAKING F.Arena / G. Lyon
Fiction for Year 7-9 ONCE Morris Gleitzman
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