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The Nile -Australia's Largest Online BookstoreThe YABBA awards are a children's choice book award in 3 sections, presented annually.

# The sections are: Picture Story Books
# Fiction for Younger Readers
# Fiction for Older Readers
# Fiction for Years 7 to 9

Each year: Children nominate Australian children's fiction books that have been published in the last ten years to create a short list. Children vote for their favourite books by a specified date in October, (usually International Children's Day). The winners are announced at the award ceremony where authors and illustrators receive YABBA citations presented by children.

A brief look down the lists below reveals the gorgeous titles that have won over the years. With four children 7 and under it pretty much reflects our library! KJP.

2008 YABBA Winners

The winners are
Picture book - Uno's Garden
Younger readers - Just shocking
Older readers - Key to Rondo

Year 7 - 9 - Mao's last dancer

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2008 YABBA Shortlist A Treat As Favourites Old and New Get Young Australian's Nod of Approvalis_your_gramdmother_a_goana_cover

are_we_there_yetMay 9th- Just love the YABBA's! Each year students from across Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and NT (just joined-up) nominate their most loved books onto the Children’s Choice Book Awards Shortlist. In terms two and three, students will read these and other Australian fiction titles and in term four cast a vote for their favourite.

It will be fascinating to see which of the many gorgeous titles emerge as winners come the awards ceremony to be held in November at a venue yet to be announced. Old favourites such as Alison Lester's (right) Are We There Yet?(certainly one of the most popular books to enter our household with four under seven) and Where is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox and Judy Horacek are amongst the ten short listed titles in the Picture Story Book category. Amongst others they are up against the delightfully titled Is Your Grandmother a Goanna? by Pamela Allen who has produced an amazing thirty-six picture lester_alisonbooks in the last twenty-five griffith_andyyears. Penguin books must be delighted with a lone challenger from Walker Books,Dimity Dumpty by Bob Graham, taking on their line-up of nine titles out of ten in the section - congratulations to them.

In the Fiction for Younger Readers category the Boyz Rule! Series continues it's popularity as does the ever green Andy Griffith (left) with both What Bumosaur is That? (Purple Book) and Just Shocking! amongst the nominees. The Anna Fienberg and Kim Gamble team have maintained their place in young Australian's consciousness with Tashi and the Mixed-up Monster and Tashi and the Stolen Bus making the cut.maos_last_dancer

The ten finalists in the Fiction for Older Readers category read like a who's who of popular teen authors. It may well be Morris Gleitzman's year with three books nominated,Boy Overboard plus Doubting Thomas and the excellently titled Give Peas a Chance. Other heavyweights include the extraordinary Jackie French with Goat Who Sailed the World (currently unavailable new) and Hitler's Daughter and Emily Rodda's page-turner The Key to Rondo.

Odragon_moonne of the many things I like about the YABBA is that they have a section, introduced last year I believe, for that very important transitional age of 7-9 years. The increasingly sophisticated tastes of this age group are demonstrated by a number of the short listed titles. Matthew Reilly continues to build his following and is fast becoming one of the nations most successful ever young authors. He dominates this category with a spectacular four titles nominated, Hover Car Racer- Contest - Ice Station and Scarecrow. Mr. Reilly might not have it all his own way though with Carole Wilkinsons delightful Dragon Moon (published by those champions of aussie children's books Black Dog) and the exquisite Mao's Last Dance Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin also in the mix.

note: my thanks to Amanda from the YABBAS for straightening out a few details for me.... a formidable store of knowledge some people have.

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YABBA Short List for 2008

lucys_catSection 1 Picture Storybooks
Annie's Chair Niland, Deborah Penguin
Are We There Yet?Lester, Alison Penguin
Dimity Dumpty: The Story of Humpty's Little Sister Graham, Bob Walker
Dougal and Bumble and the Long Walk Home Dray, Matt Penguin
Is Your Grandmother a Goanna? Allen, Pamela Penguin
Jungle Drums Base, Graeme Penguin
Lucy's Cat and the Rainbow Birds Hill, Anthony Tanner, Jane Penguin
Rex Dubosarsky, Ursula Mackintosh, David Penguin
Uno's Garden Base, Graeme Penguin
Where is the Green Sheep? Fox, Mem Horacek, Judy Penguin

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Section 2 Fiction for Younger Readers
4F for Freaks: Miss Corker's Revenge Hobbs, Leigh (authors website)A&U
Boyz Rule! Series Arena, Felice Pan Macmillan
Extreme Adventures Series ie: Shark Bait D'Ath, Justin Penguin
Just Shocking! Griffiths, Andy Denton, Terry Macmillan
Little Lunch #5 Katz, Danny Vane, Mitch Black Dog Books (not available fishpond try Black Books)
Scary Stories for Brave Boys and Girls Milne, Chris Milne Books
Selby Shattered, Duncan Stomann, Allan Harper Collins
Tashi and the Mixed-up Monster (Tashi S.) Fienberg, Anna Gamble, Kim A&U
Tgarden_purple_dragonashi and the Stolen Bus Fienberg, Anna Gamble, Kim A&U
What Bumosaur is That? Griffiths, Andy Macmillan


Section 3 Fiction for Older Readers
Boy Overboard Gleitzman, Morris Penguin
Doubting Thomas Gleitzman, Morris Penguin
Garden of the Purple Dragon Wilkinson, Carole Black Dog Books note: Fishponds supply of this book has a different cover
Give Peas a Chance Gleitzman, Morris Penguin
Goat Who Sailed the World French, Jackie Harper Collins
Hitler's Daughter French, Jackie Harper Collins
The Key to Rondo Rodda, Emily Scholastic Omnibus
Lady Friday (The Keys to the Kingdom S.) Nix, Garth A&U
Specky Magee And The Spirit of the Game Arena, Felice Penguin
Spookiest Stories Jennings, Paul Penguin

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Freilly_mattiction for YEARS 7-9
Cold Skin Herrick, Steven A&U
Contest Reilly, Matthew (right) Pan Macmillan
Dragon Moon Wilkinson, Carole Black Dog Books
Evil Genius Jinks, Catherine A&U
A Horse Called Elvis Heffernan, John Scholastic
Hover Car Racer Reilly, Matthew Pan Macmillan
Ice Station Reilly, Matthew Pan Macmillan
Mao's Last Dancer Cunxin, Li Penguin
Runestone Ciddor, Anna A&U
Scarecrow Reilly, Matthew Pan Macmillan

YABBA Winners List 1986 - 2007


PICTURE STORYBOOK

2chatterbox_cover007 Chatterbox- Margaret Wild, illus Deborah Niland
2006 Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear  Matt Dray
2004 Old Tom: Man of Mystery Leigh Hobbs
2003 Mutt Dog! Stephen Michael King
2003 Old Tom's Holiday (Old Tom) Leigh Hobbs
2002 POCKET DOGS Margaret Wild, ill Stephen Michael King.
2001 Buffy Bob Graham bambozzled_cover
2000 SPLAT! Terry Denton
1999 Gasp!! Terry Denton
1998 ZAPT! Terry Denton
1997 BILLY THE PUNK Jessica Carroll, Illus Craig Smith
1996 Bamboozled, David Legge
1995 DUCK FOR COVER Ted Greenwood, Paul Jennings , Illus Terry Denton
1994 SPOONER OR LATER Ted Greenwood, Paul Jennings , Illus Terry Denton
 
1993 Sign of the Seahorse Graeme Base
1992 Window Jeannie Baker
where_the_forest_meets_the_sea1991 COUNTING ON FRANK Rod Clement
1990 MONSTER WHO ATE AUSTRALIA Michael Salmon
1989 Eleventh Hour Graeme Base
1988 Where the Forest Meets the Sea Jeannie Baker
1987 Animalia Graeme Base
1986 When the Wind Changed Ruth Park, Illus D. Niland
 
 
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FICTION - YOUNGER READERS
 

2007 The Cat on the Mat is Flat Andy Griffiths, illus Terry Denton

2006 Selby's Shemozzle Duncan Ball / Allan Stomann

2005 LITTLE LUNCH 3 Danny Katz / Mitch Vane

2004 Deltora Quest 3 S.(Series 3) Emily Rodda

2003 Deltora Quest(Series 2) Emily Rodda

2002 Tongue-Tied! Paul Jennings

2001 Just Crazy! Andy Griffiths

2000 Just Stupid! Andy Griffiths

1999 Just Annoying! Andy Griffiths

1998 NAUGHTY STORIES FOR GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS Chris Milne
 
gizmo-again1997 THE BUGALUGS BUM THIEF Tim Winton , Illus Carol Pelham-Thorman
 
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1996 The Gizmo Again (Gizmo Books) Paul Jennings
1995 The Gizmo (Gizmo Books) Paul Jennings
1994 Undone!: More Mad Endings (Puffin books)Paul Jennings
1993 BLABBERMOUTH Morris Gleitzman
 
 
1992 QUIRKY TALES Paul Jennings
 
1991 FINDERS KEEPERS Emily Rodda
 
1989 Eleventh Hour Graeme Base
1990 The Paw Thing Paul Jennings
1989 The Cabbage Patch Fib Paul Jennings
1988 MY PLACE Nadia Wheatley , Illus Donna Rawlins
1987 SISTER MADGE'S BOOK OF NUNS D. Macleod, Illus Craig Smith
 

1986 27TH ANNUAL AFRICAN HIPPO RACE Morris Lurie
 
 

FICTION - OLDER READERS
2007 SPECKY MAGEE AND A LEGEND IN THE MAKING Felice Arena / Gary Lyon
2the_day_my_bum_went_pssycho006 SPECKY MAGEE AND THE BOOTS OF GLORY Felice Arena / Gary Lyon
2005 The Bad Book Andy Griffiths / Terry Denton
2004 Truckdogs Graeme Base
2003 Just Disgusting! Andy Griffiths
2002 The Day My Bum Went Psycho Andy Griffiths
2001 Deltora Quest, Emily Rodda
2000 Toad Rage Morris Gleitzman
1999 BUMFATotally Wicked!: Nos.1-6 of "Wicked"CE Morris Gleitzman.
1998Paul Jennings & Morris Gleitzman
1997 45+47 STELLA STREET Elizabeth Honey
1996 Lockie Leonard, Legend , Tim Winton
1995 Tomorrow, When the War Began, John Marsden
1994 Rowan of Rin #1: Rowan of Rin Emily Rodda.
1993 Unbearable!: More Bizarre Stories Paul Jennings
1992 Unmentionable!: More Amazing Stories Paul Jennings
1991 Round the Twist, Paul Jennings
1990 SPACE DEMONS Gillian Rubinstein
1989 UNCANNY! Paul Jennings
1988 UNBELIEVABLE! Paul Jennings
1987 Unreal!: Eight Surprising Stories Paul Jennings
1986 HATING ALISON ASHLEY Robin Klein

FICTION - YEARS 7 - 9

2007 Once Morris Gleitzman
 
 
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