splendidly well-written blog entry by Sophie Masson recalling her childhood experiences as self-appointed president of The Bluebell Club...
Australasia: August 2008 Archives
Older Readers Book of the Year 2008
HARTNETT, Sonya THE GHOST'S CHILD
Younger Readers Book of the Year 2008
WILKINSON, Carole DRAGON MOON
Early Childhood Book of the Year 2008
BLABEY, Aaron PEARL BARLEY AND CHARLIE PARSLEY
Picture Book of the Year 2008 [see previous blogged item]
OTTLEY, Matt REQUIEM FOR A BEAST
Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2008
WATTS, Frances (Illustrated by David LEGGE) PARSLEY RABBIT'S BOOK ABOUT BOOKS
Controversial Australian Prize Winner
A FORMER Children's Book Council president [Kate Colley] has criticised a decision to award one of Australia's most prestigious prizes or children's literature to a book containing swearing and violent images.
Requiem for a Beast today won the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year prize.
