BILBY Award
The Bilby Award is awarded annually by the Queensland's Branch of the Children's Book Council Awards.[1]
The name of the award, The Bilby, is an acronym of "Books I Love Best Yearly".[1] The award is a childrens choice award. Each year Queensland students are asked to nominate their favourite book, and only nominations for the winners from the last two years are excluded. The books in this shortlist are grouped into the three age level categories and students are encouraged to read books from the list and chose their favourite title. The votes are counted and winners for the categories are announced in September on International Literacy Day.
To see the history of the CBCA and other CBCA Awards, see: List of CBCA Awards
Award Category and Description
This award is a children's choice awards. The books that collect the most votes by Queensland school children are nominated as the winners in each age level category.[1]
List of Bilby Award Winners
Early Readers Award
Before 2001 called "Early Childhood"(1999 & 2000), "Picture Book Award" (1998 &1997) and "Read Alone Award" (1990 to 1996)
- 1990 - Superfudge by Judy Blume
- 1991 - The BFG by Roald Dahl
- 1992 - Unreal by Paul Jennings
- 1993 - The Witches by Roald Dahl
- 1994 - Undone by Paul Jennings
- 1995 - The Lion King by Gina Ingoglio
- 1996 - Where's Wally by Martin Handford
- 1997 - Bamboozled by David Legge
- 1998 - The Midnight Gang by Margaret Wild and Ann James
- 1999 - Gasp! by Terry Denton
- 2000 - Grandad's Teeth by Rod Clement
- 2001 - Where's Wally by Martin Handford
- 2002 - Buffy - An Adventure Story - Bob Graham
- 2003 - The Very Blue Thingamajig by Narelle Oliver
- 2004 - The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss
- 2005 - Old Tom's Holiday by [[Leigh Hobb
- 2006 - Baby Boomsticks by Margaret Wild (illustrated by David Legge)
Younger Readers
Before 1997 called "Read Aloud Award"
- 1990 - Matilda by Roald Dahl
- 1991 - The BFG by Roald Dahl
- 1992 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- 1993 - Blabbermouth by Morris Gleitzman
- 1994 - Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
- 1995 - The Pagemaster by David Kirschner
- 1996 - When the Wind Changed by Ruth Park (illustrated by Deborah Niland)
- 1997 - Matilda by Roald Dahl
- 1998 - Polar the Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning and Stone Spedder
- 1999 - Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase by Bruce Whatley and R Smith
- 2000 - Just Stupid! by Andy Griffiths
- 2001 - Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling
- 2002 - Just Crazy by Andy Griffiths
- 2003 - The Saddle Club series by Bonnie Bryant
- 2004 - Just Disgusting by Andy Griffiths
- 2005 - The Bad Book by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
- 2006 - Just Crazy! by Andy Griffiths (illustrated by Terry Denton)
Read Australia Award
- 1994 - Midnite by Randolph Stow
- 1995 - The Watertower by Gary Crew (illustrated by Steven Woolman)
- 1996 - The Gizmo by Morris Gleitzman
Older Reader Award
- 1990 - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 1/4 by Sue Townsend
- 1991 - The Outsiders - S E Hinton
- 1992 - Where's Wally by Martin Handford
- 1993 - Flowers in the Attic by Virginia Andrews
- 1995 - Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
- 1996 - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- 1997 - The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien
- 1998 - Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden
- 1999 - Bumface by Morris Gleitzman
- 2000 - Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
- 2001 - Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling
- 2002 - The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
- 2003 - Two of a Kind series about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - by various authors
- 2004 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phonenix by JK Rowling
- 2005 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
- 2006 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
See Also
Notes
- ^ a b c "What are the BILBY awards?". Children's Book Council of Australia (Qld Branch) Inc. Retrieved 2007-08-01.