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awards in Australia, both state based and national. In each case
children are the judges, voting for their favourite book. |
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While
the books may be popular with students, some titles may
contain controversial material or be aimed at mature readers.
Before purchasing short listed titles for the school
collection teachers and teacher librarians should refer
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| BILBY
Awards, Queensland |
Bilby
Awards
BILBY stands for
Books I Love Best Yearly.
The Bilby Awards are Queensland's children's choice awards. They are run by the Children's Book Council of Australia (Queensland Branch).
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| COOL
Awards, Australian Capital Territory |
COOL stands for Canberra's
Own Outstanding List.
In 2007 Awards were presented in four categories:
- Picture Story Book
- Fiction for Younger
Readers
- Fiction for Older Readers
- Fiction for Years 7-9
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The
website contains About COOL, current short list,
guidelines, past winners and links to other Children's
Choice Awards and to Children's Literature sites.
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| CYBER
Award, Tasmania |
CYBER stands for Children's Yearly Best-Ever Reads.
The award was presented for the first time in 1999.
Students in primary
and secondary schools around Tasmania vote for
their favourite book. Voting is conducted through
schools, public libraries and bookshops. The award
has been discontinued.
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| KOALA
Awards, New South Wales |
KOALA stands for Kids Own Australian Literature Awards.
These awards are presented in October of each year.
Visit the attractive, easy
to navigate KOALA website for more information
including aims of the award, FAQ, Winners and Top
50, Past Winners and Links to other Australian Children's
Choice Awards.
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| KROC
Award, Northern Territory |
KROC stands
for Kids Reading Oz Choice.
The award is announced in October during Children's
Week.
It is a first-past-the-post voting system. The only
criteria is that the book must be Australian.
Contact person for
the KROC Award is:
Viki Chmielewski, Darwin
Library and Information Service
Ph: (08) 8982 2563
Email: v.chmielewski@darcity.nt.gov.au |
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| WAYRBA
Award, Western Australia |
WAYRBA
WAYRBA stands for West Australian
Young Readers' Book Award.
Officially
launched in March 1980, the Award was established
by the School Libraries Section (WA Group) of ALIA.
The Award aims to:
- Promote reading.
- Give recognition to those
who read and write children's literature.
- Provide a focus for the
mutual interest of those concerned with
children and their literature.
- Provide a balance to adult
selected awards
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It operates on two levels, Younger
Readers and Older Readers, with participation by
both public and school libraries throughout the
state. A presentation night is held to announce
the winning books.
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| YABBA Awards, Victoria |
YABBA
Awards
YABBA stands for Young Australians' Best
Book Award.
The YABBA Awards are Victoria's children's choice awards. They are run by the YABBA council, a volunteer committee.
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