CBCA+2012

**Children's Book Council of Australia ** Each year the CBCA shortlists titles for their Book of the Year awards for 2012. The [|awards] are divided into 5 categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Book and the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books. Below are links to information about the books and the authors/illustrators in this year's Older Reader and Younger Reader categories as well as teacher notes.

=Older Readers= Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel by [|Michael Gerard Bauer] [|Teacher Notes], [|Book Trailer] A Straight Line To My Heart by [|Bill Condon] [|Teacher Notes] The Golden Day by [|Ursula Dubosarsky] [|Teacher Notes], [|Book Trailer] The Dead I Know by [|Scot Gardner] [|Teacher Notes] Ship Kings: The Coming of the Whirlpool by [|Andrew McGahan] [|Teacher Notes], [|Book Trailer] When We Were Two by [|Robert Newton] [|Teacher Notes]
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=Younger Readers= Crow Country by [|Kate Constable] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Teacher Notes] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Brotherband: The Outcasts by [|John Flanagan] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Teacher Notes], [|Book Trailer], [|Interview] with John Flanagan <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Nanberry: Black Brother White by [|Jackie French] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Teacher Notes] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Truth About Verity Sparks by [|Susan Green] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Teacher Notes] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Bungawitta by [|Emily Rodda] Illustrated by [|Craig Smith] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Teacher Notes] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Golden Door by Emily Rodda <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Teacher Notes], [|Book Trailer]