Children’s Book Council of Australia
The CBCA aims to engage the community with a variety of literature. It celebrates quality Australian authors and illustrators.
Children’s Book Council of Australia
Book Award Categories
There are 6 categories of book awards.
Notables Shortlisted and Winners:
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Honour books is a book which was greatly appreciated and worthy.
Have you seen these stickers in the library?
Notable books are selected out of 100s of books
Shortlisted books are the 6 books to be chosen from in the category.
The book which was selected as the best book has a Winner sticker.
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How do we celebrate Book Week?
Book Week is a special time where children, schools, libraries, teachers and communities celebrate books.
During this time, we spend engaging and acknowledging Australian children authors and illustrators.
This is the week that the CBCA Book Winners are announced.
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2021 CBCA Book Week
Every year there is a slogan for book week.
This year the slogan is
OLD WORLDS,
NEW WORLDS,
OTHER WORLDS.
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Quiz
Here is a quick quiz to see how you know CBCA.
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Click on your answer
Question 1
What does CBCA stand for?
Children’s Book Council of Australia
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Council Book for Children in Australia
Children’s Book Council of Asia
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Hint: What country do you live in?
Question 2
How many Book Award categories are there?
5
4
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6
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Question 3
What colour is the WINNER sticker?
Bronze
Gold
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Silver
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Hint: This colour is bright and shiny. Below are the other 3 stickers
Question 4
What is the CBCA theme for 2021?
Other Worlds, Strange Worlds and Out of this World
Story Worlds, Book Worlds and Movie Worlds
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Old Worlds, New Worlds and Other Worlds
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Hint: Opposite words- New, Old, and Same
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