Whitley Book Award for Stephanie Owen Reeder and Cher Hart

Congratulations to author Stephanie Owen Reeder and illustrator Cher Hart on winning the award for

Children’s Investigative Zoology in the 2024 Whitley Book Awards presented by the Royal Zoological Society of NSW for

Sensational Australian Animals

a hardback non-fiction picture book for ages 6+ by CSIRO Publishing

01 February 2024

Explore the fascinating world of native Australian animals through the five basic senses – sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.

Covering more than 145 truly astounding animals – from sharp-eyed whale sharks to sticky-bellied green tree frogs – Sensational Australian Animals showcases the strange things these creatures can do with their eyes, ears, noses, mouths and skin! Meet birds that laugh, frogs that quack and fish that sing.

What a sensational achievement for Stephanie and Cher!

ABLE Golden Book Award for Eleanor Pearson and Angela Perrini

Congratulations to author Eleanor Pearson and illustrator Angela Perrini on receiving the Gold Award at the

ABLE Golden Book Awards for Books are NOT just for Bedtime

a debut picture book for 4-8 year olds published by Little Steps Publishing

01 March 2024

Books Are NOT Just For Bedtime won the Gold Award in the Children's Book Illustrated category at the ABLE (Author Book Launch & Expo) Golden Book Awards, held in Melbourne on 11th October, 2024.

An incredible achievement for a debut book!

Award for Caroline Stills

Congratulations to author Caroline Stills on receiving the

Text Prize 2024 for

A Gift from the Birds

A middle-grade novel to be published by Text Publishing

Late 2025

Caroline Stills has won the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut middle-grade novel A Gift from the Birds. Awarded annually, the Text Prize aims to unearth incredible new books for young adults and children by Australian and New Zealand writers.

Congratulations, what an incredible prize and we cannot wait to read this book next year!