BILBY Award

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The BILBY Awards are organised annually by the Queensland Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. [1] The name of the award, BILBY, is an acronym of 'Books I Love Best Yearly'. [1] [2]

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These awards are children's choice awards. Each year Queensland children are asked to nominate their favourite book that they have read in the past year; only the winners from the previous two years are excluded from nomination. The nominations are made in three readership categories (see below). The nomination process is the first phase of the awards.

In each category, around five of the most popularly nominated books are grouped into shortlists. In the second phase of the awards students are encouraged to read the books from the list in their readership category and vote for their favourite title. The book receiving the most votes is declared the winner in its category.

Award category and description

Prior to 1997 there were three Awards categories for primary school readers – Read Alone, Read Aloud and Read Australian – and one category for Secondary. In 1997 a readership format was introduced, though the Early Readers category was first called the Picture Book category, then the Early Childhood category [see below].

Currently there are three categories:

List of BILBY Award winners

Early Readers Award

Note: Before 2001, this award was called the "Early Childhood" (1990–1999), "Picture Book" (1998–1997) and "Read Alone" (1996–1990) awards.

YearAuthorBookCitation
1990 Judy Blume Superfudge Winner
1991 Roald Dahl The BFG Winner
1992 Paul Jennings Unreal! Winner
1993 Roald Dahl The Witches Winner
1994 Paul Jennings Undone! Winner
1995Gina IngogliaThe Lion KingWinner
1996 Martin Handford Where's Wally? Winner
1997David LeggeBamboozledWinner
1998 Margaret Wild and Ann James The Midnight GangWinner
1999 Terry Denton Gasp!Winner
2000Rod ClementGrandad's TeethWinner
2001 Martin Handford Where's Wally? Winner
2002 Bob Graham Buffy – An Adventure StoryWinner
2003Narelle OliverThe Very Blue ThingamajigWinner
2004 Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat Winner
2005 Leigh Hobbs Old Tom's HolidayWinner
2006 Margaret Wild, illus. David LeggeBaby BoomsticksWinner
2007Kara LaReau, illus. Scott MagoonUgly fishWinner
2008 Jackie French, illus. Bruce Whatley Diary of a Wombat Winner
2009 Roald Dahl The TwitsWinner
2010H I Larry Zac Power: Poison Island Winner
2011 Vicki Myron Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library! Winner
2012 Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat Winner
2013David LeggeBamboozledWinner
2014 David Wiesner Art & MaxWinner
2015 Mo Willems Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Winner
2016 B. J. Novak The Book With No PicturesWinner
2017 Aaron Blabey [3] Pig the PugWinner
2018 Andy Lee, illus. Heath McKenzieDo Not Open This BookWinner

Younger Readers Award

Note: Before 1997, this award was called the "Read Aloud Award".

YearAuthorBookCitation
1990 Roald Dahl Matilda Winner
1991 Roald Dahl The BFG Winner
1992 Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Winner
1993 Morris Gleitzman Blabber MouthWinner
1994 Roald Dahl Fantastic Mr Fox Winner
1995 David Kirschner The Pagemaster Winner
1996 Ruth Park, illus. Deborah Niland When the Wind ChangedWinner
1997 Roald Dahl Matilda Winner
1998Daisy Corning Stone Spedder, illus. Laurie McGaw Polar, the Titanic Bear Winner
1999Bruce Whatley and R. SmithDetective Donut and the Wild Goose ChaseWinner
2000 Andy Griffiths Just Stupid! Winner
2001 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter seriesWinner
2002 Andy Griffiths Just Crazy! Winner
2003 Bonnie Bryant The Saddle Club seriesWinner
2004 Andy Griffiths Just Disgusting! Winner
2005 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton The Bad Book Winner
2006 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton Just Crazy! Winner
2007 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton The Cat on the Mat Is Flat Winner
2008 Andy Griffiths Just Shocking! Winner
2009 Andy Griffiths Pencil of doom! Winner
2010 Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid Winner
2011 Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Winner
2012 Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid Winner
2013 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton The 26-Storey Treehouse Winner
2014 Michael Gerard Bauer Eric Vale, Epic Fail Winner
2015 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton The 52-Storey Treehouse Winner
2016 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton The 65-Storey Treehouse Winner
2017 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton [4] The 78-Storey TreehouseWinner
2018 Andy Griffiths, illus. Terry Denton The 91-Storey TreehouseWinner

Older Readers Award

YearAuthorBookCitation
1990 Sue Townsend The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ Winner
1991 S. E. Hinton The Outsiders Winner
1992 Martin Handford Where's Wally? Winner
1993 V. C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic Winner
1995 Melina Marchetta Looking for Alibrandi Winner
1996 Michael Crichton Jurassic Park Winner
1997 J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit Winner
1998 John Marsden Tomorrow, When the War Began Winner
1999 Morris Gleitzman Bumface Winner
2000 Melina Marchetta Looking for Alibrandi Winner
2001 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter seriesWinner
2002 J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings Winner
2003Various authors Two of a Kind seriesWinner
2004 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Winner
2005 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Winner
2006 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Winner
2007 Christopher Paolini Eragon Winner
2008 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Winner
2009 Stephenie Meyer Twilight Winner
2010 Stephenie Meyer New Moon Winner
2011 Rick Riordan Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Winner
2012 Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games Winner
2013 J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit Winner
2014 Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Winner
2015 James Dashner The Maze Runner Winner
2016 Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Winner
2017 Ransom Riggs [3] Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Winner
2018 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Winner

Read Australia Award

YearAuthorBookCitation
1994 Randolph Stow MidniteWinner
1995 Gary Crew, illus. Steven Woolman The Watertower Winner
1996 Paul Jennings The GizmoWinner

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "What are the BILBY awards?". Children's Book Council of Australia (Qld Branch) Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
  2. ↑ Mem: 11124904. "BILBY Awards 2018 shortlists announced | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 2022-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 "BILBY Awards 2017 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  4. ↑ "BILBY (Books I Love Best Yearly) Awards". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2025-08-16.

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