BILBY Award


The BILBY Awards are organised annually by the Queensland Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. The name of the award, BILBY, is an acronym of 'Books I Love Best Yearly'.
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. 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.
To see the history of the CBCA and other CBCA Awards, see:'' List of CBCA Awards

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 .
Currently there are three categories:
• Early Readers - for books for readers under 8 years old
• Younger Readers – for books for readers between 8 and 12 years old
• Older Readers – for books for readers over 12 years old.

List of BILBY Award winners

Early Readers Award

Note: Before 2001, this award was called the "Early Childhood", "Picture Book" and "Read Alone" awards.
YearAuthorBookCitation
1990SuperfudgeWinner
1991Winner
1992Unreal!Winner
1993Winner
1994Undone!Winner
1995Winner
1996Where's Wally?Winner
1997BamboozledWinner
1998Winner
1999Gasp!Winner
2000Grandad's TeethWinner
2001Where's Wally?Winner
2002Buffy - An Adventure StoryWinner
2003Winner
2004Winner
2005Old Tom's HolidayWinner
2006Baby BoomsticksWinner
2007Ugly fishWinner
2008Diary of a WombatWinner
2009The TwitsWinner
2010Zac Power: Poison IslandWinner
2011Winner
2012The Cat in the HatWinner
2013BamboozledWinner
2014Art & MaxWinner
2015Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!Winner
2016The Book With No PicturesWinner

Younger Readers Award

Note: Before 1997, this award was called the "Read Aloud Award".
YearAuthorBookCitation
1990MatildaWinner
1991Winner
1992Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryWinner
1993Blabber MouthWinner
1994Fantastic Mr FoxWinner
1995'Winner
1996When the Wind ChangedWinner
1997MatildaWinner
1998Polar, the Titanic BearWinner
1999Detective Donut and the Wild Goose ChaseWinner
2000Just Stupid!Winner
2001Harry Potter seriesWinner
2002Just Crazy!Winner
2003Winner
2004Just Disgusting!Winner
2005Winner
2006Just Crazy!Winner
2007The Cat on the Mat Is FlatWinner
2008Just Shocking!Winner
2009Pencil of doom!Winner
2010Diary of a Wimpy KidWinner
2011'Winner
2012'Winner
2013The 26-Storey TreehouseWinner
2014Eric Vale, Epic FailWinner
2015The 52-Storey TreehouseWinner
2016The 65-Storey TreehouseWinner

Older Readers Award

YearAuthorBookCitation
1990Winner
1991Winner
1992Where's Wally?Winner
1993Flowers in the AtticWinner
1995Looking for AlibrandiWinner
1996Jurassic ParkWinner
1997Winner
1998Tomorrow, When the War BeganWinner
1999BumfaceWinner
2000Looking for AlibrandiWinner
2001Harry Potter seriesWinner
2002Winner
2003Various authorsTwo of a Kind seriesWinner
2004Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixWinner
2005Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanWinner
2006Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceWinner
2007EragonWinner
2008Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsWinner
2009TwilightWinner
2010New MoonWinner
2011Percy Jackson and the Lightning ThiefWinner
2012The Hunger GamesWinner
2013Winner
2014The Hunger Games: Catching FireWinner
2015The Maze RunnerWinner
2016The Hunger Games: MockingjayWinner

Read Australia Award

YearAuthorBookCitation
1994MidniteWinner
1995Winner
1996Winner