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Book of the Year

BOOK OF THE YEAR 8

Speech Pathology Australia

And the winners are...

Winner Five years to 8 years

THE WINNERS ARE in and everything is in place for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year 2018 Awards Ceremony, to be conducted in Melbourne. This year the Book of the Year Awards will be held at the State Library of Victoria, right in the heart of Melbourne’s central business district. The winners of the 2018 Book of the Year will be formally announced on Friday 9 November. Until then, please keep the winners a secret! Everyone is welcome to attend the ceremony. Formalities get underway from 10.30 am in the Village Roadshow Theatrette at the State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne. A big thank you to all of this year’s Book of the Year judges, without whom there would be no awards. The time and effort taken by the judges to read the books, and then to prioritise and pass comment on the best ones, is significant. The judges can only undertake their tasks once the mountain of nominated books has been reduced to a select few by our dedicated “shortlisters”. In 2018, there was a record 209 books (up from 152 books in 2017) nominated for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. Feedback from the judges was that the standard across the 75 books shortlisted for judging was extremely high. Congratulations again to all the authors and illustrators who had a book shortlisted. Details of the shortlisted books can found on the Book of the Year webpage: www. speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/books. Everyone can help celebrate the Book of the Year Awards and the winning books. You can do this by recommending the winning titles to parents and educators, displaying the Book of the Year poster in your workplace, and talking to your local library about promoting the awards and the winning books. Again, please keep the winners a secret until 9 November! THE WINNERS Birth to 3 years: Heads and Tails | written and illustrated by John Canty Three to 5 years : Rodney Loses It | written by Michael Gerard Bauer and illustrated by Chrissie Krebs Five years to 8 years: Danny Blue's Really Excellent Dream | written and illustrated by Max Landrak Eight years to 10 years: The Grand, Genius Summer of Henry Hoobler | written by Lisa Shanahan Indigenous children : Sorry Day | written by Coral Vass and illustrated by Dub Leffler.

Winner Eight years to 10 years

Winner Indigenous children

Winner Three years to 5 years

Winner Birth to 3 years

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