Children’s Book Council of Australia Night of the Notables is coming

Check out this happy bunch of kids’ book authors and illustrators in the video. This is my big Where’s Wally moment!

Happy watching!  And biggest thanks to all the folks at CBCA who celebrate stories.

This years’ CBCA theme is Dreaming with Eyes open and they have superb planning and resource tools to support themes and topics for educators and librarians.

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) is a not for profit, volunteer run organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children’s literature.

Established in 1945, the Children’s Book Council of Australia was founded at a time when Australian children’s books were few, and Australian authors and illustrators were virtually unknown. In 1946 the CBCA established annual book awards to promote books of high literary and artistic quality. These awards are now the most influential and highly respected in Australia.

Each year, across Australia, the CBCA brings children and books together celebrating CBCA Book Week. Throughout the year, the CBCA works in partnership with authors, illustrators, publishers, booksellers and other organisations in the children’s book world to bring words, images and stories into the hearts and minds of children and adults.

Australian children’s literature enriches our nation and reaches children across the world through international editions.