Children's Book of the Year Award for New Illustrator

The CBCA Award for New Illustrator (previously Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration) is one of several awards presented annually by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).

The award was originally set up from a legacy made to the Victorian Branch of the CBCA by Wallace Raymond Crichton in 1985. The first award was presented in 1988.

In 2019, the award transferred to the CBCA Book of the Year Awards and was renamed the CBCA Award for New Illustrator. It is managed by the national awards committee and funded by the CBCA Awards Foundation.

Award category and description

The CBCA Award for New Illustrator is for recognising new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration.

CBCA Award for New Illustrator winners (2019–present) +CBCA Award for New Illustrator winnersYearIllustratorTitleRef.2019Grandma Z2020Baby Business2021This Small Blue Dot20222023Tiny Wonders2024Hope is the Thing2025Grow Big, Little Seed2026A Loo of One's Own

Crichton Award winners (1988–2018) +Crichton Award winnersYearAuthorTitleRef.19881989Australian Dinosaurs1990Pigs and Honey1991Bip, the Snapping Bungaroo19921993Alitiji in Dreamland1994Is it True Grandfather?1995I Wish I'd Gone to the Moon with Neil Armstrong1995Power and Glory19961997Fang Fang's Chinese New Year1998I'm in the Sky and I Can't Come Back19981999No winner2000Baby Bear goes to the Zoo2001Grandma's Shoes2002When Mum was Little20032004Two Summers2005Wings20062007When elephants lived in the sea2008Santa’s Aussie Holiday2009Mending Lucille2010Little Big Tree201020112012Ben & Duck20132014Big Red Kangaroo2015One Minute's Silence201620172018Tintinnabula

See also

List of CBCA Awards List of Australian literary awards

Notes

References Crichton Award Guidelines