Award Winning Reads

Subtitle
The Book of the Year Awards for 2025
Type
Book review
Comment
Required
Book
Required
Rating
Required
Library
Hidden
Image
Optional
Difficulty
Hard
XP
20
Thumbnail
Blue background graphic featuring a red squid reading books, surrounded by open pages. Bold text reads ‘Award Winning Reads’ in red and white. A gold badge in the top left corner displays ‘The Children’s Book of the Year Awards – Winner.’"
Instructions

Pick a winning title from the list below, read the book and tell us what you thought of it! You can borrow the book from your local library in physical or digital format.

Early Childhood: The Wobbly Bike by Darren McCallum, illustrated by Craig Smith 
Younger readers: Laughter is the Best Ending by Maryam Master, illustrated by Astred Hicks
Older readers: I’m Not Really Here by Gary Lonesborough
Eve Pownall Award: Always Was, Always Will Be by Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson
New Illustrator Award: Grow Big, Little Seed by Bec Nanayakkara, illustrated by Sarah Capon

Please complete the following fields

  1. The Title
  2. The Author
  3. Your rating out of 5 stars
  4. Your thoughts about the story
  5. (Optional) A picture of or about the book
Badge
Orange background graphic featuring a red giant squid reading books in the sea.
Program
Big Summer Read
Uncompletable?
No
Non-repeatable?
No