The document lists the winners of the 2013 CBCA Awards across five categories: Older Readers Book of the Year, Younger Readers Book of the Year, Early Childhood Book of the Year, Picture Book of the Year, and Eve Pownall Book of the Year. For each category, it provides the title of the winning book, author, and a one to two sentence description.

1. CBCA Award
Winners 2013

2. Older Readers Book of the Year 2013
Sea Hearts
by Margo Lanagan
An extraordinary tale of
desire and revenge, of
loyalty, heartache and
human weakness, and
of the unforeseen
consequences of allconsuming love.

3. Younger Readers Book of the Year
2013
The Children of the
King
By Sonya Hartnett
Three children have been
sent to live in the
countryside, safe from
the war in London. When
they find two boys hiding
in a castle, the past and
future come together to
make an extraordinary
adventure.

4. Early Childhood Book of the Year 2013
The Terrible
Suitcase
By Emma Allen and Ill. by
Freya Blackwood
A beautifully illustrated
book about one little
girl’s first day at school.

5. Picture Book of the Year 2013
The Coat
By Ron Brooks and Julie
Hunt
A gorgeous story about
a coat that feels it is
being wasted on a
scarecrow.

6. Eve Pownall Book of the Year 2013
Tom the Outback
Mailman
By Kristin Weidenbach and
Ill. By Timothy Ide
A story about Big Tom
Kruse who would pile his
truck high with bags of
mail and passengers to
drive back and forth
across the outback, come
rain or shine.