Meet Jess Racklyeft, the 2024 Children's Book Week® feature artist, who has brought to life the 2024 theme, Reading is Magic!

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I’m excited that Grace and Mr Milligan has been shortlisted in the CBCA book of the year for Early Childhood and New Illustrator. Thanks Pip Kruger for your gorgeous illustrations, ⁦The CBCA⁩ and ⁦MarshallCavendishGrp⁩. #cbca2024 #teacherlibrarians #loveozkidlit #books

I’m thrilled that our picture book Grace and Mr Milligan, illustrated by Pip Kruger is a #CBCA 2024 Book of the Year Notable Book. Shiny stickers are on their way.
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Enter the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards here: awards.cbca.org.au #cbca2024 #cbca2025

Please put your hands together for our new talent! Introducing our Book of the Year Awards 2024 Shortlisted New Illustrators! Keep that clapping going!
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Some exceptional books feature this year in our Book of the Year Awards Eve Pownall Award, celebrating excellent information and non-fiction books for children! Amazing!
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Thrilled for Pearly and Pig to be among all these wonderful books on the The CBCA 2024 Notable Books list. It is indeed an honour! Walker Books Australia #ReadingIsMagic #CBCA2024

Super excited for The Wheelbarrow Express, illustrated by Cate James to make it onto the The CBCA 2024 Notable Book list as well. Doubly honoured! Walker Books Australia #CBCA2024 #ReadingisMagic

Really happy to see Scar Town listed among these fine books as a Children's Book Council Notable book for 2024! Thanks to all who give time to the CBCA (& read SO many books) to make these awards happen. And to the team Penguin Books Aus who helped me make Scar Town! #CBCA2024

So excited to see Scar Town shortlisted for The CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Congrats to all shortlisted authors. Thanks to the judges and to Zoe Walton, Claire DeMedici & the epic team at Penguin Books Aus for helping me make the book!

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Congratulations to all of the wonderful and talented creators selected for the #CBCA2024 Notables List!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

Gymnastica Fantastica! by Briony Stewart is Shortlisted for Book of the Year: Early Childhood! 🤸

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If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall is Shortlisted for The Picture Book of the Year! 🐎

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Grace Notes by Karen Comer is Shortlisted for Book of the Year: Older Readers! 🎵

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Congratulations to Aura Parker for her CBCA Picture Book of the Year Shortlisted title Bowerbird Blues!

▪️Written and illustrated by Aura Parker @auraparker
▪️Designed by Hannah Janzen Hannah Janzen
▪️Published by Scholastic Press

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We're excited: two of our kids' books have made the #CBCA2024 Notables list, in the Eve Pownall Award category! 🎉

The Forgotten Song by Coral Vass, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft ✨

Wollemi by Samantha Tidy and illustrated by rachelgyan ✨

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Coral Vass Jess Racklyeft rachelgyan The CBCA Congratulations to our wonderful authors and illustrators!

Find out more about these books – as well as our Notable and Shortlisted books from previous years – in our The CBCA #BookAwards Showcase.

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Coral Vass Jess Racklyeft rachelgyan The CBCA Well done also to all the other authors, illustrators and publishers who made the #CBCA2024 list.

Browse all the The CBCA Notable books here: cbca.org.au/notables-2024