Book Week 2025 Resources with links to teacher notes

Book an Adventure and celebrate 80 years of Children's Book Week: Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August 2025

The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards recognise quality Australian children's books in six categories. First established in 1946, the annual awards aim to:

promote quality literature for young Australians;
support and encourage a wide range of Australian writers and illustrators of children’s books and;
celebrate contributions to Australian children’s literature.

The Sun Project: Shadow Judging is where groups of young people (supported by a facilitator and CBCA mentor) read the six shortlisted titles for a single category and then vote for a winner in the Shadower's Choice Award.

Some publishers have released teacher notes on these titles so we have added links to this page for easy reference.

15 August 2025: Updated with the CBCA Award Winners and Honour Books, and the Sun Project: Shadow Judging Award Winners

We also have the Notables longlist here on our website.

Older Readers (ages 13-18)

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CBCA Book Week 2025 Resources with links to teacher notes

Book an Adventure and celebrate 80 years of Children's Book Week: Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August 2025

Older Readers (ages 13-18)

Younger Readers (ages 7-12)

Early Childhood (ages 0-6)

Picture Books (ages 0-18)

Eve Pownall Award (ages 0-18)

CBCA New Illustrator Award (ages 0-18)

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