20% off RRP for the CBC Shortlist 2012.

Please login at www.pegiwilliams.com.au prior to ordering to see special prices if you are a current or new school / library / kindergarten website account customer.

If you haven’t ordered online before, go to www.pegiwilliams.com.au and click on Create an Online School Account in the top right hand corner of the home page and create your account, then log in.

To order any of the following titles click on the cover, or the title and it will take you to our website. Make sure you are logged in first otherwise you will not see discounted prices.

To go to the website to see a list of all of the titles: CLICK HERE

BOOK  OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS  

Crow Country by Kate Constable

Brotherband (Outcasts Book 1) by John Flanagan

Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French Age12+

Truth About Verity Sparks, The  by Susan Green

Golden Door, The  by Emily Rodda

Bungawitta by Emily Rodda

BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD

Runaway Hug, The by Nick Bland illustrated by Freya Blackwood

Come Down, Cat! by Sonia Hartnett illustrated by Lucia Masciullo

That’s Not a Daffodil!  by Elizabeth Honey

Last Viking, The  by Norman Jorgensen illustrated by James Foley

No Bears by Meg McKinlay and  illustrated by Leila Rudge

Rudie Nudie  by Emma Quay

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years (some books may be for mature readers)       

Look, a Book! by Libby Gleeson and illustrated Freya Blackwood   

Dream of the Thylacine by Margaret Wild illustrated by Ron Brooks

For All Creatures by Glenda Millard illustrated by Rebecca Cool

Bus Called Heaven, A  by Bob Graham

No Bears by Meg McKinlay and illustrated by Leila Rudge

Flood by Jackie French and illustrated by Bruce Whatley

 BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS
(Please note age recommendations on these titles, as the Older Readers category is generally suitable for Secondary School age only)

 Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel  by Michael Gerard Bauer Age 13+

Straight Line To My Heart by Bill Condon Age 14+

Golden Day, The by Ursula Dubosarsky Age 13+

Dead I Know, The by Scot Gardner Age 15+

Ship Kings Book 1: Coming of the Whirlpool, The by Andrew McGahan  Age 14+

When We Were Two by Robert Newton Age 13+

 EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS

Little Refugee, The  by Anh Do illustrated by Bruce Whatley

 One Small Island by Coral Tulloch illustrated by Alison Lester

Surrealism For Kids by the Queensland Art Gallery

Bilby Secrets by Edel Wignell and illustrated by Mark Jackson

Fromelles: Australia’s Bloodiest Day at War by Carole Wilkinson

Playground: Listening to Stories from Country by Nadia Wheatley illustrated by Ken Searle

CRICHTON AWARD FOR NEW ILLUSTRATORS

Ben and Duck by Sarah Acton

Squish Rabbit  by Katherine Battersby

Song For Lorkie, A  by Jennifer Castle and illutsrated by Dean Bowen

York’s Universe  by Heidi Goh

Mozzie and Midgie by Doug MacLeod and illustrated by Sandy Okalyi

Grumpy Little King by Michael Streich

That’s right folks, in just three days the CBCA shortlist for 2012 will be announced.

It may not be the race that stops the nation, but on Tuesday April 3rd at midday (Central Standard Time), it is the announcement that stops this office…for about 1 minute…and then it’s all systems go getting the list together and up on the website for all of our keen customers.

This year we have the blog, so the list (with links to the website) will be up shortly after the announcement, this will make early ordering even easier.

On another note, at the beginning of the term I wrote a post about all of the important things that 2012 had in store and I forgot one very important date.  Last week on Thursday March 22nd,  James celebrated 30 years working in the children’s book industry.

On March 22nd 1982 James Williams started work at Children’s Book Shelf in Kent Town with his Aunt Pegi.  Five years later the pair opened Pegi Williams Book Shop and after a number of location changes and  staff changes, a few marathons, a football career, a wedding,  local council elections and the birth of two beautiful boys, James finds himself where he is today…the proud owner of Pegi Williams Bookshop.

Happy Anniversary James!

Imagine my surprise (and horror) when I looked at the calendar today and realised that in three weeks time the CBCA shortlist will be announced.  Of course this shouldn’t be a surprise, the date has been in the calendar since last year, but all of a sudden it’s week 7 and we are nearly there.

I must say that I still get excited every year when the shortlist is announced, so even though it is one of the busiest (and craziest) days of the year for us, I am looking forward to jumping online at 12pm on Tuesday April 3rd to see which books the judges have deemed worthy.

Be sure to keep an eye on our website www.pegiwilliams.com.au and to visit the blog on Tuesday April 3rd, as we will have all of the books listed, ready for you to get your orders in.

If you want to get some pre-shortlist action visit www.cbca.org.au to see if your state is holding any ‘Claytons’ nights, where guest speakers are asked to predict what they think might be on the Shortlist.