These are my favorite notable Picture books and Early Childhood books in this years 2025 CBCA Book Awards. Will they be shortlisted?
My Favourite Picture Book...
Leaf Called Greaf by Kelly Canby
The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel & Danny Snell
Garden of Broken Things by Freya Blackwood
We Live on a Bus by Dave Petzold
Dragon Folding by Christopher Cheng & Lucia Masciullo 
General Waste by Michael Streich
My Favourite Early Readers...
Happy All Over by Emma Quay
How to Move a Zoo by Kate Simpson & Owen Swan
Spiro by Anna McGregor
To Stir with Love by Kate Mildenhall & Jess Racklyeft
Night Watch by Jodi Toering & Tannya Harricks
Worms are our friends by Toni D'Alia & Mimi Purnell
My Favorite Eve Pownall award books
Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica by Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch
What are your favourite 2025 CBCA books this year?













