| Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in Australian picture books |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Children's Book Council of Australia |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Website | http://cbca.org.au/index.htm |
The Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book has been presented occasionally since 1955 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).
The Award "will be made to outstanding books of the Picture Book genre in which the author and illustrator achieve artistic and literary unity, or, in wordless picture books, where the story, theme or concept is unified through illustrations."[1]