Welcome to the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year shortlist.

You may browse and order through this page. Please remember to select INVOICE TO SCHOOL at the checkout so that your 20% discount for these titles may be applied to your invoice.

Otherwise, you can download an order form below, select the books you’d like to order and send it to De at education@gleebooks.com.au 

(We have also kept the notables/longlist order form here in case you would still like to order some of them).

We will send the books to you with an invoice. If you require a quote for a Purchase Order Number, please email De and I can send one through.

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at pre-reading or early stages of reading. Ages 0-6 years.

Entries in this category should be 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.

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers from the middle to upper primary years. 7-12 years. Some of the titles in this category may only be suitable for readers who are in the upper primary years as they containe mature themes, including violence. Parental guide is recommended.

Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.

Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling. Ages 13-18 years.

Note: Books in this category are for mature readers and some may deal with particularly challenging themes including violence and suicide. Parental guidance is recommended.