2026 CBCA Book of the Year Notables Available on ePlatform
by ePlatform Collection Management | Peb 25, 2026 | Categories : AU & NZ Articles
Following the exciting announcement of the 2026 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Notables list, our team has curated a selection of the nominated eBooks and Audiobooks currently available on ePlatform. You may access the titles below through the Shared Collection or purchase copies from the Shop to ensure your students have immediate access. Further titles may become available over the coming months and we will look at these when they arise.
| Older Readers | |||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Format |
| 9781761507250 | Catch | Sarah Brill | eBook |
| 9781760149093 | Cruel is the Light | Sophie Clark | eBook |
| 9781761353055 | Cruel is the Light | Sophie Clark | Audiobook |
| 9781761505645 | Darkest Night, Brightest Star | Barry Jonsberg | eBook |
| 9781923059306 | The Edge of Everything | Miranda Luby | eBook |
| 9781760149970 | Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire | Amy Doak | eBook |
| 9781761353970 | Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire | Amy Doak | Audiobook |
| 9781923059276 | Golden | Jade Timms | eBook |
| 9781760659776 | How to Be Normal | Ange Crawford | eBook |
| 9781760659769 | How to Be Normal | Ange Crawford | |
| 9781761351075 | The Locked Room | Adam Cece | eBook |
| 9781761507472 | A Murder is Going Down | Kate Emery | eBook |
| 9781761351501 | Never Thought I'd End Up Here | Ann Liang | eBook |
| 9781761353963 | Never Thought I'd End Up Here | Ann Liang | Audiobook |
| 9781761771491 | Of Flame and Fury | Mikayla Bridge | eBook |
| 9781761506918 | The Set-Up Girl | Sasha Vey | eBook |
| 9781760149529 | Tenderly, I Am Devoured | Lyndall Clipstone | eBook |
| 9781761345982 | Tenderly, I Am Devoured | Lyndall Clipstone | Audiobook |
| 9781761507144 | This Season's Draft | Jason Gent | eBook |
| 9781761346293 | This Stays Between Us | Margot McGovern | eBook |
| 9781761505560 | Unhallowed Halls | Lili Wilkinson | eBook |
| 9781761771682 | We Saw What You Started | Carla Salmon | eBook |
| 9781760659554 | The Worst Perfect Moment | Shivaun Plozza | eBook |
| 9781760659547 | The Worst Perfect Moment | Shivaun Plozza | |
| Younger Readers | |||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Format |
| 9781761505454 | Chickenpox | Remy Lai | eBook |
| 9781761442964 | Creature Clinic | Gavin Aung Than | eBook |
| 9781460718605 | Frances Bloom | Katrina Nannestad | eBook |
| 9781761352881 | Ghost Guitar | TJ DOOM | eBook |
| 9781761354182 | The Hits and Misses of Melody Moss | Helen Dallimore | eBook |
| 9781743589779 | Inked | Karen Wasson | eBook |
| 9781761441202 | Into the Bewilderness | Gus Gordon | eBook |
| 9781760659271 | Jungle Escape | Nathan Luff | eBook |
| 9781760659264 | Jungle Escape | Nathan Luff | |
| 9781760659530 | The Keeper of the Octopus | Neridah McMullin | eBook |
| 9781760659523 | The Keeper of the Octopus | Neridah McMullin | |
| 9780702270321 | Little Bones | Sandy Bigna | eBook |
| 9780702270314 | Little Bones | Sandy Bigna | |
| 9781761637131 | The Making of Martha Mayfield | Jo Dabrowski | eBook |
| 9781761505690 | Moonboy | Anna Ciddor | eBook |
| 9781922791764 | The Paperbark Tree Committee | Karys McEwen | eBook |
| 9781760658663 | Promises and Other Lies | Sue Whiting | eBook |
| 9781760658656 | Promises and Other Lies | Sue Whiting | |
| 9781761442049 | Run | Sarah Armstrong | eBook |
| 9781460714249 | Seriously Soccer | Matt Stanton | eBook |
| 9781547615148 | The Serpent Rider | Yxavel Magno Diño | eBook |
| 9781547615636 | The Serpent Rider | Yxavel Magno Diño | Audiobook |
| 9781760149994 | The Silken Thread | Gabrielle Wang | eBook |
| 9781761350764 | The Silken Thread | Gabrielle Wang | Audiobook |
| 9780702268243 | Song of a Thousand Seas | Zana Fraillon | eBook |
| 9780702268236 | Song of a Thousand Seas | Zana Fraillon | |
| 9781761505737 | Spirit of the Crocodile | Aaron Fa'Aoso & Michelle Scott Tucker | eBook |
| 9781761506192 | The Surface Trials | H.M. Waugh | eBook |
| 9781761442070 | Too Big to Be a Fairy | Kiah Thomas | eBook |
| 9781460717509 | The Year We Escaped | Suzanne Leal | eBook |
| Early Childhood | |||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Format |
| 9781761441714 | Castle Crashing | Andrea Rowe | eBook |
| 9781761442926 | Derek | Anne Donaldson | eBook |
| 9781761506338 | Earthspeak | Sean McCann | eBook |
| 9781761440540 | Frogs Are Our Friends | Toni D'Alia | eBook |
| 9781486319893 | Look, See, Find Me | Sandra Severgnini | |
| 9781743589496 | My Father's Arms | Toni D'Alia | eBook |
| 9781761443091 | My Nonno Loves | Adelle Frittitta | eBook |
| 9781761441691 | Now You Are a Chicken | Andrew McDonald | eBook |
| Eve Pownall | |||
| ISBN | Title | Author | Format |
| 9781761179020 | The Bee Squad | Judy Friedlander | eBook |
| 9781761178122 | The Bee Squad | Judy Friedlander | |
| 9781760765491 | Caring for Country | Bruce Pascoe, Bill Gammage & Jasmin McGaughey | eBook |
| 9781761505256 | Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles | Corey Tutt | eBook |
| 9781486318315 | The Great Shark Egg Case Hunt | Kasey Whitelaw | |
| 9781761506284 | A Loo of One's Own | Eleri Harris | eBook |
| 9781761507458 | There's a Prawn in Parliament House | Annabel Crabb | eBook |
| 9781486318469 | This Bird: Noticing Our Urban Birds | Astred Hicks & Holly Parsons | |
| 9781761506024 | Volcano | Claire Saxby | eBook |