# Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's

The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.
The award was established in 2016. The works considered for this award were originally included under the scope of the Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's & YA from 2008-2015. In 2016 that award was split into two separate awards (Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's and Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Young Adult).

## Winners and shortlists

Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Children's :
| Year | Author | Title | Result |
| 2016 | Aaron Blabey | The Bad Guys: Episode 1 | Winner |
| 2016 | Katrina Nannestad & Lucia Masciullo | Olive of Groves | Finalist |
| 2016 | Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus) | The 65-Storey Treehouse | Finalist |
| 2016 | Shaun Tan | The Singing Bones | Finalist |
| 2017 | Jeannie Baker | Circle | Winner |
| 2017 | Aaron Blabey | Pig the Winner | Finalist |
| 2017 | Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (illus) | The 78-Storey Treehouse | Finalist |
| 2017 | Judith Rossell | Wormwood Mire | Finalist |
| 2018 | Jessica Townsend | Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow | Winner |
| 2018 | Aaron Blabey | Pig the Star | Finalist |
| 2018 | Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh (Illus) | I'm Australian Too | Finalist |
| 2018 | Sally Rippin | Polly and Buster: The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster | Finalist |
| 2019 | Karen Foxlee | Lenny's Book of Everything | Winner |
| 2019 | Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys (illus) | All the Ways to be Smart | Finalist |
| 2019 | Shaun Tan | Tales from the Inner City | Finalist |
| 2019 | Jessica Townsend | Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow | Finalist |
| 2020 | Sami Bayly | The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals | Winner |
| 2020 | Anh Do & Jeremy Ley (illus) | Into the Wild: Wolf Girl Book 1 | Finalist |
| 2020 | Mem Fox & Freya Blackwood (illus) | The Tiny Star | Finalist |
| 2020 | Bruce Pascoe | Young Dark Emu: A Truer History | Finalist |
| 2021 | Amelia Mellor | The Grandest Bookshop in the World | Winner |
| 2021 | Sami Bayly | The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals | Finalist |
| 2021 | Jane Godwin & Alison Lester (illus) | Sing Me The Summer | Finalist |
| 2021 | Jessica Townsend | Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow | Finalist |
| 2022 | Katrina Nannestad | Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief | Winner |
| 2022 | Karen Foxlee | Dragon Skin | Finalist |
| 2022 | Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing & David Hardy (illus) | Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country | Finalist |
| 2022 | Favel Parrett | Wandi | Finalist |
| 2023 | Craig Silvey | Runt | Winner |
| 2023 | Sean E. Avery | Frank's Red Hat | Finalist |
| 2023 | Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing & David Hardy (illus) | Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country | Finalist |
| 2023 | Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard | Guardians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 1 | Finalist |
| 2024 | Jaclyn Moriarty | The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet | Winner |
| 2024 | Amelia McInerney & Lucinda Gifford | Neil, the Amazing Sea Cucumber | Finalist |
| 2024 | Katrina Nannestad | Silver Linings | Finalist |
| 2024 | Favel Parrett | Kimmi | Finalist |
| 2025 | Kate Mildenhall and Jess Racklyeft (illus.) | To Stir With Love | Finalist |
| 2025 | Katrina Nannestad | All the Beautiful Things | Finalist |
| 2025 | Judith Rossell | The Midwatch | Finalist |
| 2025 | Stuart Wilson | The 113th Assistant Librarian | Finalist |