# List of literary awards received by Jackie French

The following is a list of books by Australian author Jackie French that have received awards, honours and been shortlisted, among other things, for literary prizes.

## Rain Stones

first published 1991
* Shortlisted - NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Children's Book Award (1991)
* Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers(1992)
* Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Primary Age Group (1993)

## Walking the Boundaries

first published 1993
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (1994)
* Shortlisted - Australian Multicultural Children's Literature Awards: Junior Section

## Somewhere Around the Corner

first published 1994
* Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (1995)
* Highly Commended - Annual Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature (1994)

## Daughter of the Regiment

first published 1998
* Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (1999)

## Hitler's Daughter

first published 1999
* Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2000)
* Won - Sanderson Young Adult Audio Book of the Year Awards: Vision Australia Library (2000)
* Won - UK National Literacy Association WOW! Award
* Won - Semi-Grand Prix Award (Japan)
* Won - Notable Book, US Library Association Notable Book
* Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Roll of Honour (2007)
* Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Roll of Honour (2008)
* Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers (2001)
* Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (2002)
* Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2002)
* Shortlisted - Canberra's Own Outstanding List (2002)
* Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2002)
* Shortlisted - Children's Choice Book Awards: Older Readers
* Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award: Fiction for Older Readers (2007)
* Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award: Fiction for Older Readers (2008)
* Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Favourite Book of 2008 (2008)
* Named a "Blue Ribbon" book by the Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books in the USA (2003)
* Admitted to the Kids' Own Australian Literature Awards' Hall of Fame

## The Café on Callisto

first published 2000
* Won - Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction (2001)

## Lady Dance

first published 2000
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2001)

## Stamp, Stomp, Whomp

first published 2000
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2001)

## Missing You, Love Sara

first published 2000
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2001)
* Shortlisted - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Older Readers (2001)
* Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2002)
* Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2002)

## How to Guzzle Your Garden

first published 2000
* Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (2000)

## In the Blood

first published 2001
* Won - ACT Book of the Year (2002)

## Ride the Wild Wind

first published 2002
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2003)
* Shortlisted - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards - Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature (2003)

## Diary of a Wombat

first published 2002
* Won - American Library Association Notable Children's Book
* Won - Canberra's Own Outstanding List Award for Best Picture Book (2003)
* Won - Young Australian Readers' Award (2003)
* Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Best Picture Book (2003)
* Won - ABA/A A Neilson Book of the Year (2003)
* Won - Benjamin Franklin Award, USA (2004)
* Won - Lemmee Award, USA (2004)
* Won - KIND Award, USA (2004)
* Won - Kids' Reading Oz Choice Award (2007)
* Won - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2008)
* Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2003)
* Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2003)
* Shortlisted - Australian Publisher's Association Book Design Awards for Best Designed Children's Picture Book (2003)
* Shortlisted - Galley Club Award, Picture Book category of the Children's Choice Book Awards (2003)
* Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2004)
* Shortlisted - Book Sense Book of the Year Award: Children's Illustrated Book (2004)
* Shortlisted - Books I Love Best Yearly Award (2007)
* Voted Favourite Picture Book of the Year in the Cuffie Awards in the USA
* Tied with Diary of a Worm for Funniest Book in the Cuffie Awards in the USA (2003)
* Number two on the 'Best 20 picture books for 2003' in the USA (2003)

## Flesh and Blood

first published 2003
* Shortlisted - Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel (2004)

## Valley of Gold

first published 2003
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2004)

## Too Many Pears!

first published 2003
* Shortlisted - COOL Award (2004)
* Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2004)

## To the Moon and Back

first published 2004
* Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (2005)

## My Dad the Dragon

first published 2004
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2005)

## Tom Appleby, Convict Boy

first published 2004
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2005)

## Pete the Sheep

first published 2005
* Won - Kids Own Australian Literature Award (2005)

## The Secret World of Wombats

first published 2005
* Shortlisted - NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature (2006)

## They Came on Viking Ships

first published 2005
* Won - West Australian Young Readers' Book Award: Younger Readers (2007)
* Shortlisted - Essex Book Award (UK)
* Shortlisted - NSW Premier's History Awards: The Young People's History Prize (2006)

## Josephine Wants to Dance

first published 2006
* Won - Australian Booksellers' Book of the Year: Younger Readers (2007)
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood (2007)
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2007)

## The Goat who Sailed the World

first published 2006
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2007)
* Shortlisted - Young Australian Best Book Award (2008)

## Macbeth and Son

first published 2006
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2007)
* Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2007)

## The Shaggy Gully Times

first published 2007
* Won - White Raven Award (2008)
* Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2008)

## Pharaoh

first published 2007
* Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2008)
* Shortlisted - ACT Book of the Year (2008)

## A Rose for the Anzac Boys

first published 2008
* Honour Book - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2009)

## The Night They Stormed Eureka

first published 2009
* Won - NSW History Award: Young People's History Prize (2011)

## The Donkey who Carried the Wounded

first published 2009
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2010)

## Weevils, War & Wallabies: 1920-1945

first published 2009
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (2010)

## Queen Victoria's Underpants

first published 2010
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2011)

## Oracle

first published 2010
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2011)

## A Waltz for Matilda

first published 2010
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award (2011)

## Christmas Wombat

first published 2011
* Shortlisted - Australian Book Industry Award: Book of the Year for Younger Children

## Nanberry: Black Brother White

first published 2011
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2012)
* Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2012)
* Shortlisted - Australian Book Industry Awards (2012, awaiting judging)

## Flood

first published 2011
* Won - International White Raven Award (2012)
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2012)
* Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book (2012)

## The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup

first published 2012
* Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2013)

## Pirate Boy of Sydney Town

first published 2019
* Shortlisted - Young People's History Prize, New South Wales Premier's History Awards (2020)