KOALA - Kids Own Australian Literature Awards Inc.
Kids Own Australian Literature Awards are annual awards made by young readers in NSW to the Australian books they have most enjoyed
reading during that year.
KOALA is the NSW children's choice reading award.
Join KOALA 2012!
Join KOALA and give your students the chance to say what books they think are the best Australian books written for them.
Members receive a ready made teaching and learning program that includes a nomination kit (term1),voting kit (term 2)
and an invitation to Awards Day to celebrate the winners and other member benefits. Membership is $35 for schools and public libraries.
Download tax invoice.
IT'S NOMINATION TIME!!! 
If you have read a great Australian book recently then nominate it for the 2012 KOALA shortlist.
It's easy. Teachers and librarians can download nomination forms from the KOALA Coordinator section of this website
or students can email contact@koalansw.org.au with their suggestions.
To be eligible books must be :
- by an Australian author or illustrator
- not have won KOALA already. Click here for a list of previous winners of KOALA.
- published in the last 10 years. If you are not sure just send in the nomination anyway and we will sort out when it was first published.
NOMINATIONS CLOSE 4 MAY.
KOALA TIMELINE
late February - Nominations kits mailed out
early May - NOMINATIONS CLOSE
mid term 2- Shortlist poster and voting kit mailed out
mid-September - VOTING CLOSES
October - Awards Day- winners announced
Merchandise
KOALA has a range of gifts and rewards for sale - Library bags illustrated by 21 top Australian illustrators,
bookmarks and temporary tattoos. Download order form.
WINNERS 2011
Picture Book
MR CHICKEN GOES TO PARIS by Leigh Hobbs
Honour Books
THE WRONG BOOK by Nick Bland
HOW TO HEAL A BROKEN WING by Bob Graham
Younger Readers
VERY BAD BOOK by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Honour Books
EJ12 GIRL HERO: ROCKY ROAD by Susannah McFarlane
ZAC POWER - TEST DRIVE - SERIES by H. I. Larry
Older Readers
BOOK OF LIES by James Moloney
Honour Books
CONSPIRACY 365 - SERIES by Gabrielle Lord
TOPPLING by Sally Murphy
Fiction for Years 7-9
GIRL UNDERGROUND by Morris Gleitzman
Congratulations BOB GRAHAM - our newest KOALA Legend!
HALL OF FAME 4F for Freaks by Leigh Hobbs has been inducted into the KOALA Hall of Fame
Download a list of the winners here
Awards Day 2011
More than 300 students, teachers, authors, illustrators, publishers and other friends of KOALA celebrated the 25th annual Awards Day at the fabulous Casula Powerhouse Art Centre
on 26th October. You should have seen the wonderful party hats students made for the authors and illustrators and themselves!
Shortlist 2011
Here is the list of titles nominated by students for the 2011 KOALA Shortlist.
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