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[1](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[2] (1995)
• Highly Commended - Annual Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature[3] (1994)

Daughter of the Regiment

first published 1998

• Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[4] (1999)

Hitler's Daughter

first published 1999

• Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[5] (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[6]

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[5] (2000)

In the Blood

first published 2001

• Won - ACT Book of the Year[7] (2002)

Ride the Wild Wind

first published 2002

• Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[8] (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[9] (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[10] (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[11] (2005)

My Dad the Dragon

first published 2004

• Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[12] (2005)

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy

first published 2004

• Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[12] (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[13] (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[14] (2007)
• Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book[15] (2007)

The Goat who Sailed the World

first published 2006

• Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[16] (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[16] (2007)
• Shortlisted - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[16] (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[17] (2009)

The Night They Stormed Eureka

first published 2009

• Won - NSW History Award: Young People's History Prize[18] (2011)

The Donkey who Carried the Wounded

first published 2009

• Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[19] (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[20] (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[21]

Nanberry: Black Brother White

first published 2011

• Won - Notable Book, CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers (2012)[22]
• Honour - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers[23] (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[23] (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)[24]

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