Old Favourite Wins Book of Year Award
Nan Chauncy’s Tangara wins the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award with Oxford as publisher. Other commendations include Lilly Billy Hill by Eleanor Spence and Doctor With Wings by Alan Aldous. The piece notes international entries, publishers, and Chauncy’s career.
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Nan Chauncy
Tangara
Oxford
Sires
Alan Aldous
Brockhampton
Silver Brumby
Elyne Mitchell
Hutchinson
Lilly Billy Hill
Eleanor Spence
United Kingdom
Landsdowne Press
Melbourne
Cheshires
Angus and Robertson
Sydney
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Jacaranda
Brisbane
Lillypilly - Hill
Susan Einzig
N.S.W
England
Brian Wildsmith
Tasmania
Alison Whltley
Roger Payne
Alice Springs
David Fleay
Lansdowne
Tinka
John Mansfield
Brownie Downing
Nelson
Walt Disney
Story House
Ruth Fenner
Elisabeth Macintyre
A.B.C. Kinderparten
Air Broadcaster
Beatrix Potter
Beatrice de Regniers
Marie Els
A.B.C
Children’s Hour
A.B.C. “Argonauts? Club
The
Happy Three
Ruth Philip
R. Philip
Colt and Co
Valley of Gold
J. E. Macdonnell
Dent
John Gunn
Lutterworth
Dick Wordley
Sammy
Phillis Power
C. H. Wright
Cheshire
John Sexton
Majellan
M. E. Patchett
Peter Kent
Mande Thors
Stockwell
Judith Wright
Dorothy Peters
Island Film Services Pty. Ltd
Sir Thomas Wood
Chauncy
Frank Eyre
Children’s Book Department
Oxford Publishing Co
London
Margaret Horder
World’s End
Shirley Hughes
Tiger In the Bush
Devils Hill
Geraldine Spence
Australia
Nan
Baja
Alt Bagad
Erary Grant
United States
America
Billy
Daxie
Books For The Young Poor Our Children's Books in 1960
The English publishers produced 2295 new children's titles in 1960, ranking second to fiction. Religion followed with educational books in fourth place. 304 titles were reprints, down from the previous year, and 63 were deluxe editions. Paper issues for children rose by 14 percent.
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