CBCA Picture Book of the Year, 2025

Shortlisted titles in this category are books in which the text and illustrations achieve artistic and literary unity, and the story, theme or concept is enhanced and unified through the illustrations. The text and illustrations work cohesively and the illustrations are an integral part of or extend the meaning on the page. The age range for this category is 0 to 18 years.

The Shortlisted books for 2025 in this category are:

9781760993894 - A Leaf Called Greaf
9781760505899 - Afloat
9781460757550 - The Garden of Broken Things
9781761215766 - The Truck Cat
9781761293849 - these long-loved things
9781760764647 - We Live in a Bus