The CALEB Award has announced their finalists, and the winners are to be announced this Saturday! Some of our very own titles have earned a spot in the list of finalists! Here they are:

Children’s Picture Books

The Other Brother , written by Penny Jaye & illustrated by Heidi Cooper Smith

Children’s Fiction (Early Reader and Middle Grade)

How Not to be Popular , by Cecily Anne Paterson

Adult Fiction

The Silk Merchant of Sychar , by Cindy Williams

You can find the official announcement here: CALEB Finalists 2021

Here’s a list of some past finalists and winners from Wombat Books and Rhiza Edge!

The Invisible Tree: Goodness , writer by Kirrily Lowe & illustrated by Henry Smith (2019)

Lily’s Balloon , written by Katrina Roe & illustrated by Henry Smith [WINNER] (2019)

Finding Kerra , by Rosanne Hawke (2019)

Out of the Cages , by Penny Jaye [WINNER] (2019)

Camp Max, by Penny Reeve [WINNER] (2018)

Hudson Taylor and China: A Dramatic Biography , by David Bennett [WINNER] (2017)

Daystar: The Days are Numbered , by Anne Hamilton (2017)

Same, written by Katrina Roe & illustrated by Jemima Trappel (2016)

The Boy in the Hoodie , by Catriona McKeown [WINNER] (2016)

When I See Grandma , by Debra Tidball [WINNER] (2014)

Marty’s Nut-free Party , by Katrina Roe & illustrated by Leigh Hedstrom (2014)

The Heir, by Lynne Stringer (2014)

Ellenvale Gold , by Amanda Deed (2012)

Allsorts, by Andrew Lansdown [WINNER] (2012)

Motive Games , by L.D. Taylor [WINNER] (2011)