Move over bird of the year: voting is now open in the Guardian’s poll to find Australia’s best children’s picture book of all time.
In December, more than 3,000 Guardian readers shared their favourite Australian picture books, which shaped the top 50 shortlist.
Spanning picture books published between 1973 and 2022, among the 50 books are familiar classics – Possum Magic, Who Sank the Boat?, Animalia, Mr McGee, The Rainbow Serpent, the mysterious and prolific Grug – as well as more recent hits like The Very Cranky Bear, Pig the Pug and Mr Chicken Goes to Paris.
Starting on Tuesday, much like bird of the year, readers can vote once a day for their favourite picture book. The five books with the least votes will be eliminated each day, with tallies resetting at 9.30am AEDT. Readers should remember to vote every day in order to keep their favourite book in the running.
The final round of voting for the remaining 10 books will start at 9.30am AEDT on Wednesday 4 February, after which vote tallies will no longer be visible. The book with the most votes when the poll closes at 9.30am on Thursday 5 February will be crowned champion – and revealed at 6am on Friday 6 February.
