The Childrens Book Council of Australia today announced the winners of the 2011 Book of the Year Awards.

Big congrats to Nicki Greenberg for her shared victory in the Picture Book category, and to Doug Macleod, Cath Crowley and Michael Gerard Bauer for winning Honour Book status.

Doug’s The Life of a Teenage Body Snatcher has been a hit with older readers, as has Cath’s Graffiti Moon which last month bagged the coveted Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. It was Michael’s book for younger readers, Just a Dog which earned him recognition this year – he took out the Book of the Year (Older Readers) for The Running Manin 2005.