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2025 Make Your Own Story Book Awards Winners

14/11/2025

 
​​Congratulations to the 2025 Make Your Own Story Book Awards Winners!
Author and screenwriter Kathryn Lefroy and CBCA WA Branch Committee members welcomed 20 excited winners and their guests to the WA State Library for the Make Your Own Story Book Awards Ceremony on Sunday August 17. 
Category
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
Picture book
PP – Yr 2
Vicky Dillmann
Year 1
East Fremantle
Everything is Grey
Quinn Miller
Year 2
Como
P.O.V of Life in a Handball
Gavin Arinduque
Year 2
Carey Baptist College Harrisdale
We’re All In!
Picture book
3 – 4 
Sophy Wang
Year 3
Riverton
Strawbeary Island
Grace Hanson
Year 3
Mary’s Mount Primary School
The Pickle Princess ​
Vanessa Lew
Year 3
Bull Creek
May and Millie and the Not Right Houses
Story book
3 – 4 
Isobel Brierley
Year 4
Guildford
The Grandpa Bear Who Didn’t Share
Henley Storch
Year 4
Kallaroo
Inspector Chubberts and the Curious Case of the Missing Heirloom Watch
Samuel Raschella
Year 4
Mary’s Mount Primary School
Chasing Falcons
Picture book
5 – 6
Hannah Chan
Year 6
North Metro PEAC North Cottesloe
I am Brave
Sophie Head
Year 6
Mary’s Mount Primary School
The Great Outdoors
Judson Thang
Year 6
Lockridge Primary School
The Perfect House
Story book
5 – 6
Zoë Testa
Year 6
Perth
Roach Motel
Levi Graham
Year 5
Leschenault
Captured
Joy Wang
Year 6
Riverton
The Library of Unfinished Stories
Picture book
7 – 8
Sally Huang
Year 8
Perth Modern School
Birds of a Feather
Abigail Koh
Year 8
Perth Modern School
Star Collector
Ainesh Bala
Year 8
Perth Modern School
The Odd Seed
Story book
7 – 8 
Katalina Chalker
Year 8
Dalyellup
The Monsters
Elena Harrison
Year 8
Perth Modern School
All the Shades of Grey
Samuel MacPherson
Year 8
Udec
A Peasant’s Calling

2024 Make Your Own Story Book Awards Winners

1/10/2024

 
​Congratulations to the 2024 Make Your Own Story Book Awards Winners!
All winners attended the Awards Ceremony on Sunday August 18 with their families, author/illustrator Peter Cheong, MYOSBA judges, special guests and CBCA WA Committee members.
​Category
FIRST
​SECOND
​THIRD
​Picture book
PP – Yr 2
Child Ed
Sum Ying Lam
Year 2
Hamilton Hill
No More Tears
Andrene Arinduque
Year 2
Carey Baptist College Harrisdale
The Lonely Rose
​Hayley Wu
Pre-primary
Willetton
My Heart is No Colour
​Picture book
3 – 4 
Teia Colson
Year 4
East Fremantle
The Magical Necklaces!
​
Kullan Barnard & Janke Boy
Year 4
Grace Christian School Bunbury
From Bad Floods to Great Ideas ​
​Sanya Morar
Year 4
St Stephen’s School Carramar
The Lost Puppy
​Story book
3 – 4 
​Isobel Brierley
Year 3
Guildford
Batty Grandma
Ingrid Coetzer
Year 4
Gelorup
Karma and the Dress Up Competition
​Caleb Kameron
Year 3
Daglish
Huffy Puff Can’t Care Enough
​Picture book
5 – 6
Piper Van Wollingen
Year 6
Forrestdale
Where Will I Lay?
Thomas Smyth
Year 5
North Metro PEAC Balga
Zart and Zixbee’s Awesome Adventure
Georgia Hastie
Year 5
Mary’s Mount Primary School
My Tree
​Story book
5 – 6
Chelsea Yim
Year 5
Atwell
The Magical Painting
Mignon Basson
Year 6
Grace Christian School Bunbury
Escape
​Isabella Leon Urresti
Year 6
Carey Baptist College Harrisdale
Locked Away
​Picture book
7 – 8
Madison Thiel & Stephanie Shen
Year 8
Perth Modern School
Australian Born Chinese
Magdalene Tey
Year 8
Perth Modern School
Black Cat
Joshua Yap & Jessi Lim
Year 8
Perth Modern School
The Flower ​
Story book
7 – 8 
Hudson Graham
Year 7
Leschenault
How to Get Rid of a Cat
Alice Bell
Year 8
Carine Senior High School
A Child of Conflict
Lucy Graham
Year 8
Leschenault
Jesse’s Story
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2024 Make Your Own Story Book Award Winners, special guest Peter Cheong and a selection of MYOSBA judges

2023 Make Your Own Story Book Awards Winners

1/9/2023

 
Congratulations to these worthy winners of our 2023 Make Your Own Story Book Awards!
Category
First
Second
Third
Picture book
PP – Yr 2
Shania Zhang
From Fear to Fun
Year 2 Carey Baptist College
Aubrey Barton
Tom’s Mystery
Year 2Carey Baptist College
Isobel Brierley
Grandad vs Mice
Year 1 Guildford
Picture book
3 – 4
Madison &
​Summer Cox
The Meanest Monster
​Year 4 & 2
Kardinya
​Joshua Lo
Juicy the Fruit Fish
Year 4
Carnaby Rise Primary School
​Evie May
Is it time yet?
Year 4
Carey Baptist College
Story book
3 – 4
​Levi Graham
Sammy Migrates
Year 4
Coogee
Olivia Luttrell
Why is Daddy’s Hair Everywhere but There?
Year 3
Ashfield
Isabel Greenacre
The Kindness Drought
Year 4
Richmond Primary School
Picture book
5 – 6
Heidi Rosair
Fluffball and the Guard Chog
Year 6
Grace Christian School Bunbury
Kimiah Bannon
Ollie the Cranky Volcano
Year 6
Exmouth District High School
​Georgie Heil
Secret Surprise
Year 6
Sutherland Dianella Primary School
Story book
5 – 6
Isabelle Newton
Nadiya … through my eyes
Year 6
Halls Head
Hudson Graham
The Great Mouse Migration
Year 6
Coogee
Caitlin Chesson
How to get Superpowers
Year 6
St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls
​Picture book
7 – 8
Bhuvika Garg & Zhilang Han
Oh My God!
Year 8
Karrinyup
Georgia Baker
Kill the Cats
Year 8
John Forrest Secondary College
​Lucy Zhu & Rose Zhang
Two Paws in a Pod
Year 8
Perth Modern School
Story book
7 – 8
Caitlyn Low
The Beach
Year 7
Applecross
Emmelyn Fong
Searching for Jia
Year 8
Perth Modern School
​Makayla Fung
The Mystery of Bloomtown
Year 8
John Forrest Secondary College

2022 Make Your Own Story Book Awards Winners

1/9/2022

 
Category
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
​Picture Book
​PP - Year 2
Isobel Brierley
My Granny and Kevin ​
Jacob Zwedin
Cat Fight Tournament
Scarlett Davey
Koko the Koala
Picture Book
​Year 3 - 4
Chelsea Yim & Melody Koh
Princess Barbara and Her Amazing New Hairdo
Isla From
Panther the Lost Guinea Pig
Jack Wakeling
Savann the Sun Bear
Story Book
​Year 3 - 4​
Liesl Ho
Lost in the Bay
Kate Gordon
Brother, Sister
Felix Molokhov
Ancient Rome
Picture Book
​Year 5 - 6
Katalina Chalker
The Last
Isabel Pyle
Operation ‘Get Dutch Home’
Hunter Young
The Fish and Chip Thief
​Story Book
Year 5 - 6
Tom Pascoe & Jack Scott
The Kraken’s Cave 
Sethia Putra Kurniawan
The Adventures of Aberdeen Wattlegum
Indiana Van Duuren
The Element Unicorns – Earthcorn Ambush ​
​Picture Book
​Year 7 - 8
Isabella Chalker
Just a Rock?
Seneja Willamune
Be Yourself
Ben Mason
Bob’s Hat ​
Story Book
​Year 7 - 8
Oceana Oakley
Survivor
Makayla Fung
It’s on the Inside
​Nicholas Leendertse
The Dead Tree

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    • A Night With Our Stars
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