The Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA) were established in 1985 by a group of Victorians keen to see children engage ... in reading Australian books. Run by a volunteer committee our goal after all these years is still the same. We seek to provide children a voice within the general Australian children’s book industry. The YABBA Awards encourages children to recommend recent Australian published books, read all the recommendations for their peers, rate them against all others and then finally reward that book they feel is best. read more