Every year I tell myself I should try and read a whole shortlist before the winner is announced, and every year I don't manage to do it- not even the picture book category! Seriously, this is the year I really should try.
Book of the Year: Older Readers Shortlist
The Incredible Here and Now - Felicity Castagna (see my review)
Life in Outer Space - Melissa Keil
The First Third - Will Kostakis (see my review)
Fairytales for Wilde Girls - Allyse Near
Wildlife - Fiona Wood
The Sky so Heavy - Claire Zorn (see my review)
Older Readers Notable Books
Refuge - Jackie French
The Sultan's Eyes - Kelly Gardiner
Pureheart - Cassandra Golds
You Don't Even Know - Sue Lawson
Flora's War - Pamela Rushby
Run - Tim Sinclair
The Vanishing Moment - Margaret Wild
Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend - Anna Branford, Sarah Davis (illustrator)
Song for a Scarlet Runner - Julie Hunt
A Very Unusual Pursuit - Catherine Jinks
My Life as an Alphabet - Barry Jonsberg (read my review)
Light Horse Boy - Dianne Wolfer, Brian Simmonds (illustrator)
Younger Readers Notable Books
Eric Vale: Super Male - Michael Gerard Bauer
That Boy, Jack - Brian Janeen
View from the 32nd Floor - Emma Cameron
Through My Eyes: Shahana - Rosanne Hawke
The Year My Life Broke - John Marsden
To Brave the Seas: A Boy at War - David McRobbie
The Girl Who Brought Mischief - Katrina Nannestad
An ANZAC Tale - Ruth Starke, Greg Holfeld (illustrator) (see my review)
Truly Tan Jinxed! - Jen Storer, Claire Robertson (illustrator)
Stay Well Soon - Penny Tangey
The Hidden Series Book 1: Ice Breaker - Lian Tanner
The Wishbird - Gabrielle Wang
Book of the Year: Early Childhood Shortlist
I'm a Dirty Dinosaur - Janeen Brian, Ann James (illustrator)
Baby Bedtime - Mem Fox, Emma Quay (illustrator)
Banjo and Ruby Red - Libby Gleeson, Freya Blackwood (illustrator)
Kissed by the Moon - Alison Lester (see my review)
The Swap - Jan Ormerod, Andrew Joyner (illustrator)
Granny Grommet and Me - Dianne Wolfer, Karen Blair (illustrator)
Little Big - Jonathan Bentley
Noah Dreary - Aaron Blabey
The Short Giraffe - Neil Flory, Mark Cleary (illustrator)
Starting School - Jane Goodwin, Anna Walker (illustrator)
Bird and Bear - Ann James
Where are you, Banana? Sofie Laguna, Craig Smith (illustrator)
I Love You Too - Stephen Michael King
Daisy and the Puppy - Lisa Shanahan, Sara Acton (illustrator)
Davy and the Duckling - Margaret Wild, Julie Vivas (illustrator)
On the Day you were Born - Margaret Wild, Ron Brooks (illustrator)
Picture Book of the Year Shortlist
The Treasure Box - Freya Blackwood (illustrator), Margaret Wild (text) (see my review)
King Pig - Nick Bland (see my review)
Silver Buttons - Bob Graham (see my review)
Parachute - Matt Ottley (illustrator), Danny Parker (text) (see my review)
The Windy Farm - Craig Smith (illustrator), Doug MacLeod (text) (see my review)
Rules of Summer - Shaun Tan (see my review)
Picture Book Notable Books
Esther's Rainbow - Sara Acton (illustrator), Kim Kane (text)
Noah Dreary - Aaron Blabey
On the Day You Were Born - Ron Brooks (illustrator), Margaret Wild (text)
An ANZAC Tale - Greg Holfeld (illustrator), Ruth Starke (text) (see my review)
The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box - David Legge (illustrator), Frances Watts (text)
Scarlett and the Scratchy Moon - Chris McKimmie
Ted - Leila Rudge
Anzac Biscuits - Owen Swan (illustrator), Phil Cummings (text)
Davy and the Duckling - Julie Vivas (illustrator), Margaret Wild (text)
Vietnam Diary - Mark Wilson
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Shortlist
Welcome to My Country - Laklak Burarrwanga and family
Jeremy - Christopher Faille, Danny Snell (illustrator)
Ice, Wind, Rock - Peter Gouldthorpe
Jandamarra - Mark Greenwood, Terry Denton (illustrator)
Yoko's Diary: The Life of a Young Girl in Hiroshima (ed by Paul Ham)
Meet… Captain Cook - Rae Murdie, Chris Nixon (illustrator)
Eve Pownall Award Notable Books
Let's Paint - Gabriel Alborozo
Welcome Little Scrub Fowl - Sandra Kendall
The Big Book of Australian History - Peter Macinnes
Big Red Kangaroo - Claire Saxby, Graham Byrne (illustrator)
Devotion: Stories of Australia's Wartime Nurses - Robyn Siers, Brett Hatherly (illustrator)
An ANZAC Tale - Ruth Starke, Greg Holfeld (see my review)
Crichton Award for New Illustrators
Big Red Kangaroo - Graham Byrne, text by Claire Saxby
The Bloodhound Boys Book 1: The Great Blood Bank Robbery - Andrew Cranna
I've an Uncle Ivan - Ben Sanders
The Nerdy Birdy - David Snowdon, text by Danielle Wheeldon
I've read a few already- I need to get blogging, and reading more.
I've picked my winners by the covers. I wonder how I'll go? The real winners will be announced at noon on August 15, to mark the start of Children's Book Week. See my winners post here.
2 comments:
I really like the Violet Mackerel series. Violet seems so real.
But that is the only book from this entire list I've seen here in the US. Hard to believe.
I haven't read any of the Violet Mackerel series yet. I've seen them around, and given some as presents to a friends daughter. These are all recentish releases (2013 calendar year I think)- I hope you do get to come across some at least.
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