Short List 2014

  • The Book of the Year: Early Childhood
    I'm a Dirty Dinosaur
    Janeen Brian (Illust: Ann James)
    Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670076154
    Baby Bedtime
    Mem Fox (Illust: Emma Quay)
    Viking, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670075195
    Banjo and Ruby Red
    Libby Gleeson (Illust: Freya Blackwood)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921541087
    Kissed by the Moon
    Alison Lester
    Viking, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670076758
    The Swap
    Jan Ormerod (Illust: Andrew Joyner)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921541414
    Granny Grommet and Me
    Diane Wolfer (Illust: Karen Blair)
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921720161
  • The Book of the Year: Older Readers
    The Incredible Here and Now
    Felicity Castagna
    Giramondo Publishing
    ISBN: 9781922146366
    Life in Outer Space
    Melissa Keil
    Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781742973951
    The First Third
    Will Kostakis
    Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780143568179
    Fairytales for Wilde Girls
    Allyse Near
    Random House Australia
    ISBN: 9781742758510
    Wildlife
    Fiona Wood
    Pan Macmillan Australia
    ISBN: 9781742612317
    The Sky so Heavy
    Claire Zorn
    University of Queensland Press
    ISBN: 9780702249761
  • The Book of the Year: Younger Readers
    Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend
    Anna Branford (Illust: Sarah Davis)
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781921977565
    Song for a Scarlet Runner
    Julie Hunt
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743313589
    City of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit
    Catherine Jinks
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743313060
    My Life as an Alphabet
    Barry Jonsberg
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743310977
    Light Horse Boy
    Dianne Wolfer (Illust: Brian Simmonds)
    Fremantle Press
    ISBN: 9781922089137
  • The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
    Jeremy
    Christopher Faille (Illust: Danny Snell)
    Working Title Press
    ISBN: 9781921504402
    Ice, Wind, Rock
    Peter Gouldthorpe
    Hachette Australia
    ISBN: 9780734411556
    Jandamarra
    Mark Greenwood (Illust: Terry Denton)
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781742375700
    Yoko's Diary:The Life of a Young Girl in Hiroshima during WWII
    Paul Ham ed.
    HarperCollins Publishers
    ISBN: 9780733331176
    Welcome to My Country
    Burarrwanga, Laklak and Family
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743313961
    Meet Captain Cook
    Rae Murdie (Illust: Chris Nixon)
    Random House Australia
    ISBN: 9780857980175
  • The Picture Book of the Year
    The Treasure Box
    Freya Blackwood (Text: Margaret Wild)
    Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670073658
    King Pig
    Nick Bland
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742834955
    Silver Buttons
    Bob Graham
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781406342246
    Parachute
    Matt Ottley (Text: Danny Parker)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921894206
    The Windy Farm
    Craig Smith (Text: Doug MacLeod)
    Working Title Press
    ISBN: 9781921504419
    Rules of Summer
    Shaun Tan
    Hachette Australia
    ISBN: 9780734410672