Notables 2013

The Book of the Year: Early Childhood

The Terrible Suitcase

Emma Allen (Illust: Freya Blackwood)

Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781862919402

Pooka

Carol Chataway (Illust: Nina Rycroft)

Working Title Press

ISBN: 9781921504372

With Nan

Tania Cox (Illust: Karen Blair)

Windy Hollow Books

ISBN: 9781921136122

The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog

Sue deGennaro

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781742830636

Too Many Elephants in the House

Ursula Dubosarsky (Illust: Andrew Joyner)

Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670075461

What's the matter, Aunty May?

Peter Friend (Illust: Andrew Joyner)

Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont

ISBN: 9781921714535

Ships in the Field

Suzanne Gervay (Illust: Anna Pignataro)

Ford Street Publishing

ISBN: 9781921665233

Today we have no plans

Jane Godwin (Illust: Anna Walker)

Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670075201

It's a miroocool!

Christine Harris (Illust: Ann James)

Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont

ISBN: 9781921541018

Bog Frog Hop

Kyle Mewburn (Illust: Rebecca Cool)

Hardie Grant Egmont

ISBN: 9781921714580

I WIsh there were Dinosaurs

Amanda Niland (Illust: Christina Booth)

Windy Hollow Books

ISBN: 9781922081049

The Red Wheelbarrow

Briony Stewart

University of Queensland Press

ISBN: 9780702249259

Peggy

Anna Walker

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781742832708

The Book of the Year: Older Readers

Cinnamon Rain

Emma Cameron

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781921720451

Black Spring

Alison Croggon

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781921977480

The Girl from Snowy River

Jackie French

Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia

ISBN: 9780732293109

The Ink Bridge

Neil Grant

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781742376691

Mountain Wolf

Rosanne Hawke

Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia

ISBN: 9780732293871

Sea Hearts

Margo Lanagan

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781742375052

The Shiny Guys

Doug MacLeod

Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780143565307

The Convent

Maureen McCarthy

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781742375045

The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice

Andrew McGahan

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781742378220

A Corner of White

Jacklyn Moriarty

Pan Macmillan Australia

ISBN: 9781742611396

Into That Forest

Louis Nowra

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781743311646

Fog a Dox

Bruce Pascoe

Magabala Books

ISBN: 9781921248559

City

James Roy

University of Queensland Press

ISBN: 9780702249266

Creepy & Maud

Dianne Touchell

Fremantle Press

ISBN: 9781921888953

Friday Brown

Vikki Wakefield

Text Publishing

ISBN: 9781921922701

The Wrong Boy

Suzy Zail

Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781742031651

The Book of the Year: Younger Readers

Dragon Hunter

Nazam Anhar

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781742830308

Nobpdy's Boy

Diane Bates

Celapene Press

ISBN: 9780987255600

Star

Catherine Bateson

Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781862919815

Violet Mackerel's Personal Space

Anna Branford (Illust: Sarah Davis)

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781921529207

Trust Me Too

Paul (ed) Collins

Ford Street Publishing

ISBN: 9781921665585

Louis Beside Himself

Anna Fienberg

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781742379944

Other Brother

Simon French

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781921720833

Pennies for Hitler

Jackie French

Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia

ISBN: 9780732292096

After

Morris Gleitzman

Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670075447

The Children of the King

Sonya Hartnett

Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670076130

Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend

Steven Herrick

University of Queensland Press

ISBN: 9780702249280

Sophie Scott goes South

Alison Lester

Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670880683

Phyllis Wong and the Forgotten Secrets of Mr Okyto

Geoffrey McSkimming

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781742378213

The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk

Glenda Millard (Illust: Stephen Michael King)

ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia

ISBN: 9780733329838

Lightning Jack

Patricia Mullins (Text: Glenda Millard)

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781741693911

The Beginner's Guide to Revenge

Marianne Musgrove

Random House Australia

ISBN: 9781742750866

Red Dirt Diary 2: Blue about Love

Katrina Nannestad

ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia

ISBN: 9780733330698

Punchlines

Oliver Phommavanh

Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780143306511

The Horses Didn't Come Home

Pamela Rushby

HarperCollins Publishers Australia

ISBN: 9780732293543

Dragonkeeper book four: Blood Brothers

Carole Wilkinson

Black Dog Books

ISBN: 9781742031897

The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Australia's Greatest Inventions & Innovations

Christopher Cheng & Linsay Knight & Powerhouse Museum

Random House Australia

ISBN: 9781742755649

Python

Christopher Cheng (Illust: Mark Jackson)

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781921529603

The Word Spy Activity Book

Ursula Dubosarsky (Illust: Tohby Riddle)

Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780143306139

Portrait of Spain for kids

Queensland Art Gallery Gallery of Modern Art

Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art

ISBN: 9781921503467

Lyrebird! A True Story

Jackie Kerin (Illust: Peter Gouldthorpe)

Museum Victoria

ISBN: 9781921833045

Sophie Scott Goes South

Alison Lester

Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670880683

Australian Backyard Naturalist

Peter Macinnis

National Library of Australia

ISBN: 9780642277428

Topsy Turvy World: How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers

Kirsty Murray

National Library of Australia

ISBN: 9780642277497

Tom the Outback Mailman

Kristin Weidenbach (Illust: Timothy Ide)

Hachette Australia

ISBN: 9780734412249

The Picture Book of the Year

The Terrible Suitcase

Emma Allen (Illust: Freya Blackwood)

Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781862919402

The Dreadful Fluff

Aaron Blabey

Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670075997

The Coat

Ron Brooks (Text: Julie Hunt)

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781741146059

Lone Pine

Susie Brown & Margaret Warner (Illust: Sebastian Ciaffaglione)

Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont

ISBN: 9781921541346

The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog

Sue deGennaro

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781742830636

Too Many Elephants in the House

Ursula Dubosarksy (Illust: Andrew Joyner)

Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670075461

In the Lion

James Foley

Walker Books Australia

ISBN: 9781921720321

Ships in the Field

Suzanne Gervay (Illust: Anna Pignataro)

Ford Street Publishing

ISBN: 9781921665233

Tanglewood

Vivienne Goodman (Text: Margaret Wild)

Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781862915701

Herman and Rosie

Gus Gordon

Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670076031

It's a Miroocool!

Christine Harris (Illust: Ann James)

Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont

ISBN: 9781921541018

Sophie Scott Goes South

Alison Lester

Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670880683

Lightning Jack

Patricia Mullins (Text: Glenda Millard)

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781741693911

Unforgotten

Tohby Riddle

Allen & Unwin

ISBN: 9781742379722

Lily and the Fairy House

Jane Tanner

Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)

ISBN: 9780670075102

Peggy

Anna Walker

Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia

ISBN: 9781742832708

A Day to Remember

Mark Wilson (Text: Jackie French)

Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia

ISBN: 9780732293604