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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