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Notables 2014 The Book of the Year: Early Childhood Noah Dreary Aaron Blabey Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670077182 I'm a Dirty Dinosaur Janeen Brian (Illust: Ann James) Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076154 The Short Giraffe Neil Flory (Illust: Mark Cleary) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743315071 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 Starting School Jane Goodwin (Illust: Anna Walker) Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076765 Bird and Bear Ann James The Five Mile Press ISBN: 9781743463796 Little Big Bentley Jonathan Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894442 I Love You Too Stephen Michael King Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742834979 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 Daisy and the Puppy Lisa Shanahan (Illust: Sara Acton) Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742830513 Davy and the Duckling Margaret Wild (Illust: Julie Vivas) Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670075614 On The Day You Were Born Margaret Wild (Illust: Ron Brooks) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781741147544 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 Refuge Jackie French Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732294809 The Sultan's Eyes Kelly Gardiner Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732294809 Pureheart Cassandra Golds Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780143204275 Life in Outer Space Melissa Keil Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742973951 The First Third Will Kostakis Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780143568179 You Don't Even Know Sue Lawson Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179715 Fairytales for Wilde Girls Allyse Near Random House Australia ISBN: 9781742758510 Flora's War Pamela Rushby Ford Street Publishing ISBN: 9781921665981 Run Tim Sinclair Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780143567684 The Vanishing Moment Margaret Wild Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743315903 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 Eric Vale: Super Male Michael Gerard Bauer (Illust: Joe Bauer) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781862919938 Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend Anna Branford (Illust: Sarah Davis) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921977565 That Boy, Jack Janeen Brian Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179005 View from the 32nd Floor Emma Cameron Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922077295 Through my Eyes: Shahana Roseanne Hawke Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743312469 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 The Year My LIfe Broke John Marsden Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781742613352 To Brave the Seas: A Boy at War David McRobbie Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313077 The Girl Who Brought Mischief Katrina Nannestad ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780733332005 An ANZAC Tale Ruth Starke (Illust: Greg Holfeld) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504532 Truly Tan Jinxed! Jen Storer (Illust: Claire Robertson) HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780733331220 Stay Well Soon Penny Tangey University of Queensland Press ISBN: 9780702249945 Ice Breaker: The Hidden series Book One Lian Tanner Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743314340 The Wishbird Gabrielle Wang Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780143307525 Light Horse Boy Dianne Wolfer (Illust: Brian Simmonds) Fremantle Press ISBN: 9781922089137 The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Let's Paint Gabriel Alborozo Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313695 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 Little Scrub Fowl Sandra Kendell Windy Hollow Books ISBN: 9781922081261 Welcome to My Country Burarrwanga, Laklak and Family Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313961 The Big Book of Australian History Peter Macinnis The National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780642278326 Meet Captain Cook Rae Murdie (Illust: Chris Nixon) Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857980175 Big Red Kangaroo Claire Saxby (Illust: Graham Byrne) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921720420 Devotion: Stories of Australia’s Wartime Nurses Robyn Siers (Illust: Brett Hatherly) Department of Veterans Affairs ISBN: 9781877007835 An ANZAC Tale Ruth Starke (Illust: Greg Holfeld) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504532 The Picture Book of the Year Esther's Rainbow Sara Acton (Text: Kim Kane) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313701 Noah Dreary Aaron Blabey Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670077182 The Treasure Box Freya Blackwood (Text: Margaret Wild) Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670073658 Banjo and Ruby Red Freya Blackwood (Text: Libby Gleeson) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921541087 King Pig Nick Bland Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742834955 On the Day You were Born Ron Brooks (Text: Margaret Wild) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781741147544 Silver Buttons Bob Graham Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406342246 An ANZAC Tale Greg Holfield (Text: Ruth Stark) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504532 The Fearsome Frightening Ferocious Box David Legge (Text: Frances Watts) ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780733328916 Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076758 Scarlett and the Scratchy Moon Chris McKimmie Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743315156 Parachute Matt Ottley (Text: Danny Parker) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894206 Baby Bedtime Emma Quay (Text: Mem Fox) Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670075195 Ted Leila Rudge Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921977503 The Windy Farm Craig Smith (Text: Doug MacLeod) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504419 ANZAC Biscuits Owen Swan (Text: Phil CummingsSwan) Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742833460 Rules of Summer Shaun Tan Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734410672 Davy and the Duckling Julie Vivas (Text: Margaret Wild) Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670075614 Vietnam Diary Mark Wilson Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734412744