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