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