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Notables 2015 The Book of the Year: Early Childhood Pig the Pug Aaron Blabey Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743624777 Baby Beats Karen Blair Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179074 Monster Chef Nick Bland Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742838250 My Dad is a Bear Nicola Connelly (Illust: Annie White) New Frontier Publishing ISBN: 9781925059069 Bridie's Boots Phil Cummings (Illust: Sara Acton) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504723 Tim and Ed Ursula Dubosarsky (Illust: Andrew Joyner) Penguin Books Australia Ltd ISBN: 9780670074631 Scary Night Lesley Gibbes (Illust: Stephen Michael King) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504631 Go to Sleep, Jessie! Libby Gleeson (Illust: Freya Blackwood) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742977805 B is for Bedtime Margaret Hamilton (Illust: Anna Pignataro) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894343 A House of Her Own Jenny Hughes (Illust: Jonathan Bentley) Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742974620 Snail and Turtle are Friends Stephen Michael King Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743620236 Our Island Alison Lester (Illust: Elizabeth Honey) Penguin Books Australia Ltd ISBN: 9780670077687 Noni the Pony goes to the Beach Alison Lester Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743311141 Max Marc Martin Penguin Books Australia Ltd ISBN: 9780670077434 One Night Penny Matthews (Illust: Stephen Michael King) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990279 Kick with my Left Foot Paul Seden (Illust: Karen Briggs) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313442 Big Pet Day Lisa Shanahan (Illust: Gus Gordon) Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780733620997 Whale in the Bath Kylie Westaway (Illust: Tom Jellett) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743318584 Chooky-Doodle-Doo Jan Whiten (Illust: Sinead Hanley) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921977879 This Little Piggy Went Singing Margaret Wild (Illust: Deborah Niland) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743319123 The Book of the Year: Older Readers Intruder Christine Bongers Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857983763 Wrath Anne Davies Jo Jo Publishing, Classic Author and Publishing Services ISBN: 9780987607737 Masquerade Kylie Fornasier Penguin Books Australia ISBN: 9780143571070 I am Juliet Jackie French Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732297985 Loyal Creatures Morris Gleitzman Penguin Books Australia ISBN: 9780670077427 Are You Seeing Me? Darren Groth Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857984739 The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl Melissa Keil Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742978307 Razorhurst Justine Larbalestier Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743319437 The Astrologer's Daughter Rebecca Lim Text Publishing ISBN: 9781922182005 Tigers on the Beach Doug MacLeod Penguin Books Australia ISBN: 9780143568520 The Crystal Heart Sophie Masson Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857982070 Tigerfish David Metzenthen Penguin Books Australia ISBN: 9780143568421 The Cracks in the Kingdom Jaclyn Moriarty Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781742612874 The Year it all Ended Kirsty Murray Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743319413 As Stars Fall Christine Nieman Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781743517697 Laurinda Alice Pung Black Inc. ISBN: 9781863956925 The Ratcatcher's Daughter Pamela Rushby Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732297138 The Minnow Diana Sweeney Text Publishing ISBN: 9781922182012 Alexander Altmann A10567 Suzy Zail Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179999 The Protected Claire Zorn University of Queensland Press ISBN: 9780702250194 The Book of the Year: Younger Readers Two Wolves Tristan Bancks Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857982032 The Adventures of Stunt Boy and his Amazing Wonder Dog Blindfold Lollie Barr Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781742613673 Violet Mackerel's Helpful Suggestion Anna Bradford (Illust: Sarah Davis) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922244369 The Simple Things Bill Condon Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743317242 Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy Karen Foxlee Hot Key Books Bonnier Publishing Group ISBN: 9781471403361 The Cleo Stories The Necklace and the Present Libby Gleeson (Illust: Freya Blackwood) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743315279 Kelsey and the Quest of the Porcelain Doll Rosanne Hawke University of Queensland Press ISBN: 9780702253317 Bleakboy and Hunter Stand out in the Rain Steven Herrick University of Queensland Press ISBN: 9780702250163 Through My Eyes: Malini Robert Hillman Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743312551 Figgy in the World Tamsin Janu Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990453 A Very Singular Guild Book 3 City of Orphans Catherine Jinks Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313091 Tea and Sugar Christmas Jane Jolly (Illust: Robert Ingpen) National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780642278630 Going Bush with Grandpa Sally Morgan (Illust: Craig Smith) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990262 Roses are Blue Sally Murphy (Illust: Gabriel Evans) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922244376 Crossing Catherine Norton Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990286 The Firebird Mystery: a Jack Mason Adventure Darrell Pitt Text Publishing ISBN: 9781922147752 Withering-by-Sea: a Stella Montgomery Intrigue Judith Rossell ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780733333002 The Ratcatcher's Daughter Pamela Rushby HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780732297138 Truly Tan Freaked! Jen Storer (Illust: Claire Robertson) ABC Books ISBN: 9780733333187 The Mapmaker Chronicles: Race to the End of the World A.L. Tait Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734415776 Paper Planes Allayne L Webster Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990699 The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land Simon Barnard Text Publishing ISBN: 9781922079343 Coming of Age: Growing up Muslim in Australia Demet Divaroren ed. Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743312926 Meet Douglas Mawson Mike Dumbleton (Illust: Snip Green) Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857981950 Mary's Australia: How Mary Mackillop Changed Australia Pamela Freeman Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922077905 Tea and Sugar Christmas Jane Jolly (Illust: Robert Ingpen) National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780642278630 Emu Claire Saxby (Illust: Graham Byrne) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179708 Audacity: Stories of Heroic Australians in Wartime Carlie Walker Department of Veterans Affairs ISBN: 9781877007934 The Picture Book of the Year Rivertime Trace Balla Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743316337 the Amazing A to Z Thing Bronwyn Bancroft (Text: Sally Morgan) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894190 A House of Her Own Jonathan Bentley (Text: Jenny Hughes) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742974620 The Brothers Quibble Aaron Blabey Penguin Books Australia ISBN: 9780670076000 My Two Blankets Freya Blackwood (Text: Irena Kobald) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921714764 Hello from Nowhere Karen Blair (Text: Raewyn Caisley) Penguin Books Australia ISBN: 9780670075003 One Minute's Silence Michael Camilleri (Text: David Metzenthen) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743316245 Top Dog Rod Clement Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732298760 Fire Jackie French (Illust: Bruce Whatley) Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742838175 Vanilla Ice Cream Bob Graham Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406350098 The Wild One Sonya Hartnett (Illust: Lucia Masciullo) Penguin Books Australia ISBN: 9780670076970 Outside Libby Hathorn (Illust: Ritva Voutila) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894688 Tea and Sugar Christmas Jane Jolly (Illust: Robert Ingpen) National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780642278630 Once a Shepherd Glenda Millard (Illust: Phil Lesnie) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921720628 The Duck and the Darklings Glenda Millard (Illust: Stephen Michael King) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743312612 Along The Road to Gundagai Jack O'Hagan (Illust: Andrew McLean) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781862919792 I Was Only Nineteen John Schumann (Illust: Craig Smith) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743317235 The Stone Lion Margaret Wild (Illust: Riyva Voutila) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894855