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