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