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Notables 2016 The Book of the Year: Early Childhood As Big As You Sara Acton Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743629697 I Need a Hug Aaron Blabey Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743629093 Pig the Fibber Aaron Blabey Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743629062 Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas Aaron Blabey (Illust: Aaron Blabey) Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743625781 The Very Noisy Bear Nick Bland (Illust: Nick Bland) Scholastic Press ISBN: 9781743627853 I'm a Hungry Dinosaur Janeen Brian (Illust: Ann James) Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670078103 Small and Big Karen Collum (Illust: Ben Wood) Windy Hollow Books ISBN: 9781922081476 Puddles are for Jumping Kylie Dunstan Windy Hollow Books ISBN: 9781922081490 This & That Mem Fox (Illust: Judy Horacek) Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743622537 Meep Andy Geppert Tiny Owl Workshop ISBN: 9780992288723 Thunderstorm Dancing Katrina Germein (Illust: Judy Watson) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743314593 Ollie and the Wind Ronojoy Ghosh Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857988485 What Do You Wish For? Jane Godwin (Illust: Anna Walker) Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670078110 Hop Up! Wriggle Over! Elizabeth Honey Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743319987 My Dog Bigsy Alison Lester Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670078936 Too Busy Sleeping Zanni Louise (Illust: Anna Pignataro) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742979625 Frog Finds a Place Sally Morgan & Ezekiel Kwaymullina (Illust: Dub Leffler) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990231 Perfect Danny Parker (Illust: Freya Blackwood) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894848 This is a Ball Beck Stanton & Matt Stanton ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780733334351 Alfie's Lost Sharkie Anna Walker Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742839929 Mr Huff Anna Walker Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670078042 Bogtrotter Margaret Wild (Illust: Judith Rossell) Walker Books ISBN: 9781921977558 The Cow Tripped Over The Moon Tony Wilson (Illust: Laura Wood) Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743623534 The Book of the Year: Older Readers In the Skin of a Monster Kathryn Barker Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760111717 Rich & Rare Paul Collins Ford Street Publishing ISBN: 9781925272116 The River and the Book Alison Croggon Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781925081725 The Flywheel Erin Gough Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742978178 One True Thing Nicole Hayes Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780857986887 The Pause John Larkin Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780857981707 Freedom Ride Sue Lawson Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781925126365 Talk Under Water Kathryn Lomer University of Queensland Press ISBN: 9780702253690 A Single Stone Meg McKinlay Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781925081701 The Beauty is in the Walking James Moloney HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780732299941 Newt's Emerald Garth Nix Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760112653 For the Forest of the Bird Sue Saliba Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780143571780 A Small Madness Diane Touchell Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760110789 Inbetween Days Vikki Wakefield Text Publishing ISBN: 9781922182364 The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex Gabrielle Williams Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743319550 Cloudwish Fiona Wood Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781743533123 The Book of the Year: Younger Readers The Cleo Stories: A Friend and a Pet Libby Gleeson (Illust: Freya Blackwood) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743315286 Soon Morris Gleitzman Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670078875 The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths (Illust: Terry Denton) Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781743533222 The Cut Out Jack Heath Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760111984 300 Minutes of Danger Jack Heath Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781760154035 Run, Pip, Run J. C. Jones Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743319222 Bella and the Wandering House Meg McKinlay Fremantle Press ISBN: 9781925162301 Bridget: A New Australian James Moloney Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990989 Sister Heart Sally Morgan Fremantle Press ISBN: 9781925163131 Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars Martine Murray Text Publishing ISBN: 9781925240085 Helix and the Arrival Damean Posner (Illust: Jules Faber) Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857986535 Shadows of the Master Emily Rodda Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990620 The Fourteenth Summer of Angus Jack Jen Storer (Illust: Lucinda Gifford) ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780733334436 The Hush Treasure Book Karen Tayleur Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760112790 The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books The Girl From The Great Sandy Desert Jakuna Mona Chuguna & Pat Lowe (Illust: Mervyn Street) Magabala Books ISBN: 9781922142054 Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Rohan Cleave (Illust: Coral Tulloch) CSIRO Publishing ISBN: 9781486301126 Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland Sea Danielle Clode Museum Victoria ISBN: 9781921833168 The White Mouse: The Story of Nancy Wake Peter Gouldthorpe Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990910 The Amazing True Story of how Babies are made Fiona Katauskas ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780733333880 Green Tree Frogs Sandra Kendell Windy Hollow Books ISBN: 9781922081421 A is for Australia Frane Lessac Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179760 Australian Kids Through the Years Tania McCartney (Illust: Andrew Joyner) NLA Publishing ISBN: 9780642278593 ANZAC Sons: Five Brothers on the Western Front Allison Marlow Paterson Big Sky Publishing ISBN: 9781925275148 Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony Stephanie Owen Reeder NLA Publishing ISBN: 9780642278654 Ancestry: Stories of Multicultural Anzacs Robyn Siers & Carlie Walker Department of Veterans Affairs ISBN: 9780992583927 My Gallipoli Ruth Starke (Illust: Robert Hannaford) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504761 Atmospheric: The Burning Story of Climate Change Carole Wilkinson Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781925126372 We are the Rebels: the Women and Men who made Eureka Clare Wright Text Publishing ISBN: 9781922182784 Alice's Food A - Z Alice Zaslavsky Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179388 The Picture Book of the Year The Eagle Inside Bronwyn Bancroft (Text: Jack Manning-Bancroft) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742974699 Eye to Eye Graeme Base (Text: Graeme Base) Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670078592 Perfect Freya Blackwood (Text: Danny Parker) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894848 In the Evening Gaye Chapman (Text: Edwina Wyatt) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742975283 Ride, Ricardo, Ride! Shane Devries (Text: Phil Cummings) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742990736 My Dead Bunny James Foley (Text: Sigi Cohen) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179593 How the Sun Got to Coco's House Bob Graham (Text: Bob Graham) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406359008 Flight Armin Greder (Text: Nadia Wheatley) Windy Hollow Books ISBN: 9781922081483 My Gallipoli Robert Hannaford (Text: Ruth Starke) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504761 One Step at a Time Sally Heinrich (Text: Jane Jolly) Midnight Sun Publishing ISBN: 9780987380951 Adelaide's Secret World Elise Hurst (Text: Elise Hurst) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313350 Platypus Mark Jackson (Text: Sue Whiting) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922077448 Why I Love Footy Tom Jellett (Text: Michael Wagner) Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670077878 What's Up MuMu David Mackintosh (Text: David Mackintosh) HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780007463091 Lara of Newtown Chris McKimmie (Text: Chris McKimmie) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781760112325 Bob the Railway Dog Andrew McLean (Text: Corinne Fenton) Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781922179890 Teacup Matt Ottley (Text: Rebecca Young) Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781743623848 Suri's Wall Matt Ottley (Text: Lucy Estela) Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670077755 Numerical Street Antonia Pesenti (Text: Hilary Bell) New South Publishing ISBN: 978174223287 Where's Jessie? Anne Spudvilas (Text: Janeen Brian) NLA Publishing ISBN: 9780642278753 Mr Huff Anna Walker (Text: Anna Walker) Penguin Random House ISBN: 9780670078042 And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda Bruce Whatley (Text: Eric Bogle) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743317051