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