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