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Short List 2013 The Book of the Year: Early Childhood The Terrible Suitcase Emma Allen (Illust: Freya Blackwood) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781862919402 With Nan Tania Cox (Illust: Karen Blair) Windy Hollow Books ISBN: 9781921136122 The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog Sue deGennaro Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742830636 Too Many Elephants in the House Ursula Dubosarsky (Illust: Andrew Joyner) Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670075461 It's a miroocool! Christine Harris (Illust: Ann James) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921541018 Peggy Anna Walker Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742832708 The Book of the Year: Older Readers The Ink Bridge Neil Grant Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781742376691 Sea Hearts Margo Lanagan Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781742375052 The Shiny Guys Doug MacLeod Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780143565307 Creepy & Maud Dianne Touchell Fremantle Press ISBN: 9781921888953 Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield Text Publishing ISBN: 9781921922701 The Wrong Boy Suzy Zail Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781742031651 The Book of the Year: Younger Readers Other Brother Simon French Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921720833 Pennies for Hitler Jackie French Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732292096 After Morris Gleitzman Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670075447 The Children of the King Sonya Hartnett Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076130 Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend Steven Herrick University of Queensland Press ISBN: 9780702249280 The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk Glenda Millard (Illust: Stephen Michael King) ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia ISBN: 9780733329838 The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Girl! The Ultimate Guide to Being You Anna Barnes Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780143305767 Python Christopher Cheng (Illust: Mark Jackson) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921529603 Portrait of Spain for kids Queensland Art Gallery Gallery of Modern Art Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art ISBN: 9781921503467 Lyrebird! A True Story Jackie Kerin (Illust: Peter Gouldthorpe) Museum Victoria ISBN: 9781921833045 Topsy Turvy World: How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers Kirsty Murray National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780642277497 Tom the Outback Mailman Kristin Weidenbach (Illust: Timothy Ide) Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734412249 The Picture Book of the Year The Coat Ron Brooks (Text: Julie Hunt) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781741146059 Tanglewood Vivienne Goodman (Text: Margaret Wild) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781862915701 Herman and Rosie Gus Gordon Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076031 Sophie Scott Goes South Alison Lester Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670880683 Lightning Jack Patricia Mullins (Text: Glenda Millard) Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781741693911 A Day to Remember Mark Wilson (Text: Jackie French) Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732293604