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