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Short List 2014 The Book of the Year: Early Childhood I'm a Dirty Dinosaur Janeen Brian (Illust: Ann James) Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076154 Baby Bedtime Mem Fox (Illust: Emma Quay) Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670075195 Banjo and Ruby Red Libby Gleeson (Illust: Freya Blackwood) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921541087 Kissed by the Moon Alison Lester Viking, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076758 The Swap Jan Ormerod (Illust: Andrew Joyner) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921541414 Granny Grommet and Me Diane Wolfer (Illust: Karen Blair) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921720161 The Book of the Year: Older Readers The Incredible Here and Now Felicity Castagna Giramondo Publishing ISBN: 9781922146366 Life in Outer Space Melissa Keil Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781742973951 The First Third Will Kostakis Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780143568179 Fairytales for Wilde Girls Allyse Near Random House Australia ISBN: 9781742758510 Wildlife Fiona Wood Pan Macmillan Australia ISBN: 9781742612317 The Sky so Heavy Claire Zorn University of Queensland Press ISBN: 9780702249761 The Book of the Year: Younger Readers Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend Anna Branford (Illust: Sarah Davis) Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781921977565 Song for a Scarlet Runner Julie Hunt Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313589 City of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit Catherine Jinks Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313060 My Life as an Alphabet Barry Jonsberg Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743310977 Light Horse Boy Dianne Wolfer (Illust: Brian Simmonds) Fremantle Press ISBN: 9781922089137 The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Jeremy Christopher Faille (Illust: Danny Snell) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504402 Ice, Wind, Rock Peter Gouldthorpe Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734411556 Jandamarra Mark Greenwood (Illust: Terry Denton) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781742375700 Yoko's Diary:The Life of a Young Girl in Hiroshima during WWII Paul Ham ed. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780733331176 Welcome to My Country Burarrwanga, Laklak and Family Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781743313961 Meet Captain Cook Rae Murdie (Illust: Chris Nixon) Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857980175 The Picture Book of the Year The Treasure Box Freya Blackwood (Text: Margaret Wild) Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670073658 King Pig Nick Bland Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781742834955 Silver Buttons Bob Graham Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406342246 Parachute Matt Ottley (Text: Danny Parker) Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont ISBN: 9781921894206 The Windy Farm Craig Smith (Text: Doug MacLeod) Working Title Press ISBN: 9781921504419 Rules of Summer Shaun Tan Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734410672