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Winners 2013 The Book of the Year: Early Childhood Winner The Terrible Suitcase Emma Allen (Illust: Freya Blackwood) Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781862919402 Honours With Nan Tania Cox (Illust: Karen Blair) Windy Hollow Books ISBN: 9781921136122 Honours Too Many Elephants in the House Ursula Dubosarsky (Illust: Andrew Joyner) Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670075461 The Book of the Year: Older Readers Winner Sea Hearts Margo Lanagan Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781742375052 Honours The Ink Bridge Neil Grant Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781742376691 Honours Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield Text Publishing ISBN: 9781921922701 The Book of the Year: Younger Readers Winner The Children of the King Sonya Hartnett Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076130 Honours Pennies for Hitler Jackie French Angus & Robertson, HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 9780732292096 Honours 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 Winner Tom the Outback Mailman Kristin Weidenbach (Illust: Timothy Ide) Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734412249 Honours Lyrebird! A True Story Jackie Kerin (Illust: Peter Gouldthorpe) Museum Victoria ISBN: 9781921833045 Honours Topsy Turvy World: How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers Kirsty Murray National Library of Australia ISBN: 9780642277497 The Picture Book of the Year Winner The Coat Ron Brooks (Text: Julie Hunt) Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781741146059 Honours Herman and Rosie Gus Gordon Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670076031 Honours Sophie Scott Goes South Alison Lester Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia) ISBN: 9780670880683