Younger Readers Notable Books 2009

This is the complete list of Younger Readers notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 2009.

The list should be read with the judges' comments, recommendations and reservations as published in Notable Australian Children's Books 2009

Notable Books Categories:

Older Readers

Younger Readers

Early Childhood

Picture Books

Eve Pownall

Author	Title	Publisher
BATESON, Catherine [Short List]	The Wish Pony	Woolshed Press, Random House Australia
BOWEN, Victoria	War’s End	Woolshed Press, Random House Australia
BRIAN, Janeen illus: RIPPIN, Sally	Elephant Mountain	Puffin, Penguin Group Australia
CASWELL, Brian	Cruisin’	Woolshed Press, Random House Australia
CUMMINGS, Phil illus: COX, David	Take it Easy, Danny Allen	Pan Macmillan
DUBOSARSKY, Ursula illus: MULLINS, Patricia	Jerry	Penguin Group Australia
EATON, Anthony	Nathan Nuttboard Upstaged	University of Queensland Press
FLANAGAN, John	Ranger’s Apprentice Book Eight: the Kings of Clonmel	Random House Australia
FRENCH, Jackie	The Camel who Crossed Australia	Angus & Robertson, HarperCollinsPublishers
FUSSELL, Sandy [Short List]	Polar Boy	Walker Books
GLEITZMAN, Morris [Short List]	Then	Viking, Penguin Group Australia
HARRIS, Christine illus: JAMES, Ann	Audrey Goes to Town	Little Hare Books
HARRIS, Christine illus: JAMES, Ann [Short List]	Audrey of the Outback	Little Hare Books
HARTNETT, Sonya illus: JAMES, Ann	Sadie and Ratz	Puffin, Penguin Group Australia
JORGENSEN, Norman	Jack’s Island	Fremantle Press, Australia
MACLEOD, Doug	The Clockwork Forest	Puffin, Penguin Group Australia
MEEHAN, Kieran	10 Rules for Detectives	Puffin, Penguin Group Australia
MILLARD, Glenda illus: KING, Stephen Michael [Short List]	Perry Angel's Suitcase	ABC Books
RODDA, Emily [Short List]	The Wizard of Rondo	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
STARKE, Ruth illus: HOLFELD, Greg	Captain Congo and the Crocodile King	Working Title Press
STARKE, Ruth	Noodle Pie	Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
WANG, Gabrielle illus: MCLEAN, Andrew	The Lion Drummer	Puffin, Penguin Group Australia
WATTS, Frances illus: WATSON, Judy	Extraordinary Ernie & Marvellous Maud	ABC Books