Short List 2016

  • The Book of the Year: Early Childhood
    Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas
    Aaron Blabey (Illust: Aaron Blabey)
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781743625781
    Ollie and the Wind
    Ronojoy Ghosh
    Random House Australia
    ISBN: 9780857988485
    My Dog Bigsy
    Alison Lester
    Penguin Random House
    ISBN: 9780670078936
    Perfect
    Danny Parker (Illust: Freya Blackwood)
    Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781921894848
    Mr Huff
    Anna Walker
    Penguin Random House
    ISBN: 9780670078042
    The Cow Tripped Over The Moon
    Tony Wilson (Illust: Laura Wood)
    Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781743623534
  • The Book of the Year: Older Readers
    The Flywheel
    Erin Gough
    Hardie Grant Egmont
    ISBN: 9781742978178
    The Pause
    John Larkin
    Penguin Random House
    ISBN: 9780857981707
    Freedom Ride
    Sue Lawson
    Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781925126365
    A Single Stone
    Meg McKinlay
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781925081701
    Inbetween Days
    Vikki Wakefield
    Text Publishing
    ISBN: 9781922182364
    Cloudwish
    Fiona Wood
    Macmillan Australia
    ISBN: 9781743533123
  • The Book of the Year: Younger Readers
    The Cleo Stories: A Friend and a Pet
    Libby Gleeson (Illust: Freya Blackwood)
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743315286
    Soon
    Morris Gleitzman
    Viking Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
    ISBN: 9780670078875
    Run, Pip, Run
    J. C. Jones
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743319222
    Sister Heart
    Sally Morgan
    Fremantle Press
    ISBN: 9781925163131
    Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars
    Martine Murray
    Text Publishing
    ISBN: 9781925240085
    Shadows of the Master
    Emily Rodda
    Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742990620
  • The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
    Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
    Rohan Cleave (Illust: Coral Tulloch)
    CSIRO Publishing
    ISBN: 9781486301126
    The White Mouse: The Story of Nancy Wake
    Peter Gouldthorpe
    Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742990910
    The Amazing True Story of how Babies are made
    Fiona Katauskas
    ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers Australia
    ISBN: 9780733333880
    Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony
    Stephanie Owen Reeder
    NLA Publishing
    ISBN: 9780642278654
    Ancestry: Stories of Multicultural Anzacs
    Robyn Siers & Carlie Walker
    Department of Veterans Affairs
    ISBN: 9780992583927
    We are the Rebels: the Women and Men who made Eureka
    Clare Wright
    Text Publishing
    ISBN: 9781922182784
  • The Picture Book of the Year
    Ride, Ricardo, Ride!
    Shane Devries (Text: Phil Cummings)
    Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia
    ISBN: 9781742990736
    My Dead Bunny
    James Foley (Text: Sigi Cohen)
    Walker Books Australia
    ISBN: 9781922179593
    Flight
    Armin Greder (Text: Nadia Wheatley)
    Windy Hollow Books
    ISBN: 9781922081483
    One Step at a Time
    Sally Heinrich (Text: Jane Jolly)
    Midnight Sun Publishing
    ISBN: 9780987380951
    Suri's Wall
    Matt Ottley (Text: Lucy Estela)
    Penguin Random House
    ISBN: 9780670077755
    And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
    Bruce Whatley (Text: Eric Bogle)
    Allen & Unwin
    ISBN: 9781743317051