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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