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Apr 13

2016 Shortlist

  • April 13, 2016
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  • Announcements, Shortlist

During Term 1 each year children across Victoria are asked to recommend their favourite Australian books to other children by nominating four Australian titles.

All nominations are collated and the 10 books with the most nominations in each of the award categories are the shortlisted books for that year. Students are then encouraged to read as many of these books across Term 2 and Term 3 that they can.

All this reading is leading to each student rewarding their very favourite book during the voting process in early Term 4.

Picture Story Books

  • Green Tree Frogs Sandra Kendell
  • Max Marc Martin
  • Mr Huff Anna Walker
  • Pig the Fibber Aaron Blabey
  • Rules of Summer Shaun Tan
  • The Fearsome Frightening Ferocious Box Frances Watts & David Legge
  • The Stone Lion Margaret Wild & Ritva Voutila
  • The Very Noisy Bear Nick Bland &
  • Thelma the Unicorn Aaron Blabey
  • Too Many Cheeky Dogs Johanna Bell & Dion Beasley

Fiction for Younger Readers

  • Alice-Miranda at Camp Jacqueline Harvey
  • Billie B Brown: The Second Best Friend Sally Rippin & Aki Fukuoka
  • Diary of a Track and Field Titan Shamini Flint & Sally Heinrich
  • Don’t Look Now: Book 4 Paul Jennings & Andrew Weldon
  • EJ Spy School: Puppy Alert! Susannah McFarlane & Dyani Stagg
  • Ella and Olivia: Sports Carnival Yvette Poshoglian & Danielle McDonald
  • Ghost Club 2: The Haunted School Deborah Abela
  • The Bad Guys Episode 1 Aaron Blabey
  • The Vanilla Slice Kid Adam Wallace & Jack Wodhams & Tom Gittus
  • You Choose: Alien Invaders from Beyond the Stars George Ivanoff

Fiction for Older Readers

  • Con-nerd Oliver Phommavanh
  • My Life and Other Massive Mistakes Tristan Bancks & Gus Gordon
  • Ophelia: Queen of Denmark Jackie French
  • Specky Magee and the Best of Oz Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
  • Star of Deltora: Shadows of the Master Emily Rodda
  • The 65-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
  • The Forgotten Pearl Belinda Murrell
  • The Mapmaker Chronicles: Race to the End of the World A.L. Tait
  • Ugly: A Beaut Story about One Very Ugly Kid Robert Hoge
  • WeirDo 5 : Totally Weird Anh Do & Jules Faber

Fiction for Years 7-9

  • A Waltz for Matilda Jackie French
  • Don’t Call Me Ishmael Michael Gerard Bauer
  • Loyal Creatures Morris Gleitzman
  • My Life as an Alphabet Barry Jonsberg
  • Nona and Me Clare Atkins
  • Six Impossible Things Fiona Wood
  • Soon Morris Gleitzman
  • The Last Thirteen: 1 James Phelan
  • Through My Eyes: Naveed John Heffernan & Lyn White (Ed.)
  • Through My Eyes: Zafir Prue Mason & Lyn White (Ed.)
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