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Apr 19

2017 Shortlist

  • April 19, 2017
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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

  • Circle
      Jeannie Baker
  • Do Not Open This Book
      Andy Lee & Heath McKenzie
  • Fire
      Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
  • Lilli-Pilli’s Sister
      Anna Branford & Linda Catchlove
  • Mr Chicken Arriva A Roma
      Leigh Hobbs
  • Mr Huff
      Anna Walker
  • Pig The Winner
      Aaron Blabey
  • Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas
      Aaron Blabey
  • The Fabulous Friend Machine
      Nick Bland
  • What Do They Do With All The Poo From All The Animals at the Zoo?
      Anh Do & Laura Wood

Fiction for Younger Readers

  • Alice Miranda In China
      Jacqueline Harvey
  • Billie B Brown:The Bad Butterfly
      Sally Rippin & Aki Fukuoka
  • EJ Spy School: Puppy Alert
    Susannah McFarlane & Dyani Stagg
  • Ella And Olivia: The Christmas Surprise
    Yvette Poshoglian & Danielle McDonald
  • Ella Diaries: Friendship S.O.S
    Meredith Costain & Danielle McDonald
  • Hotdog!
    Anh Do & Dan McGuiness
  • The Bad Guys Episode 2: Mission Unpluckable
    Aaron Blabey
  • The Gateway: Midnight Mercenary
    Cereberus Jones & Craig Phillips
  • WeirDo: Mega Weird!
    Anh Do & Jules Faber
  • You Choose: Alien Invaders from Beyond the Stars
    George Ivanoff

Fiction for Older Readers

  • Exploding Endings: Painted Dogs And Doom Cakes
      Tim Harris
  • Grimsdon
    Deborah Abela
  • Keeper Of The Crystals: Eve and Last Dragon
    Jess Black & Celeste Hulme
  • My Dead Bunny
    Sigi Cohen & James Foley
  • Our Australian Girl: Nellie’s Quest
    Penny Matthews & Lucia Masciullo
  • Our Australian Girl: Rose In Bloom
    Sherryl Clark & Lucia Masciullo
  • The 78-Storey Treehouse
    Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
  • The Impossible Quest: Escape From Wolfhaven Castle
    Kate Forsyth
  • The Ivory Rose
    Belinda Murrell
  • The Other Christy
    Oliver Phommavanh

Fiction for Years 7-9

  • Carnage
      Michael Adams
  • Cry Blue Murder
      Kim Kane & Marion Roberts
  • Every Breath
      Ellie Marney
  • Freedom Ride
      Sue Lawson
  • Laurinda
      Alice Pung
  • One True Thing
      Nicole Hayes
  • Pennies For Hitler
      Jackie French
  • Risk
      Fleur Ferris
  • The First Third
      Will Kostakis
  • Through My Eyes: Naveed
      John Heffernan & Ed. Lyn White
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2 Comments

  1. EE1 shortlisted in the 2017 YABBA awards! - Tim Harris
    April 19, 2017 at 2:07 PM ·

    […] The 2017 YABBA shortlists can be accessed here. […]

  2. Susanne Gervay
    April 19, 2017 at 8:44 PM ·

    Fabulous list – Love to all those on the list!

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