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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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