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
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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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Fabulous list – Love to all those on the list!