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
- Arty Farty Marty: The Paint Smashin’ Kraken
Dale Baker - Busting!
Aaron Blabey - Chip
Kylie Howarth - Do Not Open This Book Again!
Andy Lee, Heath McKenzie - Excuse Me!
Dave Hughes & Holly Ife, Philip Bunting - Flapper, VC
Mark Wilson - Go Go And The Silver Shoes
Jane Godwin, Anna Walker - Hickory Dickory Dash
Tony Wilson, Laura Wood - Pig The Star
Aaron Blabey - Too Many Cheeky Dogs
Johanna Bell, Dion Beasley
Fiction for Younger Readers
- Bad Guys: Intergalactic Gas
Aaron Blabey - Billie B Brown: Billie’s Yummy Bakery Adventure
Sally Rippin, Alisa Coburn - Ella And Olivia: Zoo Rescue
Yvette Poshoglian, Danielle McDonald - Ella Diaries: Pony School Showdown
Meredith Costain, Danielle McDonald - Eric Vale Off The Rails
Michael Gerard Bauer, Joe Bauer - Hotdog!: Party Time!
Anh Do, Dan McGuiness - Polly And Buster: The Wayward Witch & The Feelings Monster
Sally Rippin - Sporty Kids: Handball
Felice Arena, Tom Jellett - WeirDo: Really Weird!
Anh Do, Jules Faber - You Choose: Footy Fever
George Ivanoff, James Hart
Fiction for Older Readers
- Aquatica
Lance Balchin - Friday Barnes: Danger Ahead
R A Spratt - Funny Kid For President
Matt Stanton - Grimsdon
Deborah Abela - Iris And The Tiger
Leanne Hall - Our Australian Girl: Meet Grace
Sofie Laguna, Lucia Masciullo - Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables
Tim Harris, James Hart - The 91-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton - The Boy And The Spy
Felice Arena - The Forgotten Pearl
Belinda Murrell
Fiction for Years 7-9
- Are You Seeing Me?
Darren Groth - Every Word
Ellie Marney - Game Theory
Barry Jonsberg - Graffiti Moon
Cath Crowley - Maybe
Morris Gleitzman - Nona & Me
Clare Atkins - The Fall
Tristan Bancks - The Protected
Claire Zorn - The Secrets We Keep
Nova Weetman - Yellow
Megan Jacobson
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