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
- Crabbing With Dad
Paul Seden - Go Go And The Silver Shoes
Jane Godwin & Anna Walker - Leonard The Lyrebird
Jodie McLeod & Eloise Short - Mopoke
Philip Bunting - Pig The Star
Aaron Blabey - Rodney Loses It!
Michael Gerard Bauer & Chrissie Krebs - Seriously, Do Not Open This Book!
Andy Lee & Heath McKenzie - The Fabulous Friend Machine
Nick Bland - Too Many Cheeky Dogs
Johanna Bell & Dion Beasley - When I Grow Up
Andrew Daddo & Johnathan Bentley
Fiction for Younger Readers
- Alice Miranda In Scotland
Jacqueline Harvey - Bad Guys: Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?
Aaron Blabey - Billie B Brown: The Bully Buster
Sally Rippin & Aki Fukuoka - Ella And Olivia: Popstar Sisters
Yvette Poshoglian & Danielle McDonald - Ella Diaries: Double Dare You
Meredith Costain & Danielle McDonaldr - Hotdog!: Camping Time!
Anh Do & Dan McGuiness - Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables Fight Back
Tim Harris & James Hart - Sporty Kids: Little Athletics
Felice Arena & Tom Jellett - The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee
Deborah Abela - Weirdo: Splashy Weird!
Anh Do & Jules Faber
Fiction for Older Readers
- 52 Mondays
Anna Ciddor - Fearless Frederic
Felice Arena - Finding Serendipity
Angelica Banks - Funny Kid For President
Matt Stanton - Help Around The House
Morris Gleitzman - Nevermoor :The Trials Of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend - So Wrong 2
Michael Wagner & Wayne Bryant - The 104-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton - The Forgotten Pearl
Belinda Murrell - You Choose: Alien Invaders From Beyond The Stars
George Ivanoff
Fiction for Years 7-9
- A Song Only I Can Hear
Barry Jonsberg - Akarnae
Lynette Noni - Everything I’ve Never Said
Samantha Wheeler - In The Dark Spaces
Cally Black - Maybe
Morris Gleitzman - Take Three Girls
Cath Crowley & Simmone Howell & Fiona Wood - The Build-Up Season
Megan Jacobson - The Endsister
Penni Russon - The Girl From Snowy River
Jackie French - The Sky So Heavy
Claire Zorn
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