2020 Shortlist

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.

• Coming Home to Country
  Bronwyn Bancroft
• Definitely Do Not Open This Book
  Andy Lee & Heath McKenzie
• I’m Australian Too
  Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh
• Koalas Eat Gum Leaves
  Laura & Philip Bunting
• Pig the Grub
  Aaron Blabey
• Sorry Day
  Coral Vass & Dub Leffler
• Thelma the Unicorn
  Aaron Blabey
• This is a Ball
  Beck & Matt Stanton
• Too Many Cheeky Dogs
  Johanna Bell & Dion Beasley
• The Unscary Book
  Nick Bland

• Ella and Olivia: Sports Carnival
  Yvette Poshoglian & Danielle McDonald
• Ella Diaries: Friendship SOS
  Meredith Costain & Danielle McDonald
• Hot Dog 3: Circus Time!
  Anh Do & Dan McGuiness
• Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables Fight Back
  Tim Harris & James Hart
• Polly and Buster 1
  Sally Rippin
• Sporty Kids: Soccer
  Felice Arena & Tom Jellett
• The Bad Guys Episode 9: The Big Bad Wolf
  Aaron Blabey
• Tiny Timmy: Soccer Superstar!
  Tim Cahill
• Truly Tan: Trapped
  Jen Storer & Claire Robertson
• WeirDo 12: Hopping Weird!
  Anh Do & Jules Faber

• 117-Storey Treehouse
  Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
• A Great Escape
  Felice Arena
• Exploding Endings: Painted Dogs and Doom Cakes
  Tim Harris
• Funny Kid: Prank Wars
  Matt Stanton
• Kensy and Max: Breaking News
  Jacqueline Harvey
• A Most Magical Girl
  Karen Foxlee
• New City
  Deborah Abela
• So Wrong 2: Inappropriate
  Michael Wagner & Wayne Bryant
• The Forgotten Pearl
  Belinda Murrell
• Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
  Jessica Townsend

• A Song Only I Can Hear
  Barry Johnsberg
• Akarnae
  Lynette Noni
• As Happy As Here
  Jane Godwin
• Detention
  Tristan Bancks
• Dragonfly Song
  Wendy Orr
• Illuminae
  Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman
• Lenny’s Book of Everything
  Karen Foxlee
• Liars: No Survivors
  Jack Heath
• Medoran Chronicles 2: Raelia
  Lynette Noni
• Punchlines
  Oliver Phommovanh