2021 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.

• A Stack of Alpacas
  Matt Cosgrove
• Bin Chicken
  Kate Temple & Jol Temple & Ronojoy Ghosh
• Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas
  Lucinda Gifford
• Do Not Open This Book Ever
  Andy Lee & Heath McKenzie
• Found
  Bruce Pascoe & Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
• I Need a Hug
  Aaron Blabey
• Pig the Blob
  Aaron Blabey
• The Red Book
  Beck & Matt Stanton
• The Very Hungry Bear
  Nick Bland
• Tilly
  Jane Godwin & Anna Walker

• Alice Miranda in the Outback
  Jacqueline Harvey
• A Billie B Mystery: Code Breakers
  Sally Rippin & Aki Fukuoka
• Derek Dool Supercool: Bust a Move
  Adrian Beck & Scott Edgar
• Ella Diaries: Going Green
  Meredith Costain & Danielle McDonald
• Real Pigeons #1: Fight Crime
  Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood
• The Bad Guys Episode 12: The One?!
  Aaron Blabey
• Tiny Timmy: Training Camp
  Tim Cahill
• Toffle Towers: Fully Booked
  Tim Harris & James Foley
• WeirDo 14: Vote Weirdo
  Anh Do & Jules Faber
• Wolf Girl 1: Into the Wild
  Anh Do & Jeremy Ley

• Ella at Eden: The New Girl
  Laura Sieveking
• Final Storm
  Deborah Abela
• Funny Kid: Belly Flop
  Matt Stanton
• Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
  Jessica Townsend
• Kensy and Max: Out of Sight
  Jacqueline Harvey
• Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables Go Wild
  Tim Harris
• Nice Girls Don’t Play Footy (My Australian Story)
  Kathy Helidoniotis
• The 130-Storey Treehouse
  Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
• The Glimme
  Emily Rodda & Marc McBride
• The Power of Positive Pranking
  Nat Amoore

• Draekora
  Lynette Noni
• Four Dead Queens
  Astrid Scholte
• Liars: Lockdown
  Jack Heath
• One Would Think the Deep
  Claire Zorn
• Sick Bay
  Nova Weetman
• Sister Heart
  Sally Morgan
• The Art of Taxidermy
  Sharon Kernot
• The Edge of Thirteen
  Nova Weetman
• The Other Side of the Sky
  Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner
• Untidy Towns
  Kate O’Donnell