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
- 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
Fiction for Younger Readers
- 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
Fiction for Older Readers
- 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 & James Hart - 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
Fiction for Years 7-9
- 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
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