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May 14

2021 Shortlist

  • May 14, 2021
  • Abigail Cini
  • Announcements, 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.

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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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