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
- Ellie’s Dragon
Bob Graham - Miss Kraken
Nicki Greenberg - No! Never!
Libby Hathorn, Lisa Hathorn-Jarman & Mel Pearce - Not Cute
Philip Bunting - Pig the Monster
Aaron Blabey - There’s No Such Thing
Heidi McKinnon - Three
Stephen Michael King - Whitney and Britney, Chicken Divas
Lucinda Gifford - Wombat
Philip Bunting - Your Birthday Was the Best!
Maggie Hutchings & Felicita Sala
Fiction for Younger Readers
- Alice-Miranda at Camp
Jacqueline Harvey - Billie B Brown: The Best Day Ever
Sally Rippin & Aki Fukuoka - Ella and Olivia #19: Note Perfect
Yvette Poshoglian & Danielle McDonald - Ella Diaries #12: Total TV Drama
Meredith Costain & Danielle McDonald - Hot Dog #5: Camping Time!
Anh Do & Dan McGuiness - Ninja Kid #5: Ninja Clones
Anh Do & Anton Emdin - Real Pigeons #2: Eat Danger
Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood - The Bad Guys #13: Cut to the Chase
Aaron Blabey - WeirDo #17: Spinning Weird!
Anh Do & Jules Faber - What Zola Did on Thursday
Melina Marchetta & Deb Hudson
Fiction for Older Readers
- Ella at Eden #5: The School Spy
Laura Sieveking - Friday Barnes #8: Never Fear
R.A. Spratt - Funny Kid #9: Prank Aliens
Matt Stanton - H is for Happiness
Barry Jonsberg - Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables on the Lookout
Tim Harris & James Hart - The 143-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton - Nevermoor #1: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Jessica Townsend - The Little Wave
Pip Harry - The Right Way to Rock
Nat Amoore - Wolf Girl #6: Animal Train
Anh Do & Lachlan Creagh
Fiction for Years 7-9
- Always
Morris Gleitzman - The Edge of Thirteen
Nova Weetman - Finding Serendipity
Angelica Banks - The Secrets We Share
Nova Weetman - Take Three Girls
Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell & Fiona Wood - The Book of Chance
Sue Whiting - The Grandest Bookshop in the World
Amelia Mellor - The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst
Jaclyn Moriarty & Kelly Canby - Through My Eyes: Hotaka
John Heffernan - We Are Wolves
Katrina Nannestad