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May 02

2022 Shortlist

  • May 2, 2022
  • Abigail Cini
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  • 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

  • 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
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