The 2024 YABBA Shortlist

Picture Story Books

• Brain is (Not) Always Right
  Scott Stuart

• Frank’s Red Hat
  Sean E. Avery

• G.O.A.T
  Kate and Jol Temple & Rebel Challenger

• I Just Ate My Friend
  Heidi McKinnon

• Macca the Alpaca
  Matt Cosgrove

• Mopoke
  Philip Bunting

• Saltie Mumma
  Sandra Kendell

• Snap!
  Anna Walker

• The Black Cockatoo with One Feather Blue
  Jodie McLeod & Eloise Short

• Your Holiday Was the Best!
  Maggie Hutchings & Felicita Sala

Fiction for Older Readers

• Ella at Eden #6: The London Thief
  Laura Sieveking & Danielle McDonald

• Funny Kid #1: Funny Kid for President
  Matt Stanton

• Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes
  Favel Parrett

• Pippa's Island: The Beach Shack Cafe
  Belinda Murrell

• Runt
  Craig Silvey

• Shockingly Good Stories
  R.A. Spratt

• The Book of Wondrous Possibilities
  Deborah Abela

• The Power of Positive Pranking
  Nat Amoore

• We Run Tomorrow
  Nat Amoore & Mike Barry

• Wolf Girl #10: The Race is On
  Anh Do & Lachlan Creagh

Fiction for Younger Readers

• Ella and Olivia #34: Country School
  Yvette Poshoglian & Danielle McDonald

• Ella Diaries #28: Sleepover FAIL
  Meredith Costain & Danielle McDonald

• Epic Fail Tales: Little Stunt Riding Hood
  Matt Cosgrove

• Hot Dog #10: Beach Time!
  Anh Do & Dan McGuiness

• Pearly and Pig and the Lost City of Mu Savan
  Sue Whiting & Rebecca Crane

• Real Pigeons #11: Flap Out
  Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood

• Sam Kerr, Kicking Goals #2: A New Knight
  Sam Kerr and Fiona Harris & Aki Fukuoka

• Shower Land: Break the Curse
  Nat Amoore & James Hart

• The Travelling Bookshop #4: Mim and the Disastrous Dog Show
  Katrina Nannestad & Cheryl Orsini

• Worst Week Ever! Monday
  Eva Amores & Matt Cosgrove

Fiction for Years 7-9

• A Little Spark
  Barry Jonsberg

• August & Jones
  Pip Harry

• Dragon Skin
  Karen Foxlee

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
  Maryam Master

• Inkflower
  Suzy Zail

• Liars #5: Armageddon
  Jack Heath

• No Words
  Maryam Master

• Scar Town
  Tristan Bancks

• The Raven’s Song
  Bren MacDibble & Zana Fraillon

• Waiting for the Storks
  Katrina Nannestad