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THE 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD

  • Bear and Duck are Friends
  • Sue deGennaro
  • Little Hare (an imprint of Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
  • ISBN: 9781761210327

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  • Can You Teach a Fish to Climb a Tree?
  • Jane Godwin (Illust: Terry Denton)
  • Bright Light (an imprint of Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
  • ISBN: 9781760508661

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  • The Concrete Garden
  • Bob Graham
  • Walker Books Australia
  • ISBN: 9781529512649

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  • One Little Duck
  • Katrina Germein (Illust: Danny Snell)
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781460761649

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  • Gymnastica Fantastica!
  • Briony Stewart
  • Lothian Children's Books, (an imprint of Hachette)
  • ISBN: 9780734421852

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  • Grace and Mr Milligan
  • Pip Kruger
  • Marshall Cavendish International
  • ISBN: 9789815009811

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PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

  • Bowerbird Blues
  • Aura Parker
  • Scholastic Australia
  • ISBN: 9781760269609

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  • Every Night at Midnight
  • Peter Cheong
  • Affirm Press
  • ISBN: 9781922992383

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  • If I Was a Horse
  • Sophie Blackall
  • Lothian Children's Books (an imprint of Hachette)
  • ISBN: 9780734422712

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  • Paper-flower Girl
  • Mateja Jager (Text: Margrete Lamond)
  • Dirt Lane Press (an imprint of WestWords)
  • ISBN: 9780645352399

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  • That Bird Has Arms
  • Ronojoy Ghosh & Niharika Hukku (Text: Kate Temple & Jol Temple)
  • Little Hare (an imprint of Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
  • ISBN: 9781761210310

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  • Timeless
  • Kelly Canby
  • Fremantle Press
  • ISBN: 9781760992323

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BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS

  • The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart
  • Samera Kamaleddine
  • HarperCollins
  • ISBN: 9781460762653

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  • Scout and the Rescue Dogs
  • Dianne Wolfer (Illust: Tony Flowers)
  • Walker Books Australia
  • ISBN: 9781760655860

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  • Scar Town
  • Tristan Bancks
  • Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
  • ISBN: 9780143791812

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  • Real Pigeons Flap Out
  • Andrew McDonald (Illust: Ben Wood)
  • Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781761211546

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  • Huda Was Here
  • H. Hayek
  • A & U Children
  • ISBN: 9781761068430

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  • Being Jimmy Baxter
  • Fiona Lloyd
  • Puffin Books, Penguin Group (Australia)
  • ISBN: 9781760148515

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EVE POWNALL AWARD (Non-Fiction)

  • Australia: Country of Colour
  • Jess Racklyeft
  • Affirm Press
  • ISBN: 9781922863881

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  • Country Town
  • Isolde Martyn & Robyn Ridgeway (Illust: Louise Hogan)
  • Ford Street Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781922696342

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  • Eww Gross: Foul Facts and Putrid Pictures
  • Dan Marshall
  • Lost the Plot (an imprint of Pantera Press)
  • ISBN: 9780645624564

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  • Our Country: Where History Happened
  • Mark Greenwood (Illust: Frané Lessac)
  • Walker Books Australia
  • ISBN: 9781760653576

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  • Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country
  • Violet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal, Leah Leaman,
    Cecelia Edwards, Cassandra Algy, Felicity Meakins,
    Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti
  • Hardie Grant Explore
  • ISBN: 9781741178302

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  • This Book Thinks Ya Deadly!
  • Corey Tutt (Illust: Molly Hunt)
  • Hardie Grant Explore
  • ISBN: 9781741178159

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CBCA AWARD FOR NEW ILLUSTRATOR

  • When You’re a Boy
  • Blake Nuto
  • Affirm Press
  • ISBN: 9781922863652

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  • Raised by Moths
  • Michelle Conn
  • MidnightSun Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781922858184

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  • Phonobet
  • Kim Drane
  • NLA Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781922507471

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  • Hope is the Thing
  • Erica Wagner
  • A & U Children
  • ISBN: 9781761180026

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  • Grace and Mr Milligan
  • Pip Kruger
  • Marshall Cavendish International
  • ISBN: 9789815009811

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  • Etta and the Shadow Taboo
  • Jeremy Worrall
  • Bright Light (an imprint of Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
  • ISBN: 9781760509798

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