The short list for The Children’s Book of the Year Awards from The Children’s Book Council of Australia has been announced. 

Older Readers:

Burke, J. C.        The Story of Tom Brennan
Caswell, Brian    Double Exposure
Condon, Bill       No Worries
Crowley, Cath    Chasing Charlie Duskin
Jonsberg, Barry     It’s Not All About You, Calma!
Moloney, James      Lost Property           

Younger Readers:

Bateson, Catherine   Millie and the Night Heron
Fensham, Elizabeth   Helicopter Man
Flynn, Pat     To the Light
Gleitzman, Morris   Once
Godwin, Jane   The True Story of Mary: Who wanted to stand on her head
Jennings, Paul   How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare, Robbed a Grave, Made a New Friend Who Might Not Have Really Been There at All, and While He Was at It Committed a Terrible Sin Which Everyone Was Doing Even Though He Didn’t Know It

Early Childhood:

Bourke, Nike   What the Sky Knows
Dubosarsky, Ursula   Rex
Matthews, Cecily   Emily’s Rapunzel Hair
Niland, Deborah   Annie’s Chair
Shanahan, Lisa   Daddy’s Having a Horse
Watts, Frances   Kisses for Daddy

Picture Book:

Crossett, Warren   The Sound of the Sea
Danalis, Stella     What the Sky Knows
Lissiat, Amy   The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley
Riddle, Tohby   Irving the Magician
Sheehan, Peter   The Island
Winch, John      Run, Hare, Run! The story of a drawing