Here are the short lists for the 2011 CBCA Book of the Year. There are five different categories:
Older Readers
About a Girl by Joanne Horniman
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher by Doug MacLeod

The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett (available in US in September 2011)
The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta (available in US)
Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood
Younger Readers

Duck for a Day by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Leila Rudge
Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers
Just a Dog by Michael Gerard Bauer

The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody
Toppling by Sally Murphy, illustrated by Rhian Nest James
Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot by Anna Branford, illustrated by Sarah Davis
Early Childhood

The Deep End by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Mitch Vane
It’s Bedtime, William! by Deborah Niland
Look See, Look at Me! by Leonie Norrington, illustrated by Dee Huxley

Maudie and Bear by Jan Ormerod, illustrated by Freya Blackwood
Noni the Pony by Alison Lester
The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies by Tom Niland Champion & Kilmeny Niland, illustrated by Deborah Niland
Picture Book

Family Forest by Lucia Masciullo, written by Kim Kane
Hamlet by Nikki Greenberg
Mirror by Jeannie Baker

My Uncle’s Donkey by Tohby Riddle
Two Peas in a Pod by Chris McKimmie
Why I Love Australia by Bronwyn Bancroft
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Drawn from the Heart: A Memoir by Ron Brooks
Our World: Bardi Jaawi: Life at Ardiyooloon
Return of the Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Tohby Riddle

Theme Parks, Playgrounds and Toys by Nicolas Brasch
Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors by Alison Lloyd, illustrated by Terry Denton
Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front by Leon Davidson
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