The short lists for the 2015 Book of the Year have been announced by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Winners will be announced in August.

OLDER READERS

 

Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil

 

Intruder by Christine Bongers

The Minnow by Diana Sweeney

 

Nona & Me by Clare Atkins

The Protected by Claire Zorn

 

YOUNGER READERS

 

Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out in the Rain by Steven Herrick

The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson, illustrated by Freya Blackwood

 

Figgy in the World by Tamsin Janu

The Simple Things by Bill Condon, illustrated by Beth Norling

 

Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks

Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell

 

EARLY CHILDHOOD

 

Go to Sleep, Jessie! by Libby Gleeson, illustrated by Freya Blackwood

A House of Her Own by Jenny Hughes, illustrated by Jonathan Bentley

 

Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach by Alison Lester

Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey

 

Scary Night by Lesley Gibbes, illustrated by Stephen Michael King

Snail and Turtle Are Friends by Stephen Michael King

 

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

 

The Duck and the Darklings illustrated by Stephen Michael King, text by Glenda Millard

Fire illustrated by Bruce Whatley, text by Jackie French

 

My Two Blankets illustrated by Freya Blackwood, text by Irena Kobald

One Minute’s Silence illustrated by Michael Camilleri, text by David Metzenthen

 

Rivertime by Trace Balla

The Stone Lion illustrated by Ritva Voutila, text by Margaret Wild

 

EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS

 

A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land by Simon Barnard

Audacity: Stories of Heroic Australians in Wartime by Carlie Walker, illustrated by Brett Hatherly

 

Coming of Age: Growing Up Muslim in Australia edited by Demet Divaroren and Amra Pajalic

Emu by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Graham Byrne

 

Mary’s Australia: How Mary Mackillop Changed Australia by Pamela Freeman

Tea and Sugar Christmas by Jane Jolly, illustrated by Robert Ingpen