BOOK OF THE YEAR: YOUNGER READERS
WINNER
Rockhopping (Trace Balla)
Honour Books
Dragonfly Song (Wendy Orr)
Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade (Kate Temple and Jon Foye)
BOOK OF THE YEAR: EARLY CHILDHOOD
Go Home, Cheeky Animals! (Johanna Bell and Dion Beasley)
Nannie Loves (Kylie Dunstan)
Gary (Leila Rudge)
PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Home in the Rain (Bob Graham)
Mechanica: A Beginner’s Field Guide (Lance Balchin)
Patchwork Bike, The (Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd)
EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS
Amazing Animals of Australia’s National Parks (Gina Newton)
A-Z of Endangered Animals (Jennifer Cossins)
Gigantic Book of Genes, The (Lorna Hendry)
BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS
One Would Think the Deep (Claire Zorn)
Words in Deep Blue (Cath Crowley)
Bone Sparrow, The (Zana Frallion)
CRICHTON AWARD FOR NEW ILLUSTRATORS
