Last night I attended the CBCA NSW Night of the Notables. I will pen a separate blog post to share the three books that were 'launched' at this event and other CBCA happenings. For now, I need to show you the 125 Notables and give links to a few of my blog posts AND as usual I will share a few of the titles I think should have 'made the cut' - I can these THE MISSING.
Since I no longer work in a school library I am not going to attempt to read the fifty plus titles from three of these lists that I have not yet seen or read mainly because there are only four weeks to do this before the shortlists are announced and my own to read pile is out of control. Instead, I have listed a few that I am keen to borrow from a library or perhaps buy. Blue links take you to my blog posts:
Picture Book
A is for… A Rabbit’s Tale, Lucinda Gifford, text by Jackie Hosking (Walker Books Australia)
Being Indy, Estee Sarsfield, text by Zoe Gaetjens (WestWords Children’s)
Between, Anna Walker (Scribble)
Bigfoot vs Yeti, James Foley (Fremantle Press)
Bob and Dob, Sean E Avery (Walker Books Australia)
Bored, Felicita Sala (Little Hare)
Dawn, Marc Martin (Walker Books Australia)
Dear Broccoli, Cate James, text by Jo Dabrowski (Affirm Press)
Dropbear, Philip Bunting (Walker Books Australia)
The Frog’s First Song, Jason Phu, text by Jazz Money (University of Queensland Press)
Going for Pippies, Tori-Jay Mordey, text by Wilaaran Laurie (Magabala Books)
Gone, Michel Streich (Thames and Hudson Australia)
Hello Cocky, Antonia Pesenti, text by Hilary Bell (Scribble)
Here Come the Cousins, Sarah Zweck, text by Maggie Hutchings (Thames and Hudson Australia)
How My Family Says I Love You, Aurore McLeod, text by Yvonne Sewankambo (Walker Books Australia)
Jo and the No, Judy Watson, text by Kyle Mewburn (Dirt Lane Press)
My Mum is a Bird, Evie Barrow, text by Angie Cui (University of Queensland Press)
Neville’s Great Escape, Sean E Avery (Walker Books Australia)
Once I was a Giant, Zeno Sworder (Thames and Hudson Australia)
One Day, Michael Speechley, text by Shirley Marr (Walker Books Australia)
One Word and a Bird, Stephen Michael King (Scholastic Press)
Rain on the Rock, Valerie Brumby, text by Jodi Toering (Bright Light)
Some Days You’ll have Days Like These, Stephen Michael King, text by Josh Pyke (Scholastic Press)
The Thing About Christmas, Briony Stewart, text by Jo Dabrowski (Little Book Press)
Tiwi in Paris, Glen Farmer Illortaminni (Thames and Hudson Australia)
On my own to read list now the Picture Book Notables have been announced I have Bored; Gone; The Thing about Christmas; Rain on the Rock; and Hello Cocky. I made my predictions a couple of weeks ago. I am pleased my top three - One day; Dawn; and Once I was a Giant made the notables. BUT here are a couple of books that are
THE MISSING:
Chickenpox, Remy Lai (Allen & Unwin)
Creature Clinic, Gavin Aung Than (Figment Books)
Ghost Guitar, TJ DOOM, illustrated by Nahum Ziersch (Penguin Random House Australia)
The Hits and Misses of Melody Moss, Helen Dallimore (Penguin Random House Australia)
How to Sail to Somewhere, Ashleigh Barton (Lothian Children’s Books)
Inked, Karen Wasson, illustrated by Jake A Minton (Figment Books)
Into the Bewilderness, Gus Gordon (Figment Books)
Jungle Escape, Nathan Luff (Walker Books Australia)
The Keeper of the Octopus, Neridah McMullin (Walker Books Australia)
Little Bones, Sandy Bigna, illustrated by Tamlyn Teow (University of Queensland Press)
The Making of Martha Mayfield, Jo Dabrowski (Affirm Press)
Moonboy, Anna Ciddor (Allen & Unwin)
The Paperbark Tree Committee, Karys McEwen (Text Publishing)
Promises and Other Lies, Sue Whiting (Walker Books Australia)
Run, Sarah Armstrong (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
Seriously Soccer, Matt Stanton (ABC Books)
The Serpent Rider, Yxavel Magno Diño (Bloomsbury Children’s Books)
The Silken Thread, Gabrielle Wang (Penguin Random House Australia)
Something Terrible: Tim Tie-Your-Shoelaces, Sally Barton, illustrated by Christopher Nielsen (Walker Books Australia)
Song of a Thousand Seas, Zana Fraillon, illustrated by Aviva Reed (University of Queensland Press)
Spirit of the Crocodile, Aaron Fa’Aoso & Michelle Scott Tucker with Lyn White (Allen & Unwin)
The Surface Trials, H.M. Waugh (Allen & Unwin)
Too Big to Be a Fairy, Kiah Thomas, Bec Kitson, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
The Year We Escaped, Suzanne Leal (Angus & Robertson)
I am planning to read The Year we escaped; The Surface Trials; and The Paperbark Tree Committee.
THE MISSING:
The Bin Monster, Annabelle Hale (Affirm Press)
Castle Crashing, Andrea Rowe, illustrated by Hannah Sommerville (Little Hare)
The Colours of Home, Sally Soweol Han (Thames and Hudson Australia)
Counting Crocodiles, Students from Bulla Camp Primary School (Indigenous Literacy Foundation)
Derek, Anne Donaldson, illustrated by Matt Shanks (Little Hare)
Dropbear, Philip Bunting (Walker Books Australia)
Earthspeak, Sean McCann, illustrated by Jade Goodwin (Allen & Unwin)
The Emperor’s Egg, Rae Tan (Lothian Children’s Books)
Fly Mama, Fly!, Anna McGregor (Scribble)
Frogs Are Our Friends, Toni D’Alia, Madeline White (Bright Light)
Going Fishing with Nana, Frances Haji-Ali & Lindsay Haji-Ali, illustrated by Karen Briggs (Magabala Books)
How to Help When You Really Want to Help, Davina Bell, illustrated by Hilary Jean Tapper (Lothian Children’s Books)
Laugh in the Bath, Rory H. Mather, illustrated by Brent Wilson (Little Book Press)
Look, See, Find Me, Sandra Severgnini (CSIRO Publishing)
My Father’s Arms, Toni D’Alia, illustrated by Mimi Purnell (Little Hare)
My Nonno Loves, Adelle Frittitta, illustrated by Claudia Frittitta (Little Hare)
Now You Are a Chicken, Andrew McDonald, illustrated by Ben Wood (Little Hare)
Our Beautiful World, Sarah Speedie, illustrated by Margeaux Davis (New Frontier Publishing)
Potion Commotion, Rebecca Grant, illustrated by Niña Nill (Affirm Press)
Say Goodnight, Renae Hayward, illustrated by Rebecca Mills (Fremantle Press)
Sidney of Sydney, Sue Whiting, illustrated by Liz Anelli (Walker Books Australia)
The Thing About Christmas, Jo Dabrowski, illustrated by Briony Stewart (Little Book Press)
The Train at the End of My Street, Tom Jellett (Affirm Press)
What is a Dot?, Johanna Bell, illustrated by Amelia Luscombe (Thames and Hudson Australia)
Where the River Runs Free, Vikki Conley, illustrated by Jedda Robaard (Windy Hollow Books)
There are some important and possible familiar names on this list - people I have talked about previously such as Briony Stewart; Liz Anelli; Sue Whiting; Sally Soweol Han; Anna McGregor; Hilary Jean Tapper and Vikki Conley.
You can see the Eve Pownall and Older Readers lists her. I previously talked about:
Foal in the wire (for ages 14+)
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