Age-related award categories
Birth to three years
Shortlisted titles
Love Little One
Written by Jayneen Sanders
Illustrated by Summer Macon
Published by Educate2empower Publishing
Little Angler
Written by Zoe Gaetjens
Illustrated by Heidi McKinnon
Published by Little Book Press
Let's Play
Written by Karen Tyrrell
Illustrated by Maddi Gray
Published by Play Matters Australia
Guess Who: At the Zoo
Written by Jeannette Rowe
Published by Hachette Australia
Say Hooray
Written by Renae Hayward
Illustrated by Rebecca Mills
Published by Fremantle Press
Let's Go! On a Bicycle
Written by Rosalyn Albert
Illustrated by Natalia Moore
Published by New Frontier Publishing
I'm a Tiger
Written by Alex Field
Illustrated by Liv Wan
Published by New Frontier Publishing
Parcel for Penguin
Written and illustrated by Shelley Knoll-Miller
Published by Penguin Random House Australia
Three to five years
Shortlisted titles
Beach Song
Written by Ros Moriarty
Illustrated by Samantha Campbell
Published by Allen & Unwin
Dancing with Dragons
Written by Amy Dunjey
Illustrated by Jesus Lopez
Published by Larrikin House
Two Rabbits
Written by Larissa Ferenchuk
Illustrated by Prue Pittock
Published by EK Books
Almost a Fish
Written by Julianne Negri
Illustrated by Evie Barrow
Published by Little Book Press
Odd Sock Sid
Written and illustrated by Heidi Cooper Smith
Published by Little Pink Dog Books
How to Be a Friend
Written by Sarah Ayoub
Illustrated by Mimi Purnell
Published by Harpercollins Publishers
Ruby’s Repair Cafe
Written by Michelle Worthington
Illustrated by Zoe Bennett
Published by New Frontier Publishing
One Little Duck
Written by Katrina Germein
Illustrated by Danny Snell
Published by Harpercollins Publishers
Five to eight years
Shortlisted titles
My Giant Seashell
Written by Amanda Lieber
Illustrated by Kathy Creamer
Published by Little Pink Dog Books
A Friend for Ruby
Written by Sofie Laguna
Illustrated by Marc McBride
Published by Allen & Unwin
Mama's Chickens
Written by Michelle Worthington
Illustrated by Nicky Johnston
Published by Exisle Publishing
Leo and Ralph
Written by Peter Carnavas
Published by University of Queensland Press
The Useless Tune
Written by Chris Uhlmann
Illustrated by Paul Uhlmann
Published by Walker Books Australia
Grace and Mr Milligan
Written by Caz Goodwin
Illustrated by Pip Kruger
Published by Marshall Cavendish Children
Tayta's Secret Ingredient
Written by Amal Abdou-Eid
Illustrated by Cara King
Published by Midnightsun Publishing
The Very Best Doughnut
Written by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Illustrated by Amani Haydar
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Harriet Hound
Written by Kate Foster
Illustrated by Sophie Beer
Published by Walker Books Australia
The Gargoyle
Written by Zana Fraillon
Illustrated by Ross Morgan
Published by Hachette Australia
Eight to 10 years
Shortlisted titles
Silver Linings
Written by Katrina Nannestad
Published by Harpercollins Publishers
Being Jimmy Baxter
Written by Fiona Lloyd
Published by Penguin Random House Australia
Time Out
Written by Eddie Woo and Jess Black
Illustrated by Mitch Vane
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Treehouse Tales: Too SILLY to be told… UNTIL NOW!
Written by Andy Griffiths
Illustrated by Terry Denton
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia
The Rebels of Mount Buffalo
Written by Helen Edwards
Published by Riveted Press
August & Jones
Written by Pip Harry
Published by Hachette Australia
Ruby and the Pen
Written by David Lawrence
Illustrated by Cherie Dignam
Published by Exisle Publishing
Riz Chester- The Fingerprint Code
Written by R. A. Stephens
Illustrated by Em Hammond
Published by Wombat Books