Links to reviews on Reading Time | PDF version for easy printing – 2016 CBCA BOYA Notables List MEDIA RELEASE
Book of the Year: Older Readers NB: These books are for mature readers
| Title | ISBN | Author | Publisher |
| A Small Madness | 9781760110789 | Touchell, Dianne | Allen & Unwin |
| Cloudwish | 9781743533123 | Wood, Fiona | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| For the Forest of a Bird | 9780143571780 | Saliba, Sue | Penguin Random House |
| Freedom Ride | 9781925126365 | Lawson, Sue | Walker Books |
| In the Skin of a Monster | 9781760111717 | Barker, Kathryn | Allen & Unwin |
| Inbetween Days | 9781922182364 | Wakefield, Vikki | Text Publishing |
| Newt’s Emerald | 9781760112653 | Nix, Garth | Allen & Unwin |
| One True Thing | 9780857986887 | Hayes, Nicole | Penguin Random House |
| Rich & Rare | 9781925272116 | Collins, Paul (Ed.) | Ford Street Publishing |
| Talk Under Water | 9780702253690 | Lomer, Kathryn | University of Queensland Press |
| The Beauty is in the Walking | 9780732299941 | Moloney, James | HarperCollins |
| The Flywheel | 9781742978178 | Gough, Erin | Hardie Grant Egmont |
| The Guy, The Girl, The Artist and His Ex | 9781743319550 | Williams, Gabrielle | Allen & Unwin |
| The Pause | 9780857981707 | Larkin, John | Penguin Random House |
| The River and the Book | 9781925081725 | Croggon, Alison | Walker Books Australia |
| A Single Stone | 9781925081701 | McKinlay, Meg | Walker Books Australia |
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
| Title | ISBN | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| 300 Minutes of Danger | 9781760154035 | Heath, Jack | Scholastic Australia | |
| Bella and the Wandering House | 9781925162301 | McKinlay, Meg | Fremantle Press | |
| Bridget: a New Australian | 9781742990989 | Moloney, James | Omnibus Books | |
| Helix and the Arrival Second review of Helix and the arrival |
9780857986535 | Posner, Damean | Faber, Jules | Random House Australia |
| Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars | 9781925240085 | Murray, Martine | Text Publishing | |
| Run, Pip, Run | 9781743319222 | Jones, J.C. | Allen & Unwin | |
| Shadows of the Master | 9781742990620 | Rodda, Emily | Omnibus Books | |
| Sister Heart | 9781925163131 | Morgan, Sally | Fremantle Press | |
| Soon | 9780670078875 | Gleitzman, Morris | Penguin Random House | |
| The 65-Storey Treehouse | 9781743533222 | Griffiths, Andy | Denton, Terry | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| The Cleo Stories: A Friend and a Pet | 9781743315286 | Gleeson, Libby | Blackwood, Freya | Allen & Unwin |
| The Cut Out | 9781760111984 | Heath, Jack | Allen & Unwin | |
| The Fourteenth Summer of Angus Jack | 9780733334436 | Storer, Jen | Gifford, Lucinda | ABC Books |
| The Hush Treasure Book | 9781760112790 | Tayleur, Karen (Ed.) | Allen & Unwin |
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
| Title | ISBN | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| Alfie’s Lost Sharkie | 9781742839929 | Walker, Anna | Walker, Anna | Scholastic Press |
| As Big As You | 9781743629697 | Acton, Sara | Acton, Sara | Scholastic Press |
| Bogtrotter | 9781921977558 | Wild, Margaret | Rossell, Judith | Walker Books |
| Frog Finds A Place | 9781742990231 | Morgan, Sally and Kwaymullina, Ezekiel | Leffler, Dub | Omnibus Books |
| Hop Up! Wriggle Over! | 9781743319987 | Honey, Elizabeth | Honey, Elizabeth | Allen & Unwin |
| I Need A Hug | 9781743629093 | Blabey, Aaron | Blabey, Aaron | Scholastic Press |
| I’m a Hungry Dinosaur | 9780670078103 | Brian, Janeen | James, Ann | Penguin Random House |
| Meep | 9780992288723 | Geppert, Andy | Geppert, Andy | Tiny Owl Workshop |
| Mr Huff | 9780670078042 | Walker, Anna | Walker, Anna | Penguin Random House |
| My Dog Bigsy | 9780670078936 | Lester, Alison | Lester, Alison | Penguin Random House |
| Ollie and the Wind | 9780857988485 | Ronojoy, Ghosh | Ronojoy, Ghosh | Random House Australia |
| Perfect | 9781921894848 | Parker, Danny | Blackwood, Freya | Little Hare |
| Pig the Fibber Second review Pig the Fibber |
9781743629062 | Blabey, Aaron | Blabey, Aaron | Scholastic Press |
| Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas | 9781743625781 | Blabey, Aaron | Blabey, Aaron | Scholastic Press |
| Puddles are for Jumping | 9781922081490 | Dunstan, Kylie | Dunstan, Kylie | Windy Hollow Books |
| Small and Big | 9781922081476 | Collum, Karen | Wood, Ben | Windy Hollow Books |
| The Cow Tripped Over The Moon | 9781743623534 | Wilson, Tony | Wood, Laura | Scholastic Press |
| The Very Noisy Bear | 9781743627853 | Bland, Nick | Bland, Nick | Scholastic Press |
| This & That | 9781743622537 | Fox, Mem | Horacek, Judy | Scholastic Australia |
| This is a Ball | 9780733334351 | Stanton, Beck and Matt | Stanton, Beck and Matt | ABC Books |
| Thunderstorm Dancing | 9781743314593 | Germein, Katrina | Watson, Judy | Allen & Unwin |
| Too Busy Sleeping | 9781742979625 | Louise, Zanni | Pignataro, Anna | Little Hare |
| What Do You Wish For? | 9780670078110 | Godwin, Jane | Walker, Anna | Penguin Random House |
Picture Book of the Year
Some of these books may be for mature readers. Arranged by illustrator
| Title | ISBN | Illustrator | Author | Publisher |
| Adelaide’s Secret World | 9781743313350 | Hurst, Elise | Hurst, Elise | Allen & Unwin |
| And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda | 9781743317051 | Whatley, Bruce | Bogle, Eric | Allen & Unwin |
| Bob the Railway Dog | 9781922179890 | McLean, Andrew | Fenton, Corinne | Walker Books |
| Eye to Eye | 9780670078592 | Base, Graeme | Base, Graeme | Penguin Random House |
| Flight | 9781922081483 | Greder, Armin | Wheatley, Nadia | Windy Hollow Books |
| How the Sun got to Coco’s House | 9781406359008 | Graham, Bob | Graham, Bob | Walker Books |
| In the Evening | 9781742975283 | Chapman, Gaye | Wyatt, Edwina | Hardie Grant Egmont, Little Hare |
| Lara of Newtown | 9781760112325 | McKimmie, Chris | McKimmie, Chris | Allen & Unwin |
| Mr Huff | 9780670078042 | Walker, Anna | Walker, Anna | Penguin Random House |
| My Dead Bunny | 9781922179593 | Foley, James | Cohen, Sigi | Walker Books Australia |
| My Gallipoli | 9781921504761 | Hannaford, Robert | Starke, Ruth | Working Title Press |
| Numerical Street | 9781742232287 | Pesenti, Antonia | Bell, Hilary | NewSouth Publishing |
| One Step at a Time | 9780987380951 | Heinrich, Sally | Jolly, Jane | MidnightSun Publishing |
| Perfect | 9781921894848 | Blackwood, Freya | Parker, Danny | Little Hare |
| Platypus | 9781922077448 | Jackson, Mark | Whiting, Sue | Walker Books |
| Ride, Ricardo, Ride! | 9781742990736 | Devries, Shane | Cummings, Phil | Omnibus Books |
| Suri’s Wall | 9780670077755 | Ottley, Matt | Estela, Lucy | Penguin Random House |
| Teacup | 9781743623848 | Ottley, Matt | Young, Rebecca | Scholastic Press |
| The Eagle Inside | 9781742974699 | Bancroft, Bronwyn | Manning-Bancroft, Jack | Little Hare |
| What’s Up MuMu? | 9780007463091 | Mackintosh, David | Mackintosh, David | HarperCollins |
| Where’s Jessie? | 9780642278753 | Spudvilas, Anne | Janeen, Brian | NLA Publishing |
| Why I Love Footy | 9780670077878 | Jellett, Tom | Wagner, Michael | Penguin Random House |
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
NB: These books are intended for an audience birth to 18 years.
| Title | ISBN | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| A is for Australia | 9781922179760 | Lessac, Frané | Lessac, Frané | Walker Books Australia |
| Alice’s Food A-Z | 9781922179388 | Zaslavsky, Alice | Chadwick, Kat | Walker Books Australia |
| Ancestry: Stories of Multicultural Anzacs | 9780992583927 | Siers, Robyn and Walker, Carlie | Department of Veterans’ Affairs | |
| Anzac Sons: Five Brothers on the Western Front | 9781925275148 | Paterson, Allison Marlow | Big Sky Publishing | |
| Atmospheric: The Burning Story of Climate Change | 9781925126372 | Wilkinson, Carole | Black Dog Books, Walker Books Australia | |
| Australian Kids Through the Years | 9780642278593 | McCartney, Tania | Joyner, Andrew | NLA Publishing |
| Green Tree Frogs | 9781922081421 | Kendell, Sandra | Kendell, Sandra | Windy Hollow Books |
| Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony | 9780642278654 | Reeder, Stephanie Owen | NLA Publishing | |
| My Gallipoli | 9781921504761 | Starke, Ruth | Hannaford, Robert | Working Title Press |
| Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect | 9781486301126 | Cleave, Rohan | Tulloch, Coral | CSIRO Publishing |
| Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia’s Inland Sea | 9781921833168 | Clode, Danielle | Museum Victoria | |
| The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made | 9780733333880 | Katauskas, Fiona | Katauskas, Fiona | ABC Books |
| The Girl From The Great Sandy Desert | 9781922142054 | Chuguna, Jukuna Mona and Lowe, Pat | Street, Mervyn | Magabala Books |
| The White Mouse: The Story of Nancy Wake | 9781742990910 | Gouldthorpe, Peter | Gouldthorpe, Peter | Omnibus Books |
| We are the Rebels: the Men and Women who Made Eureka | 9781922182784 | Wright, Clare | Text Publishing |
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