Great Books For Children And Teenagers Wednesday , 28 July 2004 print

Great books for Early Childhood

TITLE AUTHOR
Stella, Star of the Sea Marie-Louise Gay
Max Bob Graham
Sally Goes to the Beach Stephen Huneck
Pog Lyn Lee
Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo Alison Lester

Wombat Goes Walkabout

Michael Morpurgo

Passing On

Michael Dumbleton and Terry Denton

 

Where Does Thursday Go?

Janeen Brian and Stephen Michael King

 

Let's Get a Pup

Bob Graham
Baby Bilbi, Where Do You Sleep? Narelle Oliver
Buffy- An Adventure Story Bob Graham
Grandad's Teeth Rod Clement
Where's Wally Martin Handford
Bamboozled David Legg
Sharon Keep Your Hair On Gillian Rubinstein
The Pocket Dogs Margaret Wild
Rain Dance Cathy Applegate and Dee Huxley
Pumkin Soup Helen Cooper
Me and My Cat Satoshi Kitamura
SPLAT! Terri Denton

Turtle Song

Alan Brown and Kim Michelle Toft

 

Great Books for Middle Childhood - Younger Readers

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

My story: A Different Sort of Real Kerry Greenwood
Have Courage, Hazel Green Odo Hirsch
Jamil's Shadow Christine Harris
Joseph Anna Fienberg and Kim Gamble
My Dog John Heffernan and Andrew McLean
Sarindi and the Lucky Bird Janine M. Fraser and Kim Gamble
Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo
Coraline Neil Gaiman
Granny's Wonderful Chair Frances Browne
Marianne Dreams Catherine Storr
NIPS XI Ruth Starke
Stanley Sticks Out! Peter Rigby
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke
Just Crazy Andy Griffiths
Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling
Bob the Builder and the Elves Emily Rodda
Wicked Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman
Angel Phil Cummings
My Guardian Angel June Loves
Miss Wolf and the Porkers Bill Condon
Selby Snowbound Duncan Ball
Silverwing Kenneth Oppel
Strays Like Us Richard Peck
Holes Louis Sacher
Floodland Marcus Sedwick

Great Books for Adolescence - Older Readers

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

Jinx Margaret Wild
Finding Grace Alyssa Brugman
Forest Sonya Hartnett
When Dogs Cry Markus Zusak
Mahalia Joanne Horniman
Yoss Odo Hirsch
Diary of a Wombat Jackie French
The Dog Who Walked With God Michael J. Rosen
Fox Margaret Wild
The Lost Thing Shaun Tan
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Chris Van Allsburg
Stormy Night Michele Lemieux
Kit's Wilderness David Almond
Little Soldier Bernard Ashley
King of Shadows Susan Cooper
Singing the Dogstar Blues Alison Goodman
The Stones are Hatching Geraldine McCaughrean
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
Postcards From No Man's Land Aidan Chambers
Escaping Paradise Warren Flynn
Out Of The Dust Karen Hesse
Soldier Boy Anthony Hill
White Time Margo Lanagan

Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials Trilogy)

Philip Pullman
The Singing Hat Tohby Riddle
Willow Tree and Olive Irini Savvides
Stargirl Jerry Spinelli
Harry Potter Series J.K. Rowling
Paw Thing Paul Jennings
Tomorrow when the War Began John Marsden
Night is for Hunting John Marsden
Just Crazy Andy Griffiths
Just Stupid Andy Griffiths
Dawn of Tomorrow John Marsden
Deltora Quest Series Emily Rodda
Toad Rage Morris Gleitzman

Good Books For Late Adolescence

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

I Was a Teenage Fairy Francesca Lia Block
The Shark Net Robert Drewe
48 Shades of Brown Nick Earls
The Parrot's Theorem Denis Guedj
Ferren and the Angel Richard Harland
The Sterkarm Handshake Susan Price
Vigil Nadia Wheatley
Thursday's Child Sonya Hartnett
The Penguin Century of Australian Stories Edited by Carmel Bird

Award Winning Information Books

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

Baby Bilbi, Where Do You Sleep? Narelle Oliver
Guide Dogs: From Puppies to Partners Diana Lawrenson
Papunya School Book of Country and History Papunya School Publishing Committee
Eyes in the Dark Kim Dale
Jirrbal Maisie (Yarrcali) Barlow and Michael (Boiyool) Anning
Soldier Boy Anthony Hill