Eleanor and Park - Rainbow Rowell

Title: Eleanor and Park
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Published: 2013
Pages: 325
First Line: XTC was no good for drowning out the morons at the back of the bus.


Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.


I try to keep up with the popular books of the moment - particularly those that are being read by my students. As such, when one of the senior girls from school asked me to read Eleanor and Park, a book that was already on my radar, I immediately went searching for it. I was delighted to find that both of my public libraries held a copy, but, sadly, both copies were unavailable. And so they remained. Not being a fan of the way my libraries organise their holding system, I often just try to luck it out and get it on or near the return date, but this book eluded me for over two months. Not to worry, however, for surely this just meant it was being well loved and it would be worth the wait.

Thankfully it really was. A quick stationary dart into town for work bought me right next to the library so I was able to duck in and pick it up. Then I made my mistake, I stupidly read a chapter while waiting in line at the circulation desk. Oh no. I was hooked pretty much off the bat. However was I to go back to work and actually work with this book sitting on my desk? Somehow I managed it with only a few distracting moments, but as soon as I got home it was time for the lounge and blankets and tea until that last page was read. I haven't read a book in one sitting like that for a long time, so that should be high praise in and of itself. But! Onto the book itself!

I wasn't too aware of the plot line of Eleanor and Park before I picked it up. I knew it was about first love, I knew there was talk of an upcoming movie, and I knew it was big with the Nerdfighter crowd (who have never steered me wrong before), but as for the actual details, I had none.


The me that's me right now is yours. Always.


Eleanor Douglas and Park Sheridan the protagonists of this novel, are both social misfits to varying degrees - Eleanor because she simply can't fit it, and Park in spite of it. Meeting on the bus on Eleanor's first day, the pair, despite the eternal and unwavering politics of a school bus, move from a place of isolation to true friendship and, ultimately, into the sweet clutches of first love.

More than the sweet simplicity of schoolyard romance, however, Eleanor and Park's relationship finds itself strained, and threatened, by Eleanor's home life - which is, by all accounts, far from ideal. With Eleanor struggling to stay afloat in a situation no sixteen year old should have to deal with, Park stands as a terrifying yet stable beacon of hope.

I've heard the book marketed as a read for any adult who wishes to remember the joys of first loves, and Rowell certainly delivers on this promise. She manages to deliver all the innocent joy of discovery and the bitter strains of heartache without falling into the saccharine or clichéd. She employees an uneven distribution of perspective, switching between Eleanor and Park even within chapters, but instead of being distracting or disjointed it only serves to further the sense of anticipation and joy between them. I feel as though using format to reflect emotion is often a difficult feat to pull off naturally, but Rowell champions it here.

I really felt myself getting swept away in the emotions of this book. Often when I read a romance between teen characters I can enjoy the plot, or appreciate the characters, but I often find the romantic development simplistic to the point of disbelief. The romance between Eleanor and Park develops just as quickly, to be sure, but I felt a truth to their emotions, and an authenticity to Rowell's words that completely won me over.

I would definitely recommend this to any YA lover! Particularly any John Green fans. 5/5



Read if you enjoyed:
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Sensitive Creatures - Mandy Ord

Sometimes I’m a little slow to see the huge benefits of any given situation, but when I get there I sure do enjoy it. I started my new job as a Teacher Librarian (finally, yay!) at the beginning of the school year and, until now, have been so busy trying to get my feet under me and figure things out that it wasn’t until today, five weeks in, that it clicked to me that hey, it’s Friday, and grabbing a nice little pile of books on the way out the door for some weekend reading is pretty much going to be a standing arrangement. So yes. Bring on the good times.







Title: Sensitive Creatures
Author: Mandy Ord
Published: 2011
Pages: 296







It’s nice when a randomly selected book turns out to be a pleasant read. I grabbed this one off the shelf as I left work today and spent quite the pleasant afternoon flicking through it on the lounge.

Australian artist, Mandy Ord, uses her quirky artistic style to paint a portrait of the everyday. With no over-arching plot, Sensitive Creatures is a collection of comics that celebrate life’s daily minutia – walking the dog, people who drive too fast, weird smells. Peppered throughout, however, is a sense of anxiety and the ways in which it can permeate a life. While far from the key theme of the collection, it was true and honest and, for me, was what made the novel.





I found Ord’s art interestingly unlike any other graphic novel I’ve ever read. I’m not sure if it’s actually lino-print or just highly reminiscent of them, but it added a strange grittiness that added to the everyday feel of the collection. It was a quick read, but an enjoyable one and I’d recommend it for anyone who’d like a gentle meander through some relatable moments. 5/5



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Books read in 2015



Total Books: 365



Fiction
  • Abdel-Fattah, Randa - Noah's Law
  • Asher, Jay - Thirteen Reasons Why
  • Barr, Lollie - The Adventures of Stunt Boy and His Amazing Wonder Dog Blindfold
  • Barrie, J.M. - Peter Pan
  • Brayden, Melissa - Waiting in the Wings
  • Carroll, Emily - Through the Woods
  • Choldenko, Gennifer - Al Capone Does My Shirts
  • Colfer, Eoin - Artemis Fowl
  • Collins, Suzanne - Catching Fire
  • Collins, Suzanne - The Hunger Games
  • Collins, Suzanne - Mockingjay
  • Condon, Bill - The Simple Things
  • Cooper, Susan - King of Shadows
  • Cowell, Cressida - How to Train Your Dragon
  • Crossan, Sarah - Apple and Rain
  • Draper, Sharon M. - Out of My Mind
  • Essex, Bridget - A Knight to Remember
  • Forman, Gayle - If I Stay
  • Foxlee, Karen - Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy
  • Gabaldon, Diana - Outlander
  • Gaiman, Neil - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
  • Genova, Lisa - Still Alice
  • Gleeson, Libby and Freya Blackwood - The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present
  • Grant, Michael - Gone
  • Green, John - Paper Towns
  • Gruen, Sara - Water for Elephants
  • Groth, Darren - Are You Seeing Me?
  • Hand, Cynthia - The Last Time We Say Goodbye
  • Hawke, Rosanne - Kelsey and the Quest for the Porcelain Doll
  • Janu, Tamsin - Figgy in the World 
  • Jonsberg, Barry - My Life as an Alphabet
  • Keil, Melissa - The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl
  • King, A.S. - Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
  • King, A.S. - Please Ignore Vera Dietz
  • Lee, Harper - Go Set a Watchman
  • Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Levithan, David - Every Day
  • Levithan, David - How They Met, and Other Stories
  • Levithan, David, and Rachel Cohn - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
  • Lint, Charles de - A Circle of Cats
  • Lockhart E. - We Were Liars
  • Martin, Anne M. - Rain Reign
  • Martin, George R.R. - A Song of Fire and Ice
  • Morgan, Sally - Going Bush with Grandpa
  • Morpurgo, Michael - War Horse
  • Murphy, Sally - Roses are Blue
  • Niffenegger, Audrey - The Time Traveler's Wife
  • Niven, Jennifer - All the Bright Places
  • Norton, Catherine - Crossing
  • Orwell, George - Animal Farm
  • Pitcher, Annabel - My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
  • Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials #1: Northern Lights
  • Riordan, Rick - The Heroes of Olympus #1: The Lost Hero
  • Riordan, Rick - The Heroes of Olympus #2: The Son of Neptune
  • Riordan, Rick - The Heroes of Olympus #3: The Mark of Athena
  • Riordan, Rick - The Heroes of Olympus #4: The House of Hades
  • Sachar, Louis - Someday Angeline
  • Selznick, Brian - Wonderstruck
  • Sloan, Robin - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
  • Spinelli, Jerry - Stargirl
  • Spinelli, Jerry - Love, Stargirl
  • Stead, Rebecca - When You Reach Me
  • Stork, Francisco X. - Marcelo in the Real World
  • Sweeney, Diana - The Minnow
  • Tan, Shaun - Tales from Outer Suburbia
  • Toten, Teresa - The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
  • Valente, Catherynne M. - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
  • Walton, Leslye - The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
  • Zevin, Gabrielle - Elsewhere
  • Zorn, Claire - The Protected

Poetry
  • Eckermann, Ali Cobby - Ruby Moonlight
  • Ginsberg, Allen - Howl and Other Poems

Drama
  • Maggs, Dirk, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation
  • Maggs, Dirk and Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere: The BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation
  • Rose, Reginald and E.G. Marshall - Twelve Angry Men
  • Williams, Tennessee - A Streetcar Named Desire

Non-Fiction (excl. NF picture books and graphic novels)
  • Barrymore, Drew - Wildflower
  • Dawson, James - This Book is Gay
  • Day, Felicia - You're Never Weird on the Internet
  • Fitzgerald, Isaac and Wendy MacNaughton - Pen and Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them
  • Freeman, Pamela - Mary's Australia: How Mary MacKillop Changed Australia
  • Giramonti, Lisa Borgnes - Novel Interiors: Living in Enchanted Rooms Inspired by Literature
  • Hart, Miranda - Is It Just Me?
  • Lear, Edward - Bosh and Nonsense
  • Lodge, Yvette and M. Swan - How Was I Made? A First Book About Sex
  • Martin, William Patrick - A Lifetime of Fiction: The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102
  • McCuin, Judith MacKenzie - The Intentional Spinner
  • Miller, Alice - The Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
  • Miller, Donlyn - The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
  • Mulgrew, Kate - Born With Teeth
  • Oakley, Tyler - Binge
  • Poehler, Amy - Yes, Please
  • Pyle, Nathan W. - NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette
  • Queensland Art Gallery - Portrait of Spain for Kids
  • Reeves, Richard, Harvey Sawler, and Cecil Stoughton - Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House
  • Rubin, Gretch - The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
  • Simpson, Alyson - Reading Under the Covers: Helping Children to Choose Books
  • Strayed, Cheryl - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
  • T2 - What is Tea?
  • Tan, Shaun - The Bird King and Other Sketches

Graphic Novels
  • Backderf, Deri - My Friend Dahmer
  • Bechdel, Alison - Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama
  • Bertozzi, Nick - Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey
  • Briggs, Raymond - Ethel and Ernest
  • Briggs, Raymond - Gentleman Jim
  • Briggs, Raymond - When the Wind Blows
  • Butler, Nancy - Sense & Sensibility
  • Caldwell, Ben and L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (All Action Classics)
  • Carey, Mike, Marc Hempel, and Sonny Liew - Re-Gifters
  • Castellucci, Cecil and Jim Rugg - Janes, Vol. 1: The Plain Janes
  • Chauvel, David, Enrique Fernandez, and L. Frank Baum - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  • Collins, Stephen - The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil
  • Corsetto, Danielle - Girls With Slingshots, Vol. 8
  • Davis, Eleanor - How to Be Happy
  • Davis, Rob - The Motherless Oven
  • DeFillippis, Nunzio, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Christina Weir, and Kevin Cornell - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Graphic Novel
  • Deustch, Barry - Hereville, Vol. 1: How Mirka Got Her Sword
  • Deustch, Barry - Hereville, Vol. 2: How Mirka Met a Meteorite
  • Doctorow, Cory - In Real Life
  • Fairfield, Lesley - Tyranny
  • Fransman, Karrie - Death of the Artist
  • Gaiman, Neil and Dave McKean - MirrorMask
  • Gaiman, Neil and Dave McKean - The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
  • Gaiman, Neil, John Bolton, Scott Hampton, Charles Vess, Paul Johnson, and Roger Zelazny - The Books of Magic
  • Gerrold, David - Tales from the Crypt #9: Wickeder
  • Gownley, Jimmy - The Dumbest Idea Ever!
  • Harris, Charlaine and Christopher Golden - The Cemetery Girl, Vol. 1: The Pretenders
  • Kick, Russ (ed.) - Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (The Graphic Canon)
  • Layman, John - Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
  • McClaren, Meredith - Hinges, Vol. 1: Clockwork City
  • Millar, Mark, Steve McNiven, Dexter Vines, and Morry Hollowell - Civil War
  • Monster, Sfe R. - Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comic Anthology
  • Muldow, Diana - Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book
  • Novgorodoff, Danica - The Undertaking of Lily Chen
  • Obata, Fumio - Just So Happens
  • Ord, Mandy - Sensitive Creatures
  • Riordan, Rick, Robert Venditti, José Villarrubia, and Attila Futaki - Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Vol. 1: The Lightning Thief (The Graphic Novel)
  • Riordan, Rick, Robert Venditti, Attila Futaki, and Tamas Gaspar - Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Vol. 2: The Sea of Monsters (The Graphic Novel)
  • Selznick, Brian - The Marvels
  • Shen, Prudence - Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
  • Shiga, Jason - Empire State: A Love Story (or Not)
  • Small, David - Stitches
  • Stevenson, Noelle - Nimona
  • Stevenson, Noelle, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen, and Maarta Laiho - Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
  • Stevenson, Noelle, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, and Maarta Laiho - Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max
  • Sugg, Joe - Username: Evie
  • Talbot, Mary M. and Bryan Talbot - The Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
  • Tan, Shaun - The Singing Bones
  • Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki - This One Summer
  • Telgemeier, Raina - Drama
  • Telgemeier, Raina - Smile, Vol. 1: Smile
  • Telgemeier, Raina - Smile, Vol. 2: Sisters
  • TenNapel, Doug - Ghostopolis
  • Than, Gavin Aung - Zen Pencils: Cartoon Quotes from Inspirational Folks
  • Tobin, Paul and Benjamin Dewey - I Was the Cat
  • Tomine, Adrian - Scenes from an Impending Marriage
  • Torseter, Øyvind - The Hole
  • Vaughan, Brian K. and Fiona Sharples - Saga, Vol. 1
  • Vaughan, Brian K. and Fiona Sharples - Saga, Vol. 2
  • Vaughan, Brian K. and Fiona Sharples - Saga, Vol. 3
  • Vaughan, Brian K. and Fiona Sharples - Saga, Vol. 4
  • Vaughan, Brian K. and Fiona Sharples - Saga, Vol. 5
  • Watson, Andi - Gum Girl, Vol. 1: Catastrophe Calling
  • Weing, Drew - Set to Sea
  • Willingham, Bill, Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha, Craig Hamilton, and James Jean - Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha - Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha - Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Craig Hamilton, Steve Leialoha, and P. Craig Russell - Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Tony Akins, and Jimmy Palmiotti - Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, David Hahn, and Steve Leialoha - Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Jim Fern, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Andrew Pepoy - Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Shawn McManus, and Andrew Pepoy - Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Andrew Pepoy, Gene Ha, Joshua Middleton, Inaki Miranda and Mike Allred - Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of the Empire
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Aaron Alexovich, and Andrew Pepoy - Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, Niko Henrichon, and Andrew Pepoy - Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces
  • Willingham, Bill, Mark Buckingham, Peter Gross, Andrew Pepoy, Mike Allred, and David Hahn - Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages
  • Willingham, Bill, Matthew Sturges, Russ Braun, José Marzán Jr., Mark Buckingham, and Andrew Pepoy - Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
  • Wilson, G. Willow and Adrian Alphona - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
  • Wilson, G. Willow, Adrian Alphona, and Jacob Wyatt - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why
  • Wilson, G. Willow, Mark Waid, Takeshi Miyazawa, Elmo Bondoc, and Humberto Ramos - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed

Picture Books
  • Acton, Sarah - As Big As You
  • Acton, Sarah - Hold on Tight
  • Aliki - Mariathe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories
  • Allen, Emma and Freya Blackwood - The Terrible Suitcase
  • Archer, Peter and L. Frank Baum - The Road to Oz
  • Balla, Trace - Rivertime
  • Balla, Trace - Shine: A Story About Saying Goodbye
  • Bancroft, Jack Manning and Bronwyn Bancroft - The Eagle Inside
  • Base, Graeme - Eye to Eye
  • Bedford, David - Ed's Egg
  • Bell, Davina - The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade
  • Bentley, Peter and Daniel Howarth - Top Place Percy
  • Bentley, Peter and Helen Oxenbury - King Jack and the Dragon
  • Bentley, Peter and Russell Ayto - Dustbin Dad
  • Blabey, Aaron - The Brothers Quibble
  • Blabey, Aaron - Noah Dreary
  • Blabey, Aaron - Thelma the Unicorn
  • Blackwood, Freya - Ivy Loves to Give
  • Blair, Karen - Baby Beats
  • Bland, Nick - King Pig
  • Bland, Nick - Monster Chef
  • Brian, Janeen and Ann James - I'm a Dirty Dinosaur
  • Britt, Fanny - Jane, the Fox, and Me
  • Brown, Susie, Margaret Warner, Sebastian Ciaffaglione - Lone Pine
  • Caisley, Raewyn and Karen Blair - Hello From Nowhere
  • Carmody, Isobelle and Anne Spudvilas - Night School
  • Champion, Tom Niland, Kilmeny Niland and Deborah Niland - The Tall Man and the Twelve Babies
  • Chandler, Susan - The Greedy Rainbow
  • Clement, Rod - Top Dog
  • Cole, Babette - Princess Smartypants
  • Connelly, Nicola and Anne White - My Dad is a Bear
  • Crew, Gary and Craig Smith - Troy Thompson's Excellent Poetry Book
  • Crew, Gary and Jeremy Geddes - Eilean Mor
  • Crew, Gary and Shaun Tan - Memorial
  • Crumble, P. and Chris Kennett - If You're Happy and You Know It!
  • Crumble, P.and Nathanial Eckstrom - Me and Moo
  • Cummings, Phil - Anzac Biscuits
  • Cummings, Phil - Newspaper Hats
  • Cummings, Phil - Ride Ricardo, Ride!
  • Cummings, Phil and Sara Acton - Bridie's Boots
  • Cunxin, Li and Anne Spudvilas - The Peasant Prince
  • Davies, Luke - Magpie
  • Dennis, C.J. and Dee Huxley - A Bush Christmas
  • Dickson, John - Have You Met Scribble?
  • Doyle, Roddy and Freya Blackwood - Her Mother's Face
  • Dubosarsky, Ursula and Andrew Joyner - There Are Too Many Elephants in This House
  • Dubosarsky, Ursula and Andrew Joyner - Tim and Ed
  • Dumbleton, Mike - Meet Douglas Mawson
  • Ellis, Carson - Home
  • Emmett, Jonathan - Here Be Monsters
  • Estella, Lucy and Matt Ottley - Suri's Wall
  • Faille, Chris and Danny Snell - Jeremy
  • Fenton, Corinne and Andrew McLean - Bob the Railway Dog
  • Fenton, Corinne and Robin Cowcher - Little Dog and the Christmas Wish
  • Ferrell, Sean and Charles Santoso - I Don't Like Koala
  • Flood, Ciara - Those Pesky Rabbits
  • Fox, Mem and Emma Quay - Baby Bedtime
  • French, Jackie and Bruce Whatley - Fire
  • French, Jackie and Bruce Whatley - Queen Victoria's Underpants
  • French, Jackie and Bruce Whatley - Wombat Wins
  • Fussell, Sandy and Tull Suwannakit - Sad, the Dog
  • Germein, Katrina and Judy Watson - Thunderstorm Dancing
  • Gibbes, Lesley and Stephen Michael King - Scary Night
  • Gibbes, Lesley and Sue deGennaro - Bring a Duck
  • Gleeson, Libby and Freya Blackwood - Banjo and Ruby Red
  • Gleeson, Libby and Freya Blackwood - Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House
  • Gleeson, Libby and Freya Blackwood - Go to Sleep, Jessie!
  • Gleeson, Libby and Freya Blackwood - Look, a Book!
  • Godwin, Jane and Anna Walker - Today We Have No Plans
  • Godwin, Jane and Andrew Joyner - How Big is Too Small?
  • Goess, Carol and Tasmin Ainslie - Can We Lick the Spoon Now?
  • Gouldthorpe, Peter - Ice, Wind, Rock: Douglas Mawson in the Antarctic
  • Graham, Bob - Silver Buttons
  • Gravett, Emily - Dogs
  • Gravett, Emily - Wolves
  • Greder, Armin - The Island
  • Greenberg, Nicki - Monkey Red Monkey Blue
  • Greenwood, Mark and Frané Lessac - Midnight: A True Story of Loyalty in World War I
  • Greenwood, Mark and Terry Denton - Jandamarra
  • Guest, Patrick and Daniella Germain - That's What Wings Are For
  • Graham, Bob - How the Sun Got to Coco's House
  • Graham, Bob - Vanilla Ice Cream
  • Hamilton, Margaret and Anna Pignataro - B is for Bedtime
  • Hartnett, Sonya and Lucia Masciullo - The Wild One
  • Hathorn, Libby and Heath McKenzie - I Love You Book
  • Hathorn, Libby and Roitva Voutila - Outside
  • Heffernan, John and Freya Blackwood - Two Summers
  • Hughes, Jenny and Jonathan Bentley - A House of Her Own
  • Hurst, Elise - Adelaide's Secret World
  • Hurst, Elise - Imagine a City
  • Jolly, Jane and Robert Ingoen - Tea and Sugar Christmas
  • Jorgensen, Norman and James Foley - The Last Viking
  • Jorgensen, Norman and James Foley - The Last Viking Returns
  • Kane, Kim and Sara Acton - Esther's Rainbow
  • Kendell, Sandra - Green Tree Frogs
  • Killen, Nicola - I Got a Crocodile
  • King, Stephen Michael - Snail and Turtle are Friends
  • Knight, Paula and Daniel Howarth - The Lion Who Lost His Roar, But Learned to Draw
  • Kobald, Irena and Freya Blackwood - My Two Blankets
  • Kwaymullina, Amberlin and Leanne Tobin - The Lost Girl
  • Lahn, Dean - Bad Ned
  • Lester, Alison - Kissed by the Moon
  • Lester, Alison - My Dog Bigsy
  • Lester, Alison - Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach
  • Lester, Alison - Sophie Scott Goes South
  • Lester, Alison, Elizabeth Honey, and the Children of Gununa - Our Island
  • MacLeod, Doug and Craig Smith - The Windy Farm
  • Matthews, Cecily and Freya Blackwood - Emily's Rapunzel Hair
  • Martin, Carol Ann and Ben Wood - Underneath a Cow
  • Martin, Marc - A River
  • Martin, Marc - Max
  • Mathews, Penny and Stephen Michael King - One Night
  • McCartney, Tania and Christina Booth - This is Captain Cook
  • McCleary, Stacey and Sue DeGennaro - One Funky Monkey
  • McKenna, Martin - The Crocodolly
  • McKimmie, Chris - Lara of Newtown
  • McKimmie, Chris - Scarlett and the Scratchy Moon
  • Metzenthen, David and Michael Camilleri - One Minute's Silence
  • Mewburn, Kyle and Freya Blackwood - No Room for a Mouse
  • Millard, Glenda and Annie White - Mbobo Tree
  • Millard, Glenda and Phil Lesnie - Once a Shepherd
  • Morgan, Sally and Bronwyn Bancroft - The Amazing A to Z Thing
  • Morgan, Sally, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, and Dub Leffler - Frog Finds a Place
  • Murdie, Rae and Chris Nixon - Meet Captain Cook
  • Murphy, Sally and Janine Dawson - Fly-In Fly-Out Dad
  • Newman, Lesléa and Amy June Bates - Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
  • O'Hagan, Jack and Andrew McLean - Along the Road to Gundagai
  • Ohmura, Tomoko - Line Up, Please
  • Palmer, Tony and Jane Tanner - The Soldier's Gift
  • Parker, Danny and Freya Blackwood - Perfect
  • Parker, Danny and Matt Ottley - Parachute
  • Pitcher, Caroline and Jenny Arthur - Home, Sweet Home
  • Pym, Tasha and Joel Stewart - Have You Ever Seen a Sneep?
  • Quay, Emma - Scarlett Starlet
  • Quay, Emma - Shrieking Violet
  • Quinn, David and Devon Devereaux - The Littlest Bitch
  • Roe, Katrina and Leigh Hedstrom - Emily Eases her Wheezes
  • Rudge, Leila - A Perfect Place for Ted
  • Russell, Paula and Gaye Chapman - My Sister, Olive
  • Saxby, Claire and Graham Byrne - Big Red Kangaroo
  • Saxby, Claire and Graham Byrne - Emu
  • Saxby, Claire and Lizzy Newcomb - My Name is Lizzy Flynn: A Story of the Rajah Quilt
  • Sedan, Paul and Karen Briggs - Kick with My Left Foot
  • Shanahan, Lisa and Gus Gordon - Big Pet Day
  • Shannon, David - Too Many Toys
  • Smallman, Steve - Batmouse
  • Smallman, Steve - Daisy Dinosaur Gets Lost
  • Smallman, Steve and Rebecca Elliott - Storytime: The Wishing Stone
  • Smith, Craig - Remarkable Rexy
  • Snell, Danny - Seagull
  • Stark, Ulf and Eva Eriksson - When Dad Showed Me the Universe
  • Starke, Ruth and Greg Holfield - An ANZAC Tale
  • Tanner, Jane - Love from Grandma
  • Toft, Kim Michelle and Arthur Hamilton - I Can Swim a Rainbow
  • Toms, Kate - There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
  • Usher, Sam - Snow Day
  • Walker, Anna - I Don't Believe in Dragons
  • Walker, Anna - Mr. Huff
  • Watts, Frances and David Legge - The Fearsome, Frightening, Ferocious Box
  • Westaway, Kyle - Whale in the Bathtub
  • Whatley, Bruce - Hunting for Dragons
  • Wheatley, Nadia - Flight
  • Whiten, Jan - Chooky-Doode-Doo
  • Wiesner, David - Flotsam
  • Wild, Margaret and Andrew Yeo - Vampyre
  • Wild, Margaret and Deborah Niland - This Little Piggy Went Singing
  • Wild, Margaret and Freya Blackwood - Harry & Hopper
  • Wild, Margaret and Freya Blackwood - The Treasure Book
  • Wild, Margaret and Judith Rossell - Bogtrotter
  • Wild, Margaret and Julie Vivas - Davy and the Ducklings
  • Wild, Margaret and Roitva Voutila - The Stone Lion
  • Wild, Margaret and Ron Brooks - On the Day You Were Born
  • Wild, Margaret and Ron Brooks - The Dream of the Thylacine
  • Wild, Margaret and Terry Denton - Leo the Littlest Seahorse
  • Wild, Margaret and Vivienne Goodman - Tanglewood
  • Wilson, Mark L. - Angel of Kokoda
  • Wilson, Tony and Laura Wood - The Cow Tripped Over the Moon
  • Wolfer, Dianne and Karen Blair - Granny Grommet and Me
  • Wyatt, Edwina and Gaye Chapman - In the Evening
  • Young, Rebecca and Matt Ottley - Teacup