Speech Pathology Awards 2023 Shortlist announced

Book of the Year Awards

Each year Speech Pathology Australia conducts its Book of the Year Awards to recognise and celebrate Australia’s best books for children’s language and literacy development and to promote the crucial role speech pathologists play in supporting children’s language and literacy development.

Congratulations to the authors, illustrators and publishers! Some of these titles have been reviewed in StoryLinks and there are more reviews to come.

The shortlisted books for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards are:

Age Category: Birth to three

Baby Lou, written by Katrina Germein and illustrated by Karen Blair

Blueberry Farm, written and illustrated by Stephen Michael King

Bush Mob Counting, written and illustrated by Helen Milroy

Everything You Want to See, written and illustrated by Kyle Hughes-Odgers

I Love You, written by Mike and Linda Dumbleton and illustrated by Tom Jellett

I’m a Dirty Dinosaur: Hide and Seek, written by Janeen Brian and illustrated by Ann James

It’s Busy in the City, written and illustrated by Jedda Robaard

My First Book of Aussie Animals, written by Gordon Winch and illustrated by Stephen Pym

My First Book of Aussie Birds, Written by Gordon Winch and illustrated by Stephen Pym

Our Home our Heartbeat, written by Adam Briggs and illustrated by Kate Moon and Rachael Sarra

Snap! written and illustrated by Anna Walker

This Little Joey, written and illustrated by Renee Treml

What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say, written by Davina Bell and illustrated by Hilary Jane Tapper

Where’s My Baby? written and illustrated by Gregg Dreise

 

Age Category: 3 to 5

Alfie the Brave, written by Richard Harris, illustrated by Simon Howe

Be Careful, Xiao Xin! Written by Alice Pung, illustrated by Sher Rill Ng

Buster Follows his Nose, written by Paul Stevenson and illustrated by Jenny Hale

Come Over to My House, written by Eliza Hull and Sally Rippin and illustrated by Daniel Grey-Barnett

Dance in a Ring, Written by Mike and Linda Dumbleton and illustrated by Jedda Robaard

Day Break, written by Amy McQuire and illustrated by Matt Chun

Egg, Written by Claire Atkins and illustrated by Harrison Vial

Flipper and Finnegan, written by Sophie Cunningham and illustrated by Anil Tortop

Jack’s Jumper, written and illustrated by Sara Acton

Katerina Cruickshanks, written and illustrated by Daniel Grey-Barnett

Koala Ark, written and illustrated by Stephen Michael King

My Deadly Boots, written by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler and illustrated by Samantha Campbell

My Tooth is Looth! Written by David Campbell and illustrated by Daron Parton

Norton and the Borrowing Bear, written and illustrated by Gabriel Evans

Off to the Market, written and illustrated by Alice Oehr

On the Way to School, written by Vikki Conley and illustrated by Lucie Masciullo

Rodney Forgets It! Written by Michael Gerard Bauer and illustrated by Chrissie Krebs

Saving Seal: The Plastic Predicament, written by Dianne Jackson Hill and illustrated by Craig Smith

Shadow Catchers, written by Kirsty Murray and illustrated by Karen Blair

Star of Anise, written by Jane Jolly and illustrated by Di Wu

The Bewilderbeast, written by Josh Pyke and illustrated by Binny Talib

The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name, written by Sandhya Parappukkaran and illustrated by Michelle Pereira

The Imagineer, written by Christopher Cheng and illustrated by Lucia Masciullo

The Speedy Sloth, written by Rebecca Young and illustrated by Heath McKenzie

The Spotty Sock Mystery, written by Anna Notley and illustrated by Heidi Cooper Smith

Toodle the Cavoodle, Sniffle Snuffle, written by Richard Tulloch and illustrated by Heidi Cooper Smith

Who’s Afraid of the Light? written and illustrated by Anna McGregor

 

Age Category: 5 to 8

Born to Stand Out, written and illustrated by Nikki Rogers

Ceremony: Welcome to Our Country, written by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing and illustrated by David Hardy

Get Ready, Mama! Written by Sharon Giltrow and illustrated by Arielle Li

Hedgehog the Wonder Dog, written by Dannika Patterson and Illustrated by Ross Morgan

Jetty Jumping, written by Andrea Rowe and illustrated by Hannah Sommerville

Jorn’s Magnificent Imagination, written by Coral Vass and illustrated by Nick Johnston

Maku, Written and illustrated by Meyne Wyatt

My Dad Thinks He’s a Pirate, written by Katrina Germein and illustrated by Tom Jellett

The Australian Climate Change Book: Be informed and Make a Difference, written by Polly Marsden and illustrated by Chris Nixon

The Curiosities, written by Zana Fraillon and illustrated by Phil Leslie

The Echidna Near My Place, written by Sue Whiting and illustrated by Cate James

The Shop Train, written by Josie Wowolla Boyle and illustrated by Paul Seden

Willa and Woof 1: Mimi is Missing, written by Jacqueline Harvey

Wonderful Wasps, written by Katrina Germein and illustrated by Suzanne Houghton

Age Category: 8 to 10

Evie and Rhino, written by Neridah McMullin and illustrated by Astred Hicks

Aussie STEM stars: Gisela Kaplan Bird and Primate Scientist, written by Emily Gale

How to be a Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five, written by Carla Fitzgerald

Night Lights, written by Inda Ahmad Zahiri and illustrated by Lesley McGee

Rachel’s War: The Story of an Australian WW1 Nurse, written by Mark Wilson

Remember Triple Zero Heroes, written by J.E. Miller

Silver Leaves, written and illustrated by Gladys Milroy

The Book of Wondrous Possibilities, written by Deborah Abela

Uncle Xbox, written by Jared Thomas and illustrated by Kiara Honeychurch

We Run Tomorrow, written by Nat Amoore