- Great job, Dad!, Holman Wang
- A toaster on Mars, Darrell Pitt
- Wrong way summer, Heidi Lang
- Mostly the honest truth, Jody J. Little
- Off-limits, Helen Yoon
- Emerald star, by Jacqueline Wilson ; read by Finty Williams
- The one and only Sparkella, Channing Tatum ; illustrated by Kim Barnes
- Warrior of the wild, Tricia Levenseller
- The homecoming horse, Jackie Merchant
- Jane Doe and the key of all souls, Jeremy Lachlan ; read by Wendy Bos
- Poopy pants and potty rants, Dale Thomas ; illustrations by Alison Mutton
- Socks, sandbags & leeches, letters to my Anzac dad, Pauline Deeves
- The good bear, Sarah Lean ; illustrated by Fiona Woodcock
- The extraordinary voyage of Katy Willacott, Sharon Gosling
- Raven winter, Susanna Bailey
- Friends fur-ever, Anh Do ; illustrations by Anton Emdin
- Fly, Jess McGeachin
- The jammer, Nova Weetman
- Astro girl, Ken Wilson-Max
- My almost flawless Tokyo dream life, Rachel Cohn
- Ling Li's lantern, written by Steve Heron ; illustrated by Benjamin Johnston
- Immoral code, Lillian Clark
- Birdbrain, Kelli Anne Hawkins
- Explorers on Witch Mountain, Alex Bell ; illustrated by Tomislav Tomić
- The adventures of Pili in Colombia, Las aventuras de Pili en Colombia, by Kike Calvo ; illustrated by Walter Carzon ; foreword by Maggie Steber
- Cloudspotting, Samantha Tidy, Susannah Crispe
- Our shed, a father-daughter building story, Robert Broder ; illustrated by Carrie O'Neill
- Rule, Ellen Goodlett
- Mirror's edge, Scott Westerfeld
- When the moon is a smile, Teena Raffa-Mulligan, Amy Calautti
- Daddy, don't let go!, Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
- City of ashes, Cassandra Clare
- Somewhere in the city, J. B. Frank ; illustrated by Yu Leng
- My butterfly bouquet, written by Nicola Davies ; illustrated by Hannah Peck
- Papa brings me the world, Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
- Honour among ghosts, Sean Williams
- Easy peasy, Ky Garvey & Amy Calautti
- Wild blue, taming a big-kid bike, Dashka Slater ; illustrated by Laura Hughes
- Girl gone viral, Arvin Ahmadi
- A field guide to getting lost, Joy McCullough
- Nothing ever happens here, Sarah Hagger-Holt
- You've got a friend, Judi Curtin ; read by Caroline Lennon
- Boof goes to beauty school, Caroline Tuohey (author) ; Kim Feint (illustrator)
- Jane Doe and the key of all souls, Lachlan, Jeremy
- Tilda, Sue Whiting
- My city speaks, written by Darren Lebeuf ; illustrated by Ashley Barron
- Peas in a pod, by Rachel Noble ; illustrated by Katie Rewse
- Karma Moon, ghost hunter, Melissa Savage
- Is that you, Little Dino?, a pull-and-slide flap book, Rob Hodgson
- Midnight train, Angie Sage ; [illustrations by Justin Hernandez]