Best Picture Books 3-7 Years

The Library Lion, Michelle Knudson A Sick Day for Amos McGee, Philip Stead A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea, Michael Ian Black Robert the Rose Horse, by Joan Heilboner Then the Wind Changed, by Ruth Park April and Esme Tooth Fairies, by Bob Graham Olivia Saves the Circus, Ian Falconer Dogger, by Shirley Hughes In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak Once There Were Giants, by Martin Waddell The Adventures of the Dish and Spoon by Mini Grey A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer Fox, by Margaret Wild Bunny Cakes, (Max and Ruby) by Rosemary Wells Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, by Mo Willem Goodnight Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann Harry the Dirty Dog, Gene Zion Dr de Soto, William Steig Sylvester and Magic Pebble, William Steig Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, Ian Whybrow The Giant Jam Sandwich, John Vernon Howe

Best Reader Books 7-10 Years

Flat Stanley How to Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell Danny the Champion of the World, by Roald Dahl, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blume The Lemonade War, Jacqueline Davies The Quicksand Pony, Alison Lester Pip: The Story of Olive, Kim Kane Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh, Robert C OBrien The Borrowers, by Mary Norton Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lingdren Charlottes Web, EB White The 27th Annual African Hippopotamus Race, by Morris Lurie Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl Holes, Louis Sachar The Truth About Verity Sparks, Susan Green The Cricket in Times Square, George Selden Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne Encylopeadia Brown, Boy Detective, Donald Sobol The Neverending Story, Michael Ende Billie B Brown Series, Sally Rippin Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Chidlren, Jen Storer A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snickett

Best YA Books 12-17 years

The Coming of the Whirpool (Ship Kings Series) Andrew McGahon The Shiny Guys, Doug McLeod The Shadow Girl, John Larkin The Chrysalids, John Wyndham How I live Now, Meg Rosoff Boy, Roald Dahl The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier All I Ever Wanted, Vikki Wakefield Harry Potter Series, J K Rowling Pans Whisper, Sue Lawson Whisper, Chrissy Keighry Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley The Reluctant Hallelujah, by Gabrielle Williams Looking for Alibrandi, by Malina Marchetta Holier Than Thou, Laura Buzo The Wrong Boy, Suzy Zail The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis His Dark Materials, Phillip Pulman The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger

Best Novels
Im Not Scared, Niccolo Ammaniti White Teeth, Zadie Smith The Secret River, Kate Grenville The Plot Against America, Phillip Roth Atonement, Ian McKewan One Day, David Nicholls The Princess Bride, William Goldman Highways to a War, Christopher Koch A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving Carter Beats the Devil, Glen David Gold Catch 22, Joseph Heller Scoop, Evelyn Waugh A Supposedly Fun Thing Ill Never Do Again, David Foster Wallace Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell The Help, Kathryn Stockett High Fidelity, Nick Hornby Dead Famous, Ben Elton How I Became a Famous Novellist, Steve Hely Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov The Time Travellers Wife, Audrey Niffenegger The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Mark Haddon Mystic River, Dennis Lehane