The OLDER READERS NOTABLE BOOKS 2010 NOTE: These books are for mature readers.

This is a complete list of notable books chosen by the CBCA judges in this category for 2010. This list should be read with the judges comments, recommendations and reservations, as published in Notable Australian Childrens Books 2010.

BEATON, Ben Mama's Song (Black Dog Books) BONGERS, Christine Dust (Woolshed Press, Random House) CHRISTOPHER, Lucy Stolen (Chicken House) CLARKE, Judith The Winds of Heaven (Allen & Unwin) CONSTABLE, Kate Winter of Grace (Allen & Unwin) GWYNNE, Phillip Swerve (Penguin Group Australia) HARLAND, Richard Worldshaker (Allen & Unwin) HARMER, Wendy I Lost My Mobile at the Mall (Random House) HENDERSON, Don Keepinitreal (Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia) LARBALESTIER, Justine Liar (Allen & Unwin) MACLEOD, Doug Siggy and Amber (Penguin Group Australia) METZENTHEN, David Jarvis 24 (Penguin Group Australia) MILLARD, Glenda A Small Free Kiss in the Dark (Allen & Unwin) OSWALD, Debra Blue Noise (Random House) PRYOR, Michael Time of Trial: The Fourth Volume of The Laws of Magic (Random House) RUSHBY, Pamela When the Hipchicks Went To War (Lothian Childrens Books, Hachette) RUSSON, Penni Little Bird (Allen & Unwin) TANGEY, Penny Loving Richard Feynman (University of Queensland Press) WESTERFELD, Scott Leviathan (Viking, Penguin Group Australia) WILKINSON, Lili Angel Fish (Black Dog Books)

WILLIAMS, Gabrielle Beatle Meets Destiny (Penguin Group Australia) WOLFER, Dianne illus. SIMMONDS, Brian Lighthouse Girl (Fremantle Press)

The Awards will be announced and presented in Brisbane on Friday August 20, 2010 CHILDRENS BOOK WEEK: August 21 27, 2010 THEME: across the story bridge http://cbca.org.au For further information please contact: The CBCA National Media Consultant, Maree Reason-Cain, mobile 0438 730 752 or National President Marj Kirkland mobile 0413 961 616 The Childrens Book Council of Australia Awards Foundation Donor List Benefactors of the CBCA Awards Foundation: Scholastic Australia, Allen & Unwin, Laurie Copping OAM (in memoriam),Thyne Reid Trust No. 1. Major Donors of the CBCA Awards Foundation: Major Donors: Australia Post, Sandy Campbell, Era Publications, Five Mile Press, Libby Gleeson AM, Bob Graham, Hachette Childrens Books Aust, Hardie Grant Egmont, HarperCollinsPublishers Aust, Ipswich District Teacher-Librarians Network, James N Kirby Foundation, Kinross-Wolaroi School, Koala Books, Library Board of Queensland, Beryl Moncrieff Matthews (in memoriam), Angela Namoi, NT Government, Parents & Boys of Sydney Grammar Edgecliff Prep, Penguin Books Aust, Random House Aust, Marion E Robertson (in memoriam), Emily Rodda (Jennifer Rowe), Gillian Rubinstein, Maurice Saxby AM, SA Dept of the Arts & Cultural Development, Julie Vivas, Walker Books Aust, Cassandra Weddell, Qld (in memoriam), Maisie Williams, Garah, NSW (in memoriam), Sue Williams. Donations to the CBCA Awards Foundation are tax deductible and can be sent to: PO Box 172 Blackheath NSW 2785 Ph: 02 9630 2424 or 02 4787 8492