AustLit
History
Also called 'Fiction for Older Readers'.
Replaced the pre-existing category 'Senior Book' in 2000.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2021
winner y The 130-Storey Treehouse Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2020 19895193 2020 single work children's fiction children's'Andy and Terry have added 13 new levels to their treehouse and now it's even more out of this world than before!
'There's a soap bubble blaster, a GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a time-wasting level, a toilet paper factory (because you can never have too much toilet paper), a room full of mechanical grandparents, a super long legs level, an extraterrestrial observation centre and the best bookshop-in-a-treehouse-in-a-tree-in-a-forest-in-a-book in the whole world!
'Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2020
winner y The 117-Storey Treehouse Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2019 16432360 2019 children's fiction'Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a tiny-horse level, a pyjama-party room, an Underpants Museum, a photo-bombing booth, a waiting room, a Door of Doom, a circus, a giant-robot-fighting arena, a traffic school, a water-ski park filled with flesh-eating piranhas and a treehouse visitor centre with a 24-hour information desk, a penguin-powered flying treehouse tour bus and a gift shop.
Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2019
winner y The 104-Storey Treehouse Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2018 14252516 2018 single work children's fiction children's'The 104-Storey Treehouse is the eighth book of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s wacky treehouse adventures, where the laugh-out-loud story is told through a combination of text and fantastic cartoon-style illustrations.
'Join Andy and Terry in their now 104-storey spectacular treehouse. They’ve added thirteen new levels, including a never-ending staircase, a burp bank, and even a mighty fortress. But Andy and Terry are in a race against time to find a funny story for their next book – will the tooth fairy, the two-million-dollar shop or even the riddles of the deep-thoughts thinking room be able to help?
'Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2018
winner y The 91-Storey Treehouse Terry Denton (illustrator), Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2017 11598477 2017 single work children's fiction children's'Join Andy and Terry in their ridiculous 91-storey treehouse!
'Go for a spin in the world's most powerful whirlpool, take a ride in a submarine sandwich, get marooned on a desert island, hang out in a giant spider web, visit the fortune teller's tent to get your fortune told by Madame Know-it-all and decide whether or not to push the mysterious big red button.
'Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!' (Publication summary)
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Year: 2017
winner y The 78-Storey Treehouse Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2016 9652462 2016 single work children's fiction children's'Join Andy and Terry in their spectacular new 78-storey treehouse. They've added 13 new levels including a drive-thru car wash, a combining machine, a scribbletorium, an ALL-BALL sports stadium, Andyland, Terrytown, a high-security potato chip storage facility and an open-air movie theatre. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!' (Publication summary)