Australian Children's Book of the Year Award: 1995 Shortlist

Book of the Year: Older Readers

• Clarke, Judith, Friend of my heart (University of Queensland Press)
• Dubosarsky, Ursula, The White Guinea Pig (Penguin Australia/Viking)
• Kelleher, Victor, Parkland (Penguin Australia/Viking)
• Moloney, James, Gracey (University of Queensland Press)
• Rubinstein, Gillian, Foxspell (Hyland House)
• Wheatley, Nadia, The Night Tolkien Died (Random House Australia)

Book of the Year: Younger Readers

• Fowler, Thurley, Not Again, Dad! (Puffin Books/Peguin Australia)
• French, Jackie, Somewhere Around the Corner (Harper Collins/Angus and Robertson)
• Hill, Anthony, The Burnt Stick (Viking/Peguin Australia)
• Jennings, Paul and Ted Greenwood (illus Terry Denton), Duck for Cover (Viking/Peguin Books Australia)
• Metzenthen, David, Brocky's Bananagram (Ashton Scholastic)
• Orr, Wendy, Ark in the Park (Harper Collins/Angus and Robertson)

Picture Book of the Year

• Cox, David (Text Kate Walker), Our Excursion (Omnibus Books)
• Kelly, Geoff (Text Emily Rodda), Power and Glory (Allan & Unwin/Little Ark)
• Legge, David, Bamboozled (Ashton Scholastic)
• Stanley, Elizabeth, The Deliverance of Dancing Bears (University of Western Australia Press/Cygnet Books)
• Woolman, Steven (Text Gary Crew), The Watertower (Era Publications)
• Wu, Di (Text Allan Baillie) Rebel! (Ashon Scholastic)

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

• Abdulla, Ian, Tucker (Omnibus Books)
• Miller, Cameron and Dominique Falla, Woodlore (Omnibus Books)
• Nicholson, John, Gold: The Fascinating Story of Gold in Australia (Allen and Unwin/Little Ark)
• Prior, Natalie Jane, Bog Bodies: Mummies and Curious Corpses (Allen & Unwin/Little Ark)
• Stewart, Robin, New Faces:The Complete Book of Alternative Pets (Agmedia)
• Tucker, Alan, Too Many Captain Cooks (Omnibus Books)