Joy Cowley has won the New Zealand Post 2008 Book of the Year prize for her novel of a give and take friendship, Snake and Lizard (illustrator Gavin Bishop). Some of the judges comments included “Both witty and wise these timeless stories are an utter joy. They make you laugh, sigh and read all over again.”The full list of category winners and honour awards recipients in the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2008 are:
Picture Book
Tahi – One Lucky Kiwi by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly (Random House New Zealand)
Honour Award: To The Harbour written and illustrated by Stanley Palmer (Lopdell House Gallery)
Tahi – One Lucky Kiwi by Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly (Random House New Zealand)
Honour Award: To The Harbour written and illustrated by Stanley Palmer (Lopdell House Gallery)
Non Fiction
Which New Zealand Spider? by Andrew Crowe (Penguin New Zealand)
Honour Award: Reaching the Summit by Alexa Johnston with David Larsen (Penguin New Zealand)
Junior Fiction and New Zealand Post Book of the Year 2008
Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press)
Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press)
Young Adult
Salt by Maurice Gee (Penguin New Zealand)
Honour Award: The Sea-wreck Stranger by Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)
Salt by Maurice Gee (Penguin New Zealand)
Honour Award: The Sea-wreck Stranger by Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)
Children’s Choice Award
The King’s Bubbles by Ruth Paul (Scholastic)
The King’s Bubbles by Ruth Paul (Scholastic)
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