Did you fall in love with Old Hu-Hu or has the tune of Wonky Donkey driven you crazy? Now is your chance to tell New Zealand what your favourite book. It's People's Choice Book Award time.Here is the release from the NZ Post Children's Book awards website:
This award allows our toughest critics - New Zealand's young readers - to have their say in the New Zealand Post Book Awards. School-aged children and teenagers from all over New Zealand can vote for their favourite book from among the 20 finalists selected by the judges. The award winner is announced by young readers at the awards ceremony and the author and/or illustrator of this coveted award wins $1,000.
Each year this award produces an enormous response - proof of its enduring popularity. Book lovers can vote only once, in any form. Every voting card or online vote that is received puts the voter's nominated school in the draw to win $1,000 of Booksellers Tokens.
Each year this award produces an enormous response - proof of its enduring popularity. Book lovers can vote only once, in any form. Every voting card or online vote that is received puts the voter's nominated school in the draw to win $1,000 of Booksellers Tokens.
So whether or not you want to vote for something well known, or just something that you have read and liked, show a local bias by voting for Maria Gill's Rangitoto or give a brand new author a boost by voting for Sting by Ramond Huber, the possibilities are endless.
You can either vote online at http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/childrens-choice-2010 or pick up a voting card from your local Rodney Library. And look out for our displays of books that have made the 2010 finalist list.
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