It was a tough year for the judges of the NZ Post Children's Book Awards in 2012. So much so, that there were several honour awards made to runners up in the different categories at the ceremony in Wellington last night. Auckland Libraries have been celebrating the Festival with events and storytimes around the city and we have plenty of copies of all the books if you want to check them out. Some people may also recognise the authors who were part of the Author tour around Auckland last week. Special mention of Chris Szekely who was previously City Librarian at Manukau Libraries.
The winners are:
New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year
Nice Day for a War by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Children’s Choice Award
The Cat’s Pyjamas by Catherine Foreman
(Scholastic New Zealand)
Best First Book Award
Super Finn by Leonie Agnew
(Scholastic New Zealand)
Picture Book category winner
Rāhui (Maori version) by Chris Szekely translated by Brian Morris and illustrated by Malcolm Ross
(Huia Publishers)
Rāhui (English version) by Chris Szekely and illustrated by Malcolm Ross
(Huia Publishers)
Honour Award - Picture Book category
Shaolin Burning by Ant Sang
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Non-Fiction category winner
Nice Day for a War by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Honour Award - Non-Fiction category
Digging Up The Past: Archaeology For The Young & Curious by David Veart
(Auckland University Press)
Junior Fiction category winner
Super Finn by Leonie Agnew
(Scholastic New Zealand)
Honour Award - Junior Fiction category
The Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else
(Gecko Press)
Young Adult Fiction category
Calling the Gods by Jack Lasenby
(HarperCollins Publishers)
Honour Award - Young Adult Fiction
The Bridge by Jane Higgins
(Text Publishing Company)
Check out more information about the awards at the NZ Booksellers website.
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