Finalists for children's book awards - 08 Feb 2006 - Arts & literature
The finalists in the 10th annual New Zealand Post Book Awards for children's writing have been announced.
The finalists were selected from more than 120 children's books published in New Zealand in 2005 and submitted for the awards. The winners will be announced on May 17.
The finalists are:
Picture book
A Booming in the Night, by Ben Brown, illustrated by Helen Taylor (Reed Publishing)
Haere - Farewell, Jack, Farewell, by Tim Tipene, illustrated by Huhana Smith (Huia Publishers)
Nobody's Dog, by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)
*The Waka, by Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
*Te Waka, by Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira and Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
Where's the Gold? by Pamela Allen (Penguin Viking)
*The Waka and Te Waka are selected as joint finalists in English and te reo editions
Junior fiction
Hunter, by Joy Cowley (Puffin)
Maddigan's Fantasia, by Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins Publishers)
My Story: Chinatown Girl - The Diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942, by Eva Wong Ng (Scholastic NZ)
Sil, by Jill Harris (Longacre Press)
Super Freak, by Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel)
Young Adult
Deep Fried, by Bernard Beckett and Clare Knighton (Longacre Press)
Kaitangata Twitch, by Margaret Mahy (Allen & Unwin)
Running Hot, by David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
The Unknown Zone, by Phil Smith (Random House New Zealand)
With Lots of Love from Georgia, by Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)
Non-fiction
Blue New Zealand: Plants, Animals, Environments - A Visual Guide, by Glenys Stace (Puffin)
Cameras in Narnia: How The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe came to life, by Ian Brodie (HarperCollins Publishers)
Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand - The Weight of World Wars 1897 - 1949, by John Parker (Scholastic New Zealand)
Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer: The Story of a New Zealand Hero, by Alan Sefton (Puffin)
Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli, by Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)
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