These awards reward excellence in children's literature,
recognising the best books for children and young adults published annually in
New Zealand.
Here
are this year’s finalists:
Picture book
Boats
by Catherine Foreman
The
Boring Book by Vasanti Unka
The
Three Bears...Sort Of by Yvonne Morrison and Donovan Bixley
Toucan
Can by Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis
Watch Out Snail by Gay Hay and Margaret Tolland
Junior Fiction
A
Winter's Day in 1939 by Melanie Szymanik
Dunger
by Joy Cowley
Felix
and the Red Rats by James Norcliffe
Project
Huia by Des Hunt
The
Princess and the Foal by Stacy Gregg
Non-fiction
An
Extraordinary Land by Peter Hayden and Rod Morris
Anzac
Day: The New Zealand Story by Philippa Werry
Flight
of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber and Brain Lovelock
The
Beginners Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand
Wearable
Wonders by Fifi Colston
There is a display in the library of these books. So have a look and vote for the 'Children's Choice Award' to be in to $1000 worth of BookSellers tokens. Come and see me for voting papers.
Ms Bennitt
The beginners guide to hunting and fishing in New Zealand is a really cool book. My favourite fact was perch love the colour red. (James B)
ReplyDeleteI like it how it shows to skin rabbits. (Jordan H-S)
The princess and the foal was a really good book because it had courage by a girl who found her passion for horses. (Jayde T)
(Room K)