Another Shortlist! New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2014
Tis the season of the shortlist, clearly—which is great! đ
(As with yesterday’s Sir Julius Vogel Award post, if an author has appeared on this blog or I’ve interviewed or featured her/him or the shortlisted work otherwhere, the link is included—but only one link per feature.)
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The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adult finalists for 2014 are:
Picture Books:
Machines and Me: Boats by Catherine Foreman; Scholastic New Zealand
The Boring Book by Vasanti Unka; Penguin Group (NZ), Puffin
The Three Bears ⌠Sort Of by Yvonne Morrison & Donovan Bixley; Scholastic New Zealand
Toucan Can by Juliette MacIver & Sarah Davis; Gecko Press
Watch Out, Snail! by Gay Hay & Margaret Tolland; Page Break Ltd
Non-Fiction:
An Extraordinary Land by Peter Hayden & Rod Morris; HarperCollins Publishers (NZ)
Anzac Day: The New Zealand story by Philippa Werry; New Holland Publishers
Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber & Brian Lovelock; Walker Books Australia
The Beginnerâs Guide to Hunting & Fishing in New Zealand by Paul Adamson; Random House New Zealand
Wearable Wonders by Fifi Colston; Scholastic New Zealand
Junior Fiction:
A Winterâs Day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik; Scholastic New Zealand
Dunger by Joy Cowley; Gecko Press
Felix and the Red Rats by James Norcliffe; Random House New Zealand, Longacre
Project Huia by Des Hunt; Scholastic New Zealand
The Princess and the Foal by Stacy Gregg; Harper Collins Publishers (NZ)
Young Adult Fiction:
A Necklace of Souls by R L Stedman; Harper Collins Publishers (NZ), HarperVoyager
Bugs by Whiti Hereaka; Huia Publishers
Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox; Gecko Press
Speed Freak by Fleur Beale; Random House New Zealand
When We Wake by Karen Healey; Allen & Unwin
In addition, the winner of the inaugural MÄori Language Award was also announced:
Taka Ki Ro Wai by Keri Kaa & Martin Page; Tania&Martin
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This year’s judges are convenor and author Barbara Else; cartoonist and graphic novelist Ant Sang; childrenâs librarian and blogger Zac Harding), with the assistance of Te Reo MÄori language advisor, writer and broadcaster Maraea Rakuraku for the Maori Language Award.
The winners will be announced on Monday 23 June, in Auckland.