The winners of the 2011 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced with the incredible Margaret Mahy winning the Book of the Year!

Picture Book Category Award Winner and New Zealand Post Book of the Year

The Moon & Farmer McPhee by Margaret Mahy & David Elliot

 

Nonfiction Award Winner

Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front by Leon Davidson

 

Junior Fiction Award Winner

Finnigan & the Pirates by Sherryl Jordan

 

Young Adult Fiction Award Winner

Ebony Hill by Anna Mackenzie

 

Best First Book Award

Hollie Chips by Anna Gowan

Children’s Choice Awards

   

Overall Winner and Picture Book Winner : Baa Baa Smart Sheep by Mark Sommerset & Rowan Sommerset

Nonfiction Winner: Who’s Cooking Tonight by Claire Gourley & Glenda Gourley

Junior Fiction Winner: Hollie Chips by Anna Gowan

Young Adult Winner: Smiling Jack by Ken Catran