The finalists for the New Zealand Children and Young Adult Book Awards have been announced. The entries were narrowed from a field of 120 down to five finalists in each of four categories. Here are the finalists:
PICTURE BOOKS
The Boring Book by Vasanti Unka
Machines and Me: Boats by Catherine Foreman
The Three Bears…Sort Of by Yvonne Morrison & Donovan Bixley
Toucan Can by Juliette MacIver & Sarah Davis
Watch Out, Snail! by Gay Hay & Margaret Tolland
NONFICTION
Anzac Day: The New Zealand Story by Philippa Werry
The Beginner’s Guide to Hunting & Fishing in New Zealand by Paul Adamson
An Extraordinary Land by Peter Hayden & Rod Morris
Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber & Brian Lovelock
Wearable Wonders by Fifi Colston
JUNIOR FICTION
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
A Winter’s Day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Bugs by Whiti Hereaka
Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
A Necklace of Souls by R L Stedman
Speed Freak by Fleur Beale
When We Wake by Karen Healey
I actually own a copy of FLIGHT OF THE HONEY BEE and it is beautiful. Several of the others here look great!
Did you hear that Prince George has been given the five picture book finalists, and he will be sent each year’s finalists from now on. (Moving up as he ages, of course!)