WINNERS: NZ Post Children’s Book Awards 2012

The 2012 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards winners are:

New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year Nice Day for a War by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane (HarperCollins Publishers)
Children’s Choice Award The Cat’s Pyjamas by Catherine Foreman (Scholastic New Zealand)
Best First Book Award Super Finn by Leonie Agnew (Scholastic New Zealand)
Picture Book category winnerRāhui (Maori version) by Chris Szekely translated by Brian Morris and illustrated by Malcolm Ross (Huia Publishers)Rāhui (English version) by Chris Szekely and illustrated by Malcolm Ross (Huia Publishers)
Honour Award – Picture Book categoryShaolin Burning by Ant Sang (HarperCollins Publishers)
Non-Fiction category winnerNice Day for a War by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane (HarperCollins Publishers)
Honour Award – Non-Fiction categoryDigging Up The Past: Archaeology For The Young & Curious by David Veart (Auckland University Press)
Junior Fiction category winnerSuper Finn by Leonie Agnew (Scholastic New Zealand)
Honour Award – Junior Fiction categoryThe Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else (Gecko Press)
Young Adult Fiction categoryCalling the Gods by Jack Lasenby (HarperCollins Publishers)
Honour Award – Young Adult Fiction The Bridge by Jane Higgins (Text Publishing Company) Read more