New Zealand Post Book Awards
And the winners are...
Picture Book
Roadworks by Sally Sutton
An action-packed picture book which follows the process of building a road from
beginning to end with sounds to match the actions!
Junior Fiction
Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby
Set in the small Waikato town of Waharoa in the 1930's. Jack Jackman is a young
boy who wants to be a stock drover and has a special relationship with an old
family friend, Andy the Drover. Andy shares yarns and adventures with Jack each
week when he drives mobs off sheep or cattle through the main street with the
help of his dog, Old Drumble and his horse, Nosy.
Junior Non Fiction
Back and beyond : New Zealand painting for the young and curious by Gregory
O'Brien
Alongside works painted during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book
features art by contemporary painters and printmakers, all of them seasoned
travellers across time and space.
Young Adult Fiction Finalists
The 10 pm Question by Kate De Goldi
Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a rather large, quirky family. Until now
they've been the centre of his universe, but now Frankie's view of his world
begins to change. There's a new arrival at school - a dreadlocked girl called
Sydney who becomes perplexingly fascinating to him. She even starts to draw him
away from his best friend, Gigs.
New Zealand Post Book Awards' Children's Choice Award
The Were-Nana: (Not a Bedtime Story) by Melinda Szymanik
There's nothing Simon enjoys more than scaring his little sister, Stella Rosa
and now that the mysterious Nana Lupin is coming to stay, Simon is having great
fun. Stella Rosa is afraid. Is her nana really a monster?
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