NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a celebration of New Zealand's children's authors and illustrators.
In addition to the six categories, in which each winner is awarded a prize of $7500; a Best First Book prize of $2000 is presented to a previously unpublished author or illustrator; and a prize of $7500 is awarded for the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year.
Shop the nominees in each category below.
1916: Dig for Victory (Kiwis at War) by David Hair
$19.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Kiwis at War
As we Otago lads have only enough men for two squadrons, the General has decided that we are to be merged with the incoming Maori contingents to form a new battalion. Our new battalion will be Pioneers, doing behind-the-lines work: building barracks, railroads, roads and trenches. As you can imagine, Fa ...Show more
A Line of Sight by Adrienne Jansen
$30.00 NZD
Category: First Book | Reading Level: very good
A Line of Sight is a compelling whodunnit woven through a story of community, family and an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. When Nick and Graham set out rabbit shooting one August day neither of them realise their lives are about to change forever. They spot a couple of suspected cannabis growers on t ...Show more
Awatea's Treasure (#1) by Fraser Smith
$25.00 NZD
Category: First Book | Series: Awatea
Awatea is staying in the country with his grandparents and uncles – next door to Mrs Carol’s house, said to be haunted. Awatea’s uncles challenge him to spend a night there, but can he do it? Meantime, they go to stay at the beach, where he meets the Rumbles and their talking parrot, Carrot. Awatea and ...Show more
Bastion Point: 507 Days on Takaparawha (My New Zealand Story) by Tania Roxborogh
$17.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
Erica Tito had the perfect summer holiday planned. Then her father decided the whole family would pack up and join the protesters at Bastion Point in Auckland. No way! Instead of spending dreamy summer days training Silver, her horse, Erica and her family have to camp out in tents. At first everyone thi ...Show more
Coming Home to Roost by Mary-Anne Scott
$19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Elliot is on the run from a situation that's just too big to handle. Sooner or later, it's going to catch up with him. Elliot's in need of a fresh start, so he's dispatched to a new city to work as an apprentice electrician. His boss, Arnie, is an ex-naval officer whose bad temper and frequent advice d ...Show more
From Moa to Dinosaurs (HB) by Gillian Candler
$29.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Explore & Discover
From Moa to Dinosaurs, the fifth title in the acclaimed 'explore discover' series for children, looks back in time to reveal what lived in ancient New Zealand. The book begins with a glimpse of the animals that lived in New Zealand just before people arrived. It then goes back in time, providing snapsho ...Show more
Fuzzy Doodle by Melinda Szymanik; Donovan Bixley
$19.00 NZD
Category: Illustration
Fuzzy Doodle is a celebration of creativity. It is a sophisticated picture book in which the text and illustrations work together to create a delightful metaphor for the creative process. The text tells of Fuzzy, a small pencil doodle that magically comes to life, looking very much like a sweet little h ...Show more
Fuzzy Doodle HB by Melinda Syzmanik; Donovan Bixley
$19.50 NZD
Category: Picture
"Fuzzy started as a scribble, just a scrawny little doodle, a smudgey sort of something at the bottom of the page..." He nibbled, chomped and gobbled scrumptious words and tasty colours. They made Fuzzy grow and grow and GROW... Hello!
Gladys Goes to War by Glyn Harper
$19.99 NZD
Category: Illustration | Reading Level: very good
A stunning picture book from the award-winning Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper, bringing us the incredible true story of Gladys Sandford u mechanic, First World War ambulance driver, New Zealand's first woman pilot and a trailblazer ahead of her time. Gladys loves nothing better than tinkering with car eng ...Show more
Gwendolyn! (HB) by Juliette MacIver
$29.99 NZD
Category: Picture
A PENGUIN in the JUNGLE? In the jungle there are jaguars, monkeys and parrots aplenty, but there are no penguins. None at all. Because penguins do not live in the jungle, except for ...GWENDOLYN! A story about friendship, adventure and finding your home. Ages 2-5
Helper and Helper (Snake and Lizard #3 ) HC by Joy Cowley
$29.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Snake and Lizard | Reading Level: near fine
More funny stories and wry observations with the bestselling Snake and Lizard. Two very different creatures learn about the give-and-take of friendship in this warm and funny story set in the desert. Snake is elegant and calm, and a little self-centred; Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. With its wi ...Show more
If I Was a Banana by Alexandra Tylee
$29.99 NZD
Category: Illustration | Series: Gecko Press Titles Ser. | Reading Level: very good
If I was a banana, I would be that one, so beautifully yellow and full of banana...This boys-eye-view of the everyday brings alive all the wonder and oddity of the world inside our own heads. It beautifully captures the magic that a child can find in common objects and day-to-day encountersbananas, clou ...Show more