The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have announced the shortlists for 2019.
The winners of each category are set to be announced at a ceremony in Wellington, NZ on the 7th of August.
You can check out the categories and nominated titled below!
Picture book award
- Mini Whinny: Happy Birthday to Me (Stacy Gregg, illus by Ruth Paul, Scholastic)
- Puffin the Architect (Kimberly Andrews, Puffin)
- The Bomb (Sacha Cotter, illus by Josh Morgan, Huia Publishers)
- Things in the Sea are Touching Me (Linda Jane Keegan, illus by Minky Stapleton, Scholastic)
- Who Stole the Rainbow? (Vasanti Unka, Puffin)
Esther Glen Award for junior fiction
- Search for a Kiwi Killer (Des Hunt, T?rea Press)
- The Dog Runner (Bren MacDibble, A&U)
- The Mapmakers’ Race (Eirlys Hunter, illus by Kirsten Slade, Gecko Press)
- The Telegram (Philippa Werry, Pipi Press)
- Whet? Toa and the Magician (Steph Matuku, illus by Katharine Hall, Huia Publishers)
Young Adult fiction award
- Ash Arising (Mandy Hager, Penguin)
- Children of the Furnace (Brin Murray, The CopyPress)
- Invisibly Breathing (Eileen Merriman, Penguin)
- Legacy (Whiti Hereaka, Huia Publishers)
- The Rift (Rachael Craw, Walker Books)
Elsie Locke Award for nonfiction
- Art-tastic (Sarah Pepperle, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet?)
- Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic NZ Women (Barbara Else, Puffin)
- Ko Mauao te Maunga: Legend of Mauao (Debbie McCauley, trans by Tamati Waaka, illus by Debbie Tipuna, Mauao Publishing)
- New Zealand’s Backyard Beasts (Ned Barraud, Potton & Burton)
- Whose Home is This? (Gillian Candler, illus by Fraser Williamson, Potton & Burton)
Russell Clark Award for illustration
- Cook’s Cook: The Cook who Cooked for Captain Cook(Gavin Bishop, Gecko Press)
- Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas (Ant Sang & Michael Bennett, Penguin)
- Oink (David Elliot, Gecko Press)
- Puffin the Architect (Kimberly Andrews, Puffin)
- The Bomb (Josh Morgan, written by Sacha Cotter, Huia Publishers)
Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for books written completely in te reo M?ori
- Ng? Whet? Matariki i Wh?nakotia (Miriama Kamo, trans by Ngaere Roberts, illus by Zak Waipara, Scholastic)
- Te Haka a T?nerore (Reina Kahukiwa, illus by Robyn Kahukiwa, trans by Kiwa Hammond, Mauri T?)
- Te H?nga Ake a M?ui i Te Ika Whenua (Donovan Bixley, trans by Darryn Joseph & Keri Opai, Upstart Press)
Best first book award
- Art-tastic (Sarah Pepperle, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhet?)
- Bullseye Bella (James T Guthrie, Scholastic)
- Children of the Furnace (Brin Murray, The CopyPress)
- Slice of Heaven (Des O’Leary, M?karo Press)
- The Stolen Stars of Matariki (Miriama Kamo, illus by Zak Waipara, Scholastic).
