New Zealand Post Book Awards

The winners have been chosen and the children of Aotearoa have made their choices and here are the winners:

Children’s Choice
Young adult                                                          The Bridge                                            J Higgins

Junior fiction                                                       Super Finn                                            L Agnew

Picture book                                                        Cat’s pyjamas                                      C Foreman

Non-Fiction                                                          New Zealand hall of fame                 M Gill/B Potter

Overall                                                                  Cat’s pyjamas
Best first book

Super Finn                                                            L Agnew

                                         

Here are the books the grown ups liked:

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Winner
Super Finn	L Agnew
Honour book
Travelling restaurant	B Else
Picture Book
Winner!
Rahui	C Szekely/M Ross
Honour book
Shaolin burning	A Sang Follow this link to find out about the child from Te Puke who won $500 worth of books and about the author who wrote the winning book. http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/2012-childrens-choice-award Which books would you buy if you had $500? Thanks for your participation everybody. Keep those comments coming. x Marvin