New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards
The New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards logo, as of 2013.[1]
Awarded for	Excellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand
Sponsored by	New Zealand Post
Country	New Zealand
Presented by	Booksellers New Zealand
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Official website	http://www.NZPostBookAwards.co.nz

The New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards were, until 2014, a series of literary awards presented annually to recognise excellence in children and young adult's literature in New Zealand.^[2] The awards were in 2015 changed to be the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The awards were administered and organised by Booksellers New Zealand, an industry organisation which represents over 90% of New Zealand booksellers.^[3][4] The awards were presented at the end of a 10-day festival organised by the New Zealand Book Council celebrating children's literature and literacy, held annually in May.^[5]

These awards, sponsored by New Zealand Post, were established in 1997, though they have had three incarnations since they were first created in 1982.^[3][6] Prior to 1997, they were known as the AIM Children's Book Awards, which were created in 1990.^[3] Before that, the awards were known as the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards, which ran from 1982 to 1988.^[7] In 2003 their name was changed to the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, this became the case once again in 2014.^[2][3][8]

History

The original New Zealand Government Publishing Awards established in 1982 contained two categories, Children's Book of the Year and Picture Book of the Year.^[6] A non-fiction award was presented in 1986, but not in 1987 or 1988, the final years of this incarnation of the awards.^[7][9]

No awards were presented in 1989, but in 1990, Unilever New Zealand (then the New Zealand manufacturer of Aim toothpaste) created the AIM Children's Book Awards.^[7][10][11] The awards originally contained two categories — Fiction, and Picture Book.^[12][13] Second and third prizes were originally awarded, though these were replaced with honour awards in 1993, presented at the judges' discretion.^[2][13] More categories were added over time: Best First Book in 1992 (not presented 1994–5); Non-Fiction in 1993, when Fiction was split into two categories (Senior Fiction and Junior Fiction); and AIM Book of the Year in 1995.^[9][12][14]

In 1997, the awards became the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, and another new category was added, the New Zealand Post Children's Choice award.^[3] In 2004, the Senior Fiction category was renamed to Young Adult Fiction.^[15][16]

In April 2013 the New Zealand Post Book of the.Year award's name was changed to honour the late New Zealand children's author Margaret Mahy, and became known as the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award.^[17][18]

Prizes

As of 2013, the winners of the Picture Book, Junior Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Non-Fiction categories are awarded NZ$7,500, with the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year winner receiving an additional $7,5000.^[2] The Picture Book prize money is split evenly between the author and the illustrator of the book.^[2] Winners of the Best First Book and New Zealand Post Children's Choice awards receive $2,000 each, and any finalists presented an Honour Award receive $500 each.^[2]

Awards

Children's Book of the Year

Now called the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year,^[18] this award is presented to a book "which, in the opinion of the judges, achieves outstanding excellence in all general judging criteria".^[2] As of 2013, winners receive $7,500 (in addition to the $7,500 prize for winning in their category).^[2] Currently called the New Zealand Post Children's Book of the Year award, this award was originally known as the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award, presented from 1982 to 1988.^[2][19] When the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards finished in 1988, the award ceased to exist until 1995, when the AIM Children's Book Awards established the AIM Book of the Year.^[3][19]

Winners of the Fiction category in 1990 to 1992, when there was no Book of the Year award and the only additional category was Picture Book (and Best First Book in 1992), have been considered Book of the Year winners.^{[13][14][19][20]}

Winners of the Children's Book of the Year award 

New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award (1982–8); AIM Book of the Year (1995–6); New Zealand Post Children's Book of the Year (1997–)

Year	Book	Author(s)	Category	Reference(s)
1982	The Silent One	Joy Cowley; ill. by Sherryl Jordan	N/A	[19]
1983	The Halfmen of O	Maurice Gee		[19]
1984	Jacky Nobody	Anne de Roo		[19]
1985	Visitors	Caroline MacDonald; ill. by Garry Melson		[19]
1986	Guardian of the Land	Joanna Orwin		[19]
1987	The Keeper	Barry Faville		[19]
1988	Alex	Tessa Duder		[19]
1995	The Fat Man	Maurice Gee	Junior Fiction	[12][19]
1996	Crossroads	Janice Marriott	Senior Fiction	[12][19]
1997	The Bantam and the Soldier	Jennifer Beck; ill. by Robyn Belton	Picture Book	[18][21]
1998	Dare Truth or Promise	Paula Boock	Senior Fiction	[18][22]
1999	A Summery Saturday Morning	Margaret Mahy; ill. by Selina Young	Picture Book	[18][23]
2000	The House that Jack Built	Gavin Bishop	Picture Book	[18][24]
2001	Voyage with Jason	Ken Catran	Senior Fiction	[18][25]
2002	The Plight of the Penguin	Lloyd Spencer Davis	Non Fiction	[18][26]
2003	Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa	Robert Sullivan; ill. by Gavin Bishop	Non Fiction	[15][18]
2004	Bird in the Hand: Keeping New Zealand Wildlife Safe	Janet Hunt	Non Fiction	[16][18]
2005	Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story	Kate De Goldi; ill. by Jacqui Colley	Picture Book	[18][27]
2006	Hunter	Joy Cowley	Junior Fiction	[18][28]
2007	Illustrated History of the South Pacific	Marcia Stenson	Non Fiction	[18][29]
2008	Snake and Lizard	Joy Cowley; ill. by Gavin Bishop	Junior Fiction	[18][30]
2009	The 10pm Question	Kate de Goldi	Young Adult Fiction	[18][31]
2010	Old Hu-Hu Hū Hū Koroheke (Te Reo edition)	Kyle Mewburn and Rachel Driscoll Te Reo ed. trans. by Kāterina Mataira	Picture Book	[18][32]
2011	The Moon & Farmer McPhee	Margaret Mahy; ill. by David Elliot	Picture Book	[18][33]
2012	Nice Day for a War	Matt Elliot; ill. by Chris Sloane	Non Fiction	[18][34]
2013	Into the River	Ted Dawe	Young Adult Fiction	[18][35]

Children's Choice

In 2015 for the first time, children chose the finalist list for the Children's Choice awards. With 6,000 students putting their votes in for all 149 of the titles submitted for the awards, the finalists were announced on 9 June. This began the second stage of voting, which saw just under 16,000 students post their votes for the Children's Choice winners.

Until 2014, the Children's Choice award was chosen from the finalists in all categories below by a public vote open to school aged children, and is considered one of the highest accolades in the awards.^[8][34][36] As of 2013 winners of the Children's Choice award receive a prize of $2,000.^[2]

The Children's Choice award was created at the first New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards in 1997, and has been presented every year since.^[3][37] Despite being open to finalists from all categories, as of 2013 all winners have been from the Picture Book category.^[37][38] From 2010 the winners of each category have also been announced.^[37]

Winners of the Children's Choice overall award 

Year	Book	Author(s)	Category	References
1997	Mechanical Harry	Bob Kerr	Picture Book	[21][37]
1998	Alphabet Apartments	Lesley Moyes	Picture Book	[22][37]
1999	The Life-Size Inflatable Whale	Gaelyn Gordon; ill. by John Tarlton	Picture Book	[23][37]
2000	Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack	Lynley Dodd	Picture Book	[24][37]
2001	Oliver in the Garden	Margaret Beames, ill. by Sue Hitchcock	Picture Book	[25][37][38]
2002	Grandpa's Shorts	Joy Watson, ill. by Wendy Hodder	Picture Book	[26][37]
2003	Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms?	Dawn McMillan & Bert Signal; ill. by Ross Kinnaird	Picture Book	[15][37]
2004	Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea!	Ngareta Gabel; ill. by Ali Teo & Astrid Jensen	Picture Book	[16][37]
2005	The Other Ark	Lynley Dodd	Picture Book	[27][37]
2006	Nobody's Dog	Jennifer Beck; ill. by Lindy Fisher	Picture Book	[28][37][39]
2007	Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!	Kyle Mewburn; ill. by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly	Picture Book	[29][37]
2008	The King's Bubbles	Ruth Paul	Picture Book	[30][37]
2009	The Were-Nana	Melinda Szymanik & Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson	Picture Book	[31][37][40]
2010	The Wonky Donkey	Craig Smith; ill. by Katz Cowley	Picture Book	[32][37]
2011	Baa Baa Smart Sheep	Mark Sommerset; ill. by Rowan Sommerset	Picture Book	[33][37][41]
2012	The Cat's Pyjamas	Catherine Foreman	Picture Book	[34][37]
2013	Melu	Kyle Mewburn; ill. by Ali Teo & John O'Reilly.	Picture Book	[35][37][42]
Where categories are bold these books also won the category award.

Winners of Children's Choice categories 

NB: Overall Children's Choice award winners not included.

Year	Book	Author(s)	Category	Reference(s)
2010	Dear Alison: A New Zealand Soldier's Story from Stalag 383	Dudley Muff; ed. by Simon Pollard	Non-fiction	[32][37]
2010	Friends: Snake and Lizard	Joy Cowley; ill. by Gavin Bishop	Junior Fiction	[32][37]
2010	Brainjack	Brian Falkner	Young Adult Fiction	[32][37]
2011	Who's Cooking Tonight?	Claire Gourley & Glenda Gourley	Non-fiction	[33][37]
2011	Hollie Chips^1	Anna Gowan	Junior Fiction	[33][37]
2011	Smiling Jack	Ken Catran	Young Adult Fiction	[33][37]
2012	New Zealand Hall of Fame: 50 Remarkable Kiwis	Maria Gill; ill. by Bruce Potter	Non-fiction	[37]
2012	Super Finn^1	Leonie Agnew	Junior Fiction	[37]
2012	The Bridge^H	Jane Higgins	Young Adult Fiction	[37]
2013	Kiwi: The Real Story	Annemarie Florian; ill. by Heather Hunt	Non-fiction	[37][43][44]
2013	My Brother's War	David Hill	Junior Fiction	[37][43]
2013	Snakes and Ladders	Mary-anne Scott	Young Adult Fiction	[37][43]
Where categories are bold these books also won the category, ^1 denotes a Best First Book award, and ^H denotes an Honour Award.

Best First Book

The Best First Book award is open to entrants in any of the categories below who are first‐time authors. As of 2012, winners in of the Best First Book award receive a prize of $2,000.^[34]

The Best First Book category was first included in the AIM Children's Book Awards in 1992, but was not awarded 1994–5.^[14] Since then, the award has been presented every year except 2001.^[14][25][45]

Winners of the Best First Book award 

Best First Book (1992–3, 1996–2000, 2002–)

Year	Book	Author(s)	Category	References
1992	Out Walked Mel	Paula Boock	Fiction	[12][14]
1993	The Optimist^H	Bob Kerr	Junior Fiction	[12][14]
1996	Laura's Poems	Laura Ranger	Junior Fiction	[12][14]
1997	Reliable Friendly Girls	Jane Westaway	Senior Fiction	[21][45]
1998	Trapped	Judy Knox	Junior Fiction	[22][45]
1999	Footsteps of the Gods	Hana Hiraina Erlbeck; ill. by Manawa-Ote-Rangi	Junior Fiction	[23][45][46][47]
2000	2MUCH4U	Vince Ford	Junior Fiction	[24][45]
2002	Brodie	Joy Cowley, ill. by Chris Mousdale	Picture Book	[26][45]
2003	Buddy	V. M. Jones	Junior Fiction	[15][45]
2004	Thunder Road	Ted Dawe	Young Adult Fiction	[16][45]
2005	Cross Tides	Lorraine Orman	Young Adult Fiction	[27][45][48]
2006	The Unknown Zone	Phil Smith	Young Adult Fiction	[28][45]
2007	The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff	Ben Galbraith	Picture Book	[29][45]
2008	Out of the Egg	Tina Matthews	Picture Book	[30][45]
2009	Violence 101	Denis Wright	Young Adult Fiction	[31][40][45]
2010	The Bone Tiki	David Hair	Young Adult Fiction	[32][45][49]
2011	Hollie Chips^CC	Anna Gowan	Junior Fiction	[33][45]
2012	Super Finn^CC	Leonie Agnew	Junior Fiction	[34][45]
2013	Reach	Hugh Brown	Young Adult Fiction	[35][45][50]
Where more than one author is listed, the Best First Book award recipient is listed in bold. Where categories are bold these books also won in their category, ^H denotes an Honour Award, and ^CC denotes a Children's Choice category winner.

Categories

Picture Book

The Picture Book category is for titles in which the illustrations "carry the impact of the story" along with the text.^[2] These can be titles for children or young adults, but illustrations have to make up at least half of the content, and these illustrations must be original, not compiled from other sources.^[2] As of 2012, winners receive a prize of $7,500, split evenly between the author and the illustrator.^[2][34]

"Picture Book" is the only category to be included in every awards ceremony, and was first presented in 1982 as "Picture Book of the Year" in the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards.^[13] There were no awards ceremonies in 1989, but the category was resurrected in the first AIM Children's Book Awards in 1990 as "Picture Book", and has retained the name to this day.^[3][13][34]

Winners of the Picture Book category 

Picture Book of the Year (1982–8); Picture Book (1990–)

Year	Book	Writer(s)	Illustrator(s)	Reference(s)
1982	The Kuia and the Spider	Patricia Grace	Robyn Kahukiwa	[13]
1983	Mr Fox	Gavin Bishop (retold by)	Gavin Bishop	[13]
1984	Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy	Lynley Dodd	Lynley Dodd	[13]
1985	The Fish of Our Fathers	Ron Bacon	R. H. G. Jahnke	[13]
1986	Hairy Maclary Scattercat	Lynley Dodd	Lynley Dodd	[13]
1987	Taniwha	Robyn Kahukiwa	Robyn Kahukiwa	[13]
1988	Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper	Lynley Dodd	Lynley Dodd	[13]
1990	Annie and Moon	Miriam Smith	Lesley Moyes	[13]
1991	My Cat Maisie	Pamela Allen	Pamela Allen	[13][51]
1992	Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness	Lynley Dodd	Lynley Dodd	[13][52]
1993	Lily and the Present	Christine Ross	Christine Ross	[13][53]
1994	Hinepau	Gavin Bishop	Gavin Bishop	[13]
1995	The Best-Loved Bear	Diana Noonan	Elizabeth Fuller	[13]
1996	The Cheese Trap	Joy Cowley	Linda McClelland	[13]
1997	The Bantam and the Soldier	Jennifer Beck	Robyn Belton	[21][38]
1998	Alphabet Apartments^C	Lesley Moyes	Lesley Moyes	[22][38][54]
1999	A Summery Saturday Morning	Margaret Mahy	Selina Young	[23][38]
2000	The House that Jack Built	Gavin Bishop	Gavin Bishop	[24][38][55]
2001	Oliver in the Garden^C	Margaret Beames	Sue Hitchcock	[25][38]
2002	Brodie^1	Joy Cowley	Chris Mousdale	[26][38]
2003	Pigtails the Pirate	David Elliot	David Elliot	[15][38][56]
2004	Cuthbert's Babies	Pamela Allen	Pamela Allen	[16][38][57]
2005	Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story	Kate De Goldi	Jacqui Colley	[27][38]
2006	A Booming in the Night	Benjamin Brown	Helen Taylor	[28][38]
2007	Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!^C	Kyle Mewburn	Ali Teo & John O'Reilly	[29][38]
2008	Tahi – One Lucky Kiwi	Melanie Drewery	John O’Reilly & Ali Teo	[30][38][58]
2009	Roadworks	Sally Sutton	Brian Lovelock	[31][38]
2010	Old Hu-Hu Hū Hū Koroheke (Te Reo edition)	Kyle Mewburn Te Reo ed. trans. by Kāterina Mataira	Rachel Driscoll	[32][38]
2011	The Moon & Farmer McPhee	Margaret Mahy	David Elliot	[33][38]
2012	Rāhui	Chris Szekely Te Reo ed. trans. by Brian Morris	Malcolm Ross	[34][38]
2013	Mister Whistler	Margaret Mahy	Gavin Bishop	[35][38][59]
Titles in bold also won the Children's Book of the Year award, ^C denotes a Children's Choice award, and ^1 denotes a Best First Book award. Full list of finalists at AIM Children’s Book Awards - Picture Book & New Zealand Post Picture Book on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

Non-fiction

The Non-fiction category is for titles in "which present well-authenticated data, with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and style".^[2] Titles for children or young adults can be included in this category, but not textbooks, resource kits, poetry, folklore, or retellings of myths and legends.^[2] As of 2012, winners in the Non-fiction category receive a prize of $7,500.^[2][34]

The Non Fiction category was added in 1986 to the New Zealand Government Publishing Awards, but removed again in 1987.^[9] The category was not resurrected until 1993, as part of the AIM Children's Book Awards.^[9] From 2008, the category's name has been hyphenated.^[29][30][34]

Winners of the Non-fiction category 

Non Fiction (1986, 1993–2007); Non-fiction (2008–)

Year	Book	Author(s)	Reference(s)
1986	The Story of New Zealand	Judith Bassett, Keith Sinclair and Marcia Stensen	[9]
1993	Picture Magic	Chris Gaskin	[9]
1994	Old Blue: The Rarest Bird in the World	Mary Taylor	[9]
1995	Which Native Forest Plant?	Andrew Crowe	[9]
1996	Aya's Story	Jenny Scown, photography by Trish Gribben	[9]
1997	Picture Book Magic	Chris Gaskin, photography by Denis Page	[21][60]
1998	The Know, Sow & Grow Kids' Book of Plants	Diana Noonan & Keith Olsen	[22][60]
1999	The Natural World of New Zealand	Gerard Hutching	[23][60]
2000	Te Wao Nui a Tāne	Hirini Melbourne; ill. by Te Maari Gardiner	[24][60]
2001	The Zoo: Meet the Locals	Colin Hogg	[25][60]
2002	The Plight of the Penguin	Lloyd Spencer Davis	[26][60]
2003	Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa	Robert Sullivan; ill. by Gavin Bishop	[15][60]
2004	A Bird in the Hand	Janet Hunt	[16][60]
2005	Welcome to the South Seas	Gregory O'Brien	[27][60]
2006	Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli	Leon Davidson	[28][60]
2007	Illustrated History of the South Pacific	Marcia Stenson	[29][60]
2008	Which New Zealand Spider?	Andrew Crowe	[30][60]
2009	Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young & Curious	Gregory O'Brien	[31][60]
2010	E3 Call Home	Janet Hunt	[32][60]
2011	Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front	Leon Davidson	[33][60]
2012	Nice Day for a War	Matt Elliot; ill. by Chris Sloane	[34][60]
2013	100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoa	Simon Morton & Riria Hotere	[35][60]
Titles in bold also won the Children's Book of the Year award. Full list of finalists at AIM Children’s Book Awards - Non-Fiction & New Zealand Post Non-Fiction on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

Fiction

The Fiction category is for works of creative writing, in which the text constitutes the "heart of the book".^[2] The category was added with the creation of the AIM Children's Book Awards in 1990, but was split into Junior Fiction and Senior Fiction in 1993.^[12] The name of the Senior Fiction category was later to change to Young Adult Fiction in 2004.^[15][16]

As of 2012, winners in either Fiction category receive a prize of $7,500.^[2][34]

Winners of the Fiction category in 1990 to 1992, when there was no Book of the Year award and the only additional category was Picture Book (and Best First Book in 1992), have been considered Book of the Year winners.^{[13][14][19][20]}

Winners of the Fiction category 

Year	Book	Author	Reference
1990	Alex in Winter	Tessa Duder	[12]
1991	Rocco	Sherryl Jordan	[12]
1992	Bow Down Shadrach	Joy Cowley	[12]
Full list of finalists at AIM Children’s Book Awards - Fiction on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

Junior Fiction

Created in 1993, this award is for works in the Fiction category whose intended audience are in Years 1–8 (primary and intermediate school) (See Education in New Zealand § Years of schooling).^[2][12]

Winners of the Junior Fiction category 

Year	Book	Author(s)	Reference(s)
1993	Underrunners	Margaret Mahy	[12]
1994	A Dolphin in the Bay	Diana Noonan	[12]
1995	The Fat Man	Maurice Gee	[12][19]
1996	The Waterfall	Jack Lasenby	[12]
1997	The Battle of Pook Island	Jack Lasenby	[21][61]
1998	Ticket to the Sky Dance	Joy Cowley	[22][61]
1999	Starbright and the Dream Eater	Joy Cowley	[23][61]
2000	2MUCH4U^1	Vince Ford	[24][61]
2001	Shadrach Girl	Joy Cowley	[25][61]
2002	Recycled	Sandy McKay	[26][61]
2003	Buddy^1	V. M. Jones	[15][61]
2004	Juggling with Mandarins	V. M. Jones	[16][61]
2005	Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank	Jack Lasenby	[27][61]
2006	Hunter	Joy Cowley	[28][38]
2007	Thor's Tale: Endurance and Adventure in the Southern Ocean	Janice Marriott	[29][61]
2008	Snake and Lizard	Joy Cowley, ill. by Gavin Bishop	[30][61]
2009	Old Drumble	Jack Lasenby	[31][61]
2010	The Loblolly Boy	James Norcliffe	[32][61]
2011	Finnigan & the Pirates	Sherryl Jordan	[33][61]
2012	Super Finn^1^CC	Leonie Agnew	[34][61]
2013	My Brother's War^CC	David Hill	[35][61]
Titles in bold also won the Children's Book of the Year award, ^1 denotes a Best First Book award, and ^CC denotes a Children's Choice category winner. Full list of finalists at AIM Children’s Book Awards - Fiction & New Zealand Post Junior Fiction on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

Young Adult Fiction

Created in 1993, and called Senior Fiction prior to 2004, this award is for works in the Fiction category whose intended audience are in Years 9–13 (secondary school).^{[2][12][15][16]}

Winners of the Young Adult Fiction category 

Senior Fiction (1993–2003); Young Adult Fiction (2004–)

Year	Book	Author	Reference(s)
1993	Songs for Alex	Tessa Duder	[12]
1994	The Value of X	Pat Quinn	[12]
1995	The Blue Lawn	William Taylor	[12]
1996	Crossroads	Janice Marriott	[12][19]
1997	Sanctuary	Kate De Goldi	[21][62]
1998	Dare Truth or Promise	Paula Boock	[22][62]
1999	Taur	Jack Lasenby	[23][62]
2000	The Tiggie Tompson Show	Tessa Duder	[24][62]
2001	Voyage with Jason	Ken Catran	[25][62]
2002	Owl	Joanna Orwin	[26][62]
2003	Alchemy	Margaret Mahy	[15][62]
2004	Thunder Road^1	Ted Dawe	[16][62]
2005	Malcolm and Juliet	Bernard Beckett	[27][62]
2006	With Lots of Love from Georgia	Brigid Lowry	[28][62]
2007	Genesis	Bernard Beckett	[29][62]
2008	Salt	Maurice Gee	[30][62]
2009	The 10pm Question	Kate De Goldi	[31][62]
2010	Blood of the Lamb: The Crossing	Mandy Hager	[32][62]
2011	Fierce September	Fleur Beale	[33][62]
2012	Calling the Gods	Jack Lasenby	[34][62]
2013	Into the River	Ted Dawe	[35][62]
Titles in bold also won the Children's Book of the Year award, and ^1 denotes a Best First Book award. Full list of finalists at AIM Children’s Book Awards - Fiction & New Zealand Post Young Adult Fiction on the Christchurch City Libraries website. Finalist entries missing at the above sites are available at the awards' official website.

Honour Award and runners-up

Honour Awards are given at the judge's discretion to outstanding finalists that don't win in their category.^[2] As of 2012, finalists presented an Honour Award receive a prize of $500.^[2][34]

Honour Awards were first presented in 1993, while in 1990 to 1992 runners-up were awarded second and third prizes.^[13]

Winners of Honour Awards and Second Prizes 

Second Prize (1990–2); Honour Award (1993–)

Year	Book	Author(s)	Category	Reference(s)
1990	The Champion	Maurice Gee	Fiction	[12]
1990	The Story of the Kakapo, Parrot of the Night	Philip Temple; ill. by Chris Gaskin	Picture Book	[13]
1991	Secrets	Ruth Corrin	Fiction	[12]
1991	Lily and the Bears	Christine Ross	Picture Book	[13]
1992	The Juniper Game	Sherryl Jordan	Fiction	[12]
1992	My Aunt Mary Went Shopping	Roger Hall; ill. by Trevor Pye	Picture Book	[13]
1993	The Optimist^1	Bob Kerr	Junior Fiction	[12]
1993	The Conjuror	Jack Lasenby	Senior Fiction	[12]
1993	Grandma McGarvey Paints the Shed	Jenny Hessell; ill. by Trevor Pye	Picture Book	[13]
1994	The Ace of Diamonds Gang	Owen Marshall	Senior Fiction	[12]
1994	Stretch, Bend and Boggle	Brian Stokes; ill. by Carolyn Smith	Non Fiction	[9]
1995	The Emerald Encyclopedia	James Norcliffe	Senior Fiction	[12]
1995	The Life Cycle of the Praying Mantis	Betty Brownlie	Non Fiction	[9]
1995	Kotuku: The Flight of the White Heron	Philip Temple; ill. by Chris Gaskin	Picture Book	[13]
1996	Take it Easy	David Hill	Junior Fiction	[12]
1996	Joe's Ruby	Elsie Locke; ill. by Gary Hebley	Non Fiction	[9]
1996	Tom's Story	Mandy Hager; ill. by Ruth Paul	Picture Book	[13]
1998	Because We Were the Travellers	Jack Lasenby	Senior Fiction	[62]
1999	Killer Moves	Denis Edwards	Junior Fiction	[61]
1999	I Am Not Esther	Fleur Beale	Senior Fiction	[62]
1999	Slinky Malinki Catflaps	Lynley Dodd	Picture Book	[38]
2000	A Villain's Night Out	Margaret Mahy; ill. by Harry Horse	Junior Fiction	[61]
2000	Closed, Stranger	Kate De Goldi	Senior Fiction	[62]
2000	Sydney and the Sea Monster	David Elliot	Picture Book	[38]
2001	The Lies of Harry Wakatipu	Jack Lasenby	Junior Fiction	[61]
2001	24 Hours	Margaret Mahy	Senior Fiction	[62]
2001	Dragor, Or, How a Dragon Suffering from Prickly Heat Saved the World from Perpetual Winter and Established a Well-known Weed	Pat Quinn; ill. by Philip Webb	Picture Book	[38]
2004	Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer	Lloyd Jones; ill. by Graeme Gash	Picture Book	[16][38]
2006	Sil	Jill Harris	Junior Fiction	[28][61]
2006	Kaitangata Twitch	Margaret Mahy	Young Adult Fiction	[28][62]
2006	Blue New Zealand	Glenys Stace	Non Fiction	[28][60]
2006	Haere - Farewell, Jack, Farewell	Tim Tipene; ill. by Huhana Smith	Picture Book	[28][38]
2007	A Present from the Past	Jennifer Beck; ill. by Lindy Fisher	Picture Book	[38]
2008	The Sea-wreck Stranger	Anna Mackenzie	Young Adult Fiction	[30][62]
2008	Reaching the Summit	Alexa Johnston & David Larsen	Non-fiction	[30][60]
2008	To the Harbour	Stanley Palmer	Picture Book	[30][38]
2009	Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig	Diana Neild; ill. by Philip Webb	Picture Book	[31][38]
2010	The Word Witch	Margaret Mahy; ill. by David Elliot; ed. by Tessa Duder	Picture Book	[32][38]
2012	The Travelling Restaurant	Barbara Else	Junior Fiction	[34][61]
2012	The Bridge	Jane Higgins	Young Adult Fiction	[34][62]
2012	Digging Up The Past: Archaeology For The Young & Curious	David Veart	Non-fiction	[34][60]
2012	Shaolin Burning	Ant Sang	Picture Book	[34][38]
2013	The Queen and the Nobody Boy: A Tale of Fontania	Barbara Else	Junior Fiction	[35][61]
^1 denotes a Best First Book award. Third Prize winners (1990–2) can be found at AIM Children’s Book Awards 1990 - 1996 on the Christchurch City Libraries website.

See also

• New Zealand Post Book Awards
• Esther Glen Award
• Margaret Mahy Award
• Joy Cowley Award
• List of New Zealand literary awards

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External links

• Official website
• New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults at the Christchurch City Libraries website
• New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults at the New Zealand Book Council website