Freshly announced at the Awards Ceremony in Wellington, the winners of the 2018 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are …
The Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and the Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction
Aotearoa: the new zealand story
Illustrated and written by Gavin Bishop
Published by Penguin Random House NZ
RRP $40.00 (hardback)
The Picture Book Award
i am jellyfish
Written and illustrated by Ruth Paul
Published by Penguin Random House NZ
RRP $20.00
Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction
The Russell Clark Award for Illustration
Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts: Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woods
By Craig Phillips
Published by Allen & Unwin
RRP $27.99
The Copyright Licensing Award for Young Adult Fiction
Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori
TU MEKE Tūī
Written by Malcolm Clarke
Illustrated by Hayley King (FLOX)
Translated by Evelyn Tobin
Published by Little Love, Mary Egan Publishing
RRP $20.00 (paperback)
The Best First Book Award
my new zealand story: dawn raid
By Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith
Published by Scholastic NZ
RRP $17.99 (paperback)