Last week, Storylines announced their annual list of Notable Books for 2023, comprising over 50 pukapuka across five genres that have been published in the past year. How well do you know this year’s list? Take our quiz to find out!
Questions
1. Our comic-in-residence and Arts Laureate Giselle Clarkson has her debut-as-author book on the Non-Fiction list. What is it called?
A) Critters of Aotearoa: 50 Bizarre But Lovable Members of Our Wildlife Community
B) The Observologist – A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions
C) Tuatara, A Living Treasure
D) Mangō: Sharks and Rays of Aotearoa
2. Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s Whatumanawa picture book collection, available in both reo Māori and English, has received a Notable Book Award in the Te Reo Māori category. How many books are in the Whatumanawa collection (excluding the English translations)?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 3
D) 6
3. Eileen Merriman’s Catch a Falling Star is the prequel to which of her novels?
A) Pieces of You
B) A Trio of Sophies
C) Invisibly Breathing
D) Catch Me When You Fall
4. Which book from the Young Adult list also won the NZCYA’s Young Adult Book Awards category?
A) Iris and Me, by Philippa Werry
B) The Sparrow, by Tessa Duder
C) Catch a Falling Star, by Eileen Merriman
D) The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp, by Leonie Agnew
5. Which 2023 Notable Book is in the form of a verse novel?
A) Iris and Me, by Philippa Werry
B) The Sparrow, by Tessa Duder
C) Catch a Falling Star, by Eileen Merriman
D) The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp, by Leonie Agnew
6. In Dazzlehands, by Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan, what animal has a propensity for “dazzlehands” instead of making a regular animal noise?
A) A duck
B) A cat
C) A horse
D) A pig
7. Tim Tipene’s junior fiction series is about two rangatahi called Pipi and…
A) Paul
B) Paua
C) Pou
D) Paora
8. Which sibling duo has a 2023 Notable Book?
A) Jason Gunn & Andrew Gunn
B) Melanie Koster & Monica Koster
C) The Topp Twins
D) The Dragon Brothers
9. Which picture book in the 2023 Notable Books is the only board book?
A) At the Bach, by Joy Cowley
B) Matariki, by Gavin Bishop
C) Lucy and the Dark, by Melinda Szymanik & Vasanti Unka
D) E Oma, Rāpeti: Pō Mārie / Run, Rabbit: Goodnight, by Norah Wilson & Kimberly Andrews
10. Finally, where might you be able to get your hands on these books?
A) On BookHub
B) From your local library
C) From your local independent bookshop
D) All of the above
Answers
- B) The Observologist: A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions
- B) 5
- D) Catch Me When You Fall
- A) Iris and Me, by Philippa Werry
- A) Iris and Me, by Philippa Werry
- D) A pig
- C) Pou
- A) Jason Gunn & Andrew Gunn
- B) Matariki, by Gavin Bishop
- D) All of the above
The Complete List of 2023 Storylines Notable Books:
Non-Fiction
Critters of Aotearoa: 50 Bizarre But Lovable Members of Our Wildlife Community, Nicola Toki, Lily Duval (Penguin Random House NZ)
The Observologist – A handbook for mounting very small scientific expeditions, Giselle Clarkson (Gecko Press)
Good Sports: A Storybook of Kiwi Sports Heroes, Stuart Lipshaw (Penguin Random House NZ)
My First Words About Tikanga Māori, Stacey Morrison, Kurawaka Productions (Penguin Random House NZ)
Patu: the New Zealand Wars, Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House NZ)
Those Magnificent Voyagers of the Pacific, Andrew Crowe, Rick Fisher (Bateman Books)
Mangō: Sharks and Rays of Aotearoa, Ned Barraud (Te Papa Press)
Tuatara, a Living Treasure, Katie Furze, Ned Barraud (Scholastic NZ)
Wot Knot You Got? Mophead’s Guide to Life, Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press)
Ultrawild an Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth, Steve Mushin (Allen & Unwin)
Highly Commended
Pasifika Navigators – Pasifika Student Poetry Darcy Solia (Illustrator) ***Note: The poetry includes 52 Pasifika student contributors (Mila’s Books)
Te Reo Māori
Te Rā Kura ki Aotearoa, Donovan Bixley, Darryn Joseph (Translator) (Upstart Press)
Tōku Whānau Rerehua – My Beautiful Family, Rauhina Cooper, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Oratia Books)
Ko Ngā Whetū Takirua o Matariki, Ko Waitī rāua ko Waitā, Miriama Kamo, Zak Waipara, Ariana Stevens (translator) (Scholastic NZ)
Ko Tama me te Taniwha, Melanie Koster, Monica Koster, Pānia Papa (translator) (Scholastic NZ)
Riwia me te Mātai Arorangi, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Huia Publishers)
Ko Te Wai, Ko Tama Me Te Marama, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Huia Publishers)
Ka Wehi Au Ki Ngā Wenerei, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Huia Publishers)
He Reo Iti Noa Ahau, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Huia Publishers)
He Mahi Taunga Kore, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Huia Publishers)
Young Adult
The Sparrow, Tessa Duder (Penguin Random House NZ)
Catch a Falling Star, Eileen Merriman (Penguin Random House NZ)
The Other Brother, Jax Calder (OneTree House)
The Edge of Light: New Dawning, AM Dixon (OneTree House)
Iris and Me, Philippa Werry (The Cuba Press)
Flying and Falling, Lynda Tomalin (GlitterInk Press Ltd)
The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp, Leonie Agnew (Walker Books Australia)
Junior Fiction
Tūī Street Legends, Anne Kayes, Craig Phillips (Wildling Books)
Below, David Hill (Penguin Random House NZ)
Pipi and Pou and the Tentacles of the Deep, Tim Tipene, Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (OneTree House)
The Hudson, the Hunt & the Helicopter, Joan Joass (Copy Press Books)
Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco, Jason Gunn, Andrew Gunn (Bateman Books)
Once Upon A Wickedness, Fleur Beale, Lily Uivel (Penguin Random House NZ)
Children of the Rush – Book 2, James Russell (Dragon Brothers Books)
Lopini the Legend, Feana Tu‘akoi (Scholastic NZ)
RockyBottoms! Big Little Blue, Book Two, Raymond McGrath (Scholastic NZ)
Like The Wind, J L Williams (Ocean Echo Books)
Highly Commended
Caged, Susan Brocker (Scholastic NZ)
Picture Books
Lucy and the Dark, Melinda Szymanik, Vasanti Unka (Penguin Random House NZ)
Matariki, Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House NZ)
Granny McFlitter’s Eggcellent Easter, Heather Haylock, Lael Chisholm (Penguin Random House NZ)
At the Bach, Joy Cowley, Hilary Jean Tapper (Gecko Press)
The Great Kiwi School Day, Donovan Bixley (Upstart Press)
E Oma, Rāpeti: Pō Mārie / Run, Rabbit: Goodnight, Norah Wilson, Kimberly Andrews, Pānia Papa (translator) (Scholastic NZ)
Duck Goes Meow, Juliette MacIver, Carla Martell (Scholastic NZ)
Grandpa’s Dashing Dessert, Tania Sickling, Lael Chisholm (Scholastic NZ)
Tama and the Taniwha, Melanie Koster, Monica Koster (Scholastic NZ)
Dazzlehands, Sacha Cotter, Josh Morgan, (Huia Publishers)