NZ Post Children's Book Awards Finalists 2011

The finalists for the 2011 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards were announced on Tuesday, 22 February.

Picture Book Finalists
Non-fiction Finalists
Junior Ficton Finalists
Young Adult Fiction Finalists

Picture Book Finalists

	Baa Baa Smart Sheep Mark Sommerset & Rowan Sommerset Dreamboat Books ISBN 978-0-9864668-1-6 hb RRP $29.99 Target age 3+
	A Dog Like That! Janene Cooper & Evie Kemp Duck Creek Press ISBN 978-1-877378-41-6 hb RRP $29.99 Target age 2+
	Hill & Hole Kyle Mewburn & Vasanti Unka Penguin Group (NZ) ISBN 978-0-14-350453-5 pb RRP $19.99 ISBN 978-0-14-350-469-6 hb RRP $31.00 Target age 3+
	Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam Juliette MacIver & Sarah Davis Scholastic New Zealand ISBN 978-1-77543-002-5 hb RRP $31.00 Target age 4+
	The Moon & Farmer McPhee Margaret Mahy & David Elliot Random House New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86979-406-4 hb RRP $36.99 Target age 4+

Back to top

Non-Fiction Finalists

	The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook James Crampton & Marianna Terezow Random House New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86979-188-9 pb RRP $39.99 Target age 8+
	The life cycle of the Pukeko Betty Brownlie Scholastic New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86943-963-7 pb RRP $19.50 Target age 6+
	Sensational Survivors Sandra Morris Walker Books Australia ISBN 978-1-921150-66-1 pb RRP $29.99 Target age 6+
	Who's Cooking Tonight? Claire Gourley & Glenda Gourley Penguin Group (NZ) ISBN 978-0-14320-542-5 pb RRP $36.00 Target age 12+
	Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front Leon Davidson Text Publishing Company ISBN 978-1-92165-607-1 pb RRP $25.00 Target age 13+

Back to top

Junior Fiction Finalists

	Finnigan & the Pirates Sherryl Jordan Scholastic New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86943-927-9 pb RRP $19.50 Target age 7+
	The Haystack Jack Lasenby HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978-1-86950-852-4 pb RRP $20.50 Target age 8+
	Hollie Chips Anna Gowan Scholastic New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86943-931-6 pb RRP $18.50 Target age 8+
	Shadow of the Boyd Diana Menefy HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978-1-86950-860-9 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 8+
	Tussock Elizabeth Pulford Walker Books Australia ISBN 978-1-921529-45-0 pb RRP $18.99 Target age 9+

Back to top

Young Adult Fiction Finalists

	Ebony Hill Anna Mackenzie Random House New Zealand ISBN 978-1-87746-048-7 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 12+
	Fierce September Fleur Beale Random House New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86979-328-9 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 12+
	Guardian of the Dead Karen Healey Allen & Unwin ISBN 978-1-741758-80-1 pb RRP $23.99 Target age 14+
	The Limping Man Maurice Gee Penguin Group (NZ) ISBN 978-0-14330-516-3 pb RRP $21.00 Target age 10+
	Smiling Jack Ken Catran HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978-1-86950-812-8 pb RRP $23.50 Target age 12+

Back to top