Winners 2009

Kate De Goldi has won the country’s highest accolade in children’s and young adult writing: the 2009 New Zealand Post Book of the Year Award for her novel, The 10pm Question (published by Longacre Press).

De Goldi Wins Children’s Book of the Year, No Question About It

BEST FIRST BOOK WINNER 2009

Denis Wright

Puffin
ISBN 978-0-14330-403-6 pb, RRP $18.95
Target Age 13+

NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2009
YOUNG ADULT FICTION CATEGORY WINNER 2009

Kate De Goldi

Longacre Press
ISBN 978-1-87746-020-3 pb, RRP $29.99
Target Age 13+

JUNIOR FICTION CATEGORY WINNER 2009

Old Drumble - Jack Lasenby

HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 978-1-86950-674-2 pb, RRP $16.99
Target Age 9+

Old Drumble is no ordinary sheep dog. As his master, Andy the Drover, tells it – he’s had some pretty amazing adventures. Like the time he persuaded a frightened mob of sheep to cross a flooded river… on a tightrope. Or the time he had to get Old Nosy, Andy’s horse, our of a tree.

NON-FICTION CATEGORY WINNER 2009

Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young & Curious - Gregory O’Brien

Auckland University Press
ISBN 978-1-86940-404-8, hb, RRP $34.99
Target Age 8+

CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER 2009

The Were-Nana - Melinda Szymanik, Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson

Scholastic New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-86943-869-2 pb, RRP $17.99
Target Age 4+

There’s nothing Simon enjoys more than scaring his little sister, Stella Rosa. And now that the mysterious Nana Lupin is coming to stay, Simon is having great fun. Stella Rosa is afraid. Is her nana really a monster?

PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY WINNER 2009

Roadworks - Sally Sutton, Brian Lovelock

Walker Books
ISBN 978-1-92115-016-6 hb, RRP $29.99
Target Age 3+

A boisterous picture book full of noisy fun for machine-mad kids. Roadworks takes the reader through all the stages of making a road; the full journey is detailed for young and curious minds with a rhythmic text and bright illustrations.

HONOUR AWARD 2009

Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig - Diana Neild, Philip Webb

Scholastic New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-86943-874-6 pb, RRP $17.99
Target Age 4+

Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig lives with his parents and eight siblings, all of whom have ordinary names of ordinary length. He doesn’t like being different ­– until Dad explains just how special Piggity-Wiggity really is.