Winners 2010

20 May 2010

The winners of the 2010 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards were announced at an Awards Ceremony in Auckland on Wednesday evening, 19 May 2010.

Fluffy clouds and high flying pastel balloons as table centrepieces set the ‘power of the imagination’ theme for this year’s New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2010.

Children’s Commissioner, Dr John Angus was the keynote speaker for the awards, which saw 11 books take home titles. The full list of winners are...

	NON-FICTION CATEGORY AWARD WINNER E3 Call Home Janet Hunt Random House New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86979-276-3 pb RRP $24.99 Target age 7+
	JUNIOR FICTION CATEGORY AWARD WINNER The Loblolly Boy James Norcliffe Longacre Press ISBN 978-1-877460-25-8 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 10+
	YOUNG ADULT FICTION CATEGORY AWARD WINNER Blood of the Lamb: The Crossing Mandy Hager Random House New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86979-150-6 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 13+
	PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY AWARD WINNER NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2010 Old Hu-Hu Kyle Mewburn & Rachel Driscoll Scholastic New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86943-897-5 hb RRP $29.99 Target age 4+
	Hū-Hū Koroheke (Te reo edition) translated by Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira ISBN 978-1-86943-518-9 pb RRP$18.99
	CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARDS CHILDREN'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith & Katz Cowley Scholastic New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86943-926-2 pb RRP $24.99 Target age 2+
	Children's Choice Non-fiction Category Winner Dear Alison Simon Pollard (editor) Penguin NZ ISBN 978-0-14330-460-9 hb RRP $30.00 Target age 5+
	Children's Choice Junior Fiction Category Winner Friends: Snake and Lizard Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop Gecko Press ISBN 978-1-877467-26-4 hb RRP $ 29.99 ISBN 978-1-877467-25-7 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 6+
	Children's Choice Young Adult Fiction Category Winner Brainjack Brian Falkner Walker Books ISBN 978-1-921150-95-1 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 12+
	Children's Choice Picture Book Category Winner The Wonky Donkey Craig Smith & Katz Cowley Scholastic New Zealand ISBN 978-1-86943-926-2 pb RRP $24.99 Target age 2+
	HONOUR AWARD RECIPIENT The Word Witch Margaret Mahy & David Elliot, edited by Tessa Duder HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978-1-86950-707-7 hb RRP $44.99 Target age 6+
	BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD WINNER The Bone Tiki David Hair HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 978-1-86950-734-3 pb RRP $19.99 Target age 12+

Download the 2010 Judges' Report here.

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