Winners & Finalists 2000-2002

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NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 2002

Book of the Year

The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press).

Children's Choice

Grandpa's Shorts, Joy Watson and Wendy Hodder (Scholastic New Zealand)

Best First Book

Brodie, Chris Mousdale - illustrator (Scholastic New Zealand)

Senior Fiction

Owl, Joanna Orwin (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction

Recycled, Sandy McKay (Longacre Press)

Picture Book

Brodie, Joy Cowley and Chris Mousdale (Scholastic New Zealand).

Non Fiction

The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press)

Finalists

Kalick, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
Jolt, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
Tiggie Thompson All at Sea, Tessa Duder (Penguin)
Owl, Joanna Orwin (Longacre Press)
Return to One Foot Island, Graeme Lay (Penguin)

Recycled, Sandy McKay (Longacre Press)
Ambushed, Fleur Beale (Scholastic New Zealand)
Knocked for Six, Alison Robertson (Scholastic New Zealand)
The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom, Margaret Mahy (Collins)
The Weathermakers, Shirley Corlett (Scholastic New Zealand)

Scarface Claw, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)
Grandpa's Shorts, Joy Watson & Wendy Hodder (Scholastic New Zealand)
Brodie, Joy Cowley & Chris Mousdale (Scholastic New Zealand)
Tom Thumb, Gavin Bishop (Random House)
The Last Whale/ Te Tohora Whakamutanga, Renee Hapimarika van de Weert & Anton Petrov (Reed Publishing)

Which New Zealand Bird, Andrew Crowe & Dave Gunson (Penguin)
Fibonacci's Cows, Ray Galvin (Shortland Publishers)
The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press)
The Reed Maori Picture Dictionary, Margaret Sinclair, Ross Calman & Dale Tutill (Reed Publishing)
I am a Spider, Dr Simon Pollard (Reed Publishing)

NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 2001

Book of the Year

Voyage with Jason, Ken Catran (Scholastic / Lothian)

Children's Choice

Oliver in the Garden, Margaret Beames & Sue Hitchcock (Scholastic New Zealand)

Senior Fiction

Voyage with Jason, Ken Catran (Scholastic / Lothian)

Junior Fiction

Shadrach Girl, Joy Cowley (Penguin Books)

Picture Book

Oliver in the Garden, Margaret Beames & Sue Hitchcock (Scholastic New Zealand)

Non Fiction

The Zoo: Meet the Locals, Colin Hogg (Random House)

Finalists

24 Hours, Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins)
Talking to Blue, Ken Catran (Lothian Books)
Outlanders, Margaret Beames (Scholastic New Zealand)
Leon, Frances Cherry (Mallinson Rendel)
Voyage with Jason, Ken Catran (Lothian Books)

The Lies of Harry Wakatipu, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
Shadrach Girl, Joy Cowley (Penguin Books)
Black Gold, Julia Owen (Scholastic New Zealand)
Call of the Cruins, Elizabeth Pulford (Scholastic New Zealand)
Crab Apples, Ged Maybury (Scholastic New Zealand)

Dragor, Pat Quinn (Scholastic New Zealand)
Stay Awake, Bear! Gavin Bishop (Orchard Books)
Timo and the Kingfish, Mokena Potae Reedy & Elton Gregory (Huia Publishers)
After the War, Bob Kerr (Mallinson Rendel)
Oliver in the Garden, Margaret Beames & Sue Hitchcock (Scholastic New Zealand)

Gone Surfing, Luke Williamson (Penguin Books)
Niue, Charles Cooper (Reed Publishing)
The Zoo: Meet the Locals, Colin Hogg (Random House)

NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 2000

Book of the Year

The House the Jack Built, Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)

Best First Book

2MUCH4U, Vince Ford (Scholastic New Zealand)

Children's Choice

Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)

Senior Fiction

The Tiggie Thompson Show, Tessa Duder (Penguin Books)

Junior Fiction

2MUCH4U, Vince Ford (Scholastic New Zealand)

Picture Book

The House the Jack Built, Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)

Non Fiction

Te Wao Nui a Tane, Hirini Melbourne & Te Maari Gardiner (Huia Publishers)

Finalists

Golden Prince, Ken Catran (Lothian Books)
Closed, Stranger, Kate De Goldi (Penguin Books)
The Tiggie Tompson Show, Tessa Duder (Penguin Books)
The Shaman and the Droll, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
Love & Other Excuses, Jane Westaway (Longacre Press)

Going for Gold, Trevor Wilson (Scholastic New Zealand)
A Villain's Night Out, Margaret Mahy (Penguin Books)
2MUCH4U, Vince Ford (Scholastic New Zealand)
Time Out, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
Three's A Crowd, Penelope Huber (Longacre Press)

The House that Jack Built, Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
The Video Shop Sparrow, Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop (Mallinson Rendel)
Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)
Sydney and the Sea Monster, David Elliot (Random House)
Mouse Opera, Richard & Pamela Wolfe (Scholastic New Zealand)

Red-eyed Tree Frog, Joy Cowley & Nic Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
I am a Fish, Wade Doak (Reed Publishing)
Te Wao Nui a Tane, Hirini Melbourne & Te Maari Gardiner (Huia Publishers)
The Life-size Guide to Insects, Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books)
Myths and Legends of Aotearoa, Annie Rae Te Ake Ake (Scholastic New Zealand)