Dave Gunson (Penguin)

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)

Book of the Year
Snake and Lizard, Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press)

Best First Book
Out of the Egg, Tina Matthews (Walker Books)

Children's Choice
The King’s Bubbles, Ruth Paul (Scholastic New Zealand)

Young Adult Fiction Winner
Salt, Maurice Gee (Penguin)

Honour Award
The Sea-wreck Stranger, Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction Winner
Snake and Lizard, Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press)

Picture Book Winner
Tahi – One Lucky Kiwi, Melanie Drewery, Ali Teo & John O’Reilly (Random House)

 Honour Award
To the Harbour, Stanley Palmer (Lopdell House Gallery)

Non-fiction Winner
Which New Zealand Spider? Andrew Crowe (Penguin)

Honour Award
Reaching the Summit, Alexa Johnston & David Larsen (Penguin)

Finalists

• Salt, Maurice Gee (Penguin)
• The Sea-wreck Stranger, Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)
• Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful, Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)
• The Transformation of Minna Hargreaves, Fleur Beale (Random House)
• Zillah, Penelope Todd (Longacre Press)

• Dead Dan's Dee, Phyllis Johnston (Longacre Press)
• The Dumpster Saga, Craig Harrison (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Mad Tadpole Adventure, Melanie Drewery & Jenny Cooper (Scholastic New Zealand)
• My Story: Sitting on the Fence, Bill Nagelkerke (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Snake and Lizard, Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press)

• The King’s Bubbles, Ruth Paul, (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Out of the Egg, Tina Matthews (Walker Books)
• Rats! Gavin Bishop (Random House)
• Tahi – One Lucky Kiwi, Melanie Drewery, Ali Teo & John O’Reilly (Random House)
• To the Harbour, Stanley Palmer (Lopdell House Gallery)

• A Mini Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Land Birds, Andrew Crowe & Dave Gunson (Penguin)
• Reaching the Summit, Alexa Johnston & David Larsen (Penguin)
• Weather Watch New Zealand, Sandra Carrod, Karsten Schneider & Richard Gunther (Reed New Zealand)
• What is a fish? Feana Tu'akoi (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Which New Zealand Spider? Andrew Crowe (Penguin)