Jack Built

Thanks to Gecko Press we have two copies of their beautiful book, The House that Jack Built to give away.

One person will win The House that Jack Built (hardcover) and Koinei te Whare Na Haki i Hanga (te reo version of the book).

Both are equally beautiful and if you read them together you can improve your te reo skills!

To be in to win, email Emma at info@booksellers.co.nz

Gecko Press is pleased to launch a new edition of The House that Jack Built by Gavin Bishop, and the first Te Reo Maori edition - Koinei te Whare na Haki i Hanga - as part of Porirua's popular, multi-cultural Waitangi Day event, The Festival of the Elements.

The Festival will take place from 11am till after 7pm at Te Rauparaha Park and Arena and Pataka Museum, Porirua on Monday 6 February.

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)