Janet Hunt

Book of the Year
A Bird in the Hand, Janet Hunt (Random House)

Children's Choice
Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! Ngareta Gabel, Ali Teo & Astrid Jensen (Huia Publishers)

Best First Book
Thunder Road, Ted Dawe (Longacre Press)

Honour Award
Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer, Lloyd Jones and Graeme Gash (Mallinson Rendel Publishers)

Young Adult Fiction
Thunder Road, Ted Dawe (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction
Juggling with Mandarins, VM Jones (HarperCollins)

Picture Book
Cuthbert's Babies, Pamela Allen (Viking)

Non Fiction
A Bird in the Hand, Janet Hunt (Random House)

Finalists

• Watermark, Penelope Todd (Longacre Press)
• Thunder Road, Ted Dawe (Longacre Press)
• Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey, Tessa Duder (Puffin)
• No Safe Harbour, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• Lin and the Red Stranger, Ken Catran (Random House)

• Evil Fred, Kylie Begg & Jacob Leaf (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Fred the (Quite) Brave Mouse, Murray Ball (Scholastic New Zealand)
• My Story: Journey to Tangiwai, David Hill (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Juggling with Mandarins, VM Jones (HarperCollins)
• The Serpents of Arakesh, VM Jones (HarperCollins)

• Selafina, Catherine Hannken & Trish Bowles (Mallinson Rendel)
• Oh Hogwash, Sweet Pea! Ngareta Gabel, Ali Teo & Astrid Jensen (Huia Publishers)
• Cuthbert's Babies, Pamela Allen (Viking)
• Grandpa and Thomas, Pamela Allen (Viking)
• Enough is Enough! Scott Willis & Jenna Packer (Scholastic Australia)

• To the Max, Mark Inglis (Random House)
• Pick up a Pack, Keith Olsen (Reed Publishing)
• The Life-size Guide to New Zealand Wildflowers, Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books)
• A Bird in the Hand, Janet Hunt (Random House)
• I am an Insect, Dr Simon Pollart (Reed Publishing)

Book of the Year
Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story, Kate De Goldi and Jacqui Colley (Trapeze)

Children's Choice
The Other Ark, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)

Best First Book
Cross Tides, Lorraine Orman (Longacre Press)

Young Adult Fiction
Malcom and Juliet, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction
Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)

Picture Book
Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story, Kate De Goldi and Jacqui Colley (Trapeze)

Non Fiction
Welcome to the South Seas, Gregory O'Brien (Auckland University Press)

Finalists

• Coming Back, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• Dark, Penelope Todd (Longacre Press)
• Malcolm and Juliet, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
• Out of Tune, Joanna Orwin (Longacre Press)
• Robert Moran - Private, Ken Catran (Lothian Books)

• Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
• Beyond the Shroud, VM Jones (HarperCollins)
• My Story: A New Song in the Land, Fleur Beale (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Walking Lightly, Fleur Beale & Michaela Sangl (Mallinson Rendel)
• You've Got Guts, Kenny Melrose, Shirley Corlett (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story, Kate De Goldi and Jacqui Colley (Trapeze)
• Koro's Medicine, Melanie Drewery & Sabrina Malcolm (Huia Publishers)
• The Night Kite, Peter Bland & Carl Bland (Mallinson Rendel)
• The Other Ark, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)
• Taming the Sun, Gavin Bishop (Random House)

• Everything You Need to Know About the World by Simon Eliot, Lloyd Jones & Timon Maxey (Four Winds Press)
• From Weta to Kauri, Janet Hunt & Rob Lucas (Random House)
• The Life-size Guide to the New Zealand Beach, Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books)
• John Britten, Jennifer Beck (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Welcome to the South Seas, Gregory O'Brien (Auckland University Press)

New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Ceremony 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. It was an elegant setting with guests sitting around tables, but as always the warmth of the children’s literature community gave the event a friendly atmosphere.

NON-FICTION FINALIST

E3 Call Home
Janet Hunt
Random House New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-86979-276-3 pb RRP $24.99
Target age 7+

This is the true story of two godwits, E3 and E7. In 2007 they were tagged with satellite transmitters by scientists who wanted to know where they flew when they left New Zealand each autumn. E7 became famous with her photo in all the papers. But what happened to E3?

Montana Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Opportunity, Charlotte Grimshaw (Random House NZ)

Montana Medal for Non-fiction
Wetlands of New Zealand, Janet Hunt (Random House NZ)

Fiction
Opportunity, Charlotte Grimshaw (Random House NZ)

Fiction runner-up
Edwin & Matilda, Laurence Fearnley (Penguin Group NZ)

Poetry
Cold Snack, Janet Charman (Auckland University Press)

History
Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka Volume II: Te Ara Hou - The New Society, Hilary and John Mitchell (Huia Publishers)

Biography
The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor, Judy Siers (Millwood Heritage Productions Ltd)

Environment
Wetlands of New Zealand, Janet Hunt (Random House NZ)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (Penguin Group NZ)

Illustrative
Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning, Jennifer Hay, with Ron Brownson, Chris Knox, and Laurence Aberhart; designed by Aaron Beehre (Christchurch Art Gallery)

Reference & Anthology
A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal, Gregory O'Brien (Learning Media Ltd)

Maori Language Award|
Te Tū a Te Toka: He Ieretanga nō ngā Tai e Whā,
Huriana Raven and Piripi Walker (editors) (Totika Publishers and Toi Maori Aotearoa)

Readers' Choice Award
The Blue, Mary McCallum (Penguin Group NZ)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
The Blue, Mary McCallum (Penguin Group NZ)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Incognito, Jessica Le Bas (Auckland University Press)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
The Great Sacred Forest of Tane, Alan Clarke (Raupo Publishing)

Review Page or Programme of the Year Award
New Zealand Listener

Reviewer of the Year Award
Charlotte Grimshaw