Jennifer Beck

Book of the Year
Hunter, Joy Cowley (Puffin)

Children's Choice
Nobody's Dog, Jennifer Beck and Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)

Best First Book
The Unknown Zone, Phil Smith (Random House New Zealand)

Young Adult Fiction Winner
With Lots of Love from Georgia, Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)

Honour Award
Kaitangata Twitch, Margaret Mahy (Allen & Unwin)

Junior Fiction Winner
Hunter, Joy Cowley (Puffin)

Honour Award
Sil, Jill Harris (Longacre Press)

Picture Book Winner
A Booming in the Night, Ben Brown and Helen Taylor (Reed Publishing)

Honour Award
Haere - Farewell, Jack, Farewell, Tim Tipene and Huhana Smith (Huia Publishers)

Non Fiction Winner
Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli, Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)

Honour Award
Blue New Zealand, Glenys Stace (Penguin New Zealand)

Finalists

• Deep Fried, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
• Kaitangata Twitch, Margaret Mahy (Allen & Unwin)
• Running Hot, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• The Unknown Zone, Phil Smith (Random House)
• With Lots of Love from Georgia, Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)

• Hunter, Joy Cowley (Puffin)
• Maddigan's Fantasia, Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins)
• Maddigan's Quest (TV tie-in), Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins)
• My Story: Chinatown Girl, Eva Wong Ng (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Sil, Jil Harris (Longacre Press)
• Super Freak, Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel)

• A Booming in the Night, Ben Brown & Helen Taylor (Reed Publishing)
• Haere - Farewell, Jack, Farewell, Tim Tipene & Huhana Smith (Huia Publishers)
• Nobody's Dog, Jennifer Beck & Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Waka/ Te Waka, Katerina Te Keikoko Mataira, Jean Prior & Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Where's the Gold? Pamela Allen (Penguin Viking)

• Blue New Zealand, Glenys Stace (Puffin)
• Cameras in Narnia, Ian Brodie (HarperCollins)
• Frontier of Dreams: The Weight of World Wars 1897-1949, John Parker (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer, Alan Sefton (Puffin)
• Scarecrow Army, Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)

Book of the Year
Illustrated History of the South Pacific, Marcia Stenson (Random House New Zealand)

Best First Book
The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff, Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books)

Children's Choice
Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo, John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand)

Young Adult Fiction Winner
Genesis, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction Winner
Thor's Tale, Janice Marriott (HarperCollins Publishers)

Picture Book Winner
Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo, John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand)

Non Fiction Winner
Illustrated History of the South Pacific, Marcia Stenson (Random House New Zealand)

Finalists

• Genesis, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
• A Respectable Girl, Fleur Beale (Random House)
• Shooting the Moon, VM Jones (HarperCollins)
• Single Fin, Aaron Topp (Random House)
• Thieves, Ella West (Longacre Press)

• And Did Those Feet... Ted Dawe (Longacre Press)
• Boyznbikes, Vince Ford (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Frog Whistle Mine, Des Hunt (HarperCollins)
• My Story: Castaway, Bill O'Brien (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Thor's Tale: Endurance and Adventure in the Southern Ocean, Janice Marriott (HarperCollins)

• Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo & John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Matatuhi, Robyn Kahukiwa (Puffin)
• A Present from the Past, Jennifer Beck & Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Riding the Waves/ Whakaeke i nga ngaru, Gavin Bishop & Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira (Random House)
• The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff, Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books)

• Illustrated History of the South Pacific, Marcia Stenson (Random House)
• It's True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes, Sharon Holt & Ross Kinnaird (Allen & Unwin)
• Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam, Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)
• Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham, Our Finest Fighting Soldier, Janice Mariott (HarperCollins)
• Winging It! The Adventures of Tim Wallis, Neville Peat (Longacre Press)

Book of the Year
Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa, Robert Sullivan and Gavin Bishop (Random House)

Children's Choice
Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? Dawn McMillan, Bert Signal and Ross Kinnaird (Reed)

Best First Book
Buddy, V M Jones (HarperCollins)

Senior Fiction
Alchemy, Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins)

Junior Fiction
Buddy, V M Jones (HarperCollins)

Picture Book
Pigtails the Pirate, David Elliot (Random House)

Non Fiction
Weaving Earth and Sky:Myths and Legends of Aotearoa, Robert Sullivan and Gavin Bishop (Random House)

Finalists

• Right Where It Hurts, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• Alchemy, Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins)
• The Thin Line, Vivienne Joseph (Mallinson Rendel)
• Tomorrow The Dark, Ken Catran (Lothian Books)
• Letters from the Coffin-trenches, Ken Catran (Random House)

• Buddy, VM Jones (HarperCollins)
• A Friend in Paradise, Des Hunt (HarperCollins)
• Something Weird About Mr Foster, Ken Catran (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Dragon's Apprentice, Linda McNabb (HarperCollins)
• When the Kehua Calls, Kingi McKinnon (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Pigtails the Pirate, David Elliot (Random House)
• The Christmas Caravan, Jennifer Beck & Robyn Belton (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Immigrants, Alan Bagnall & Sarah Wilkins (Mallinson Rendel)
• Auntie Rosie & the Rabbit, Diana Noonan & Christine Ross (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Why do dogs sniff bottoms? Dawn McMillan, Bert Signal & Ross Kinnaird (Reed Publishing)

• Which New Zealand Insect? Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books)
• New Zealand Trees: The Kauri, Alina Arkins & Len Doel (Reed Publishing)
• New Zealand Wild: The Shaping of New Zealand, Brian O'Flaherty (Reed Publishing)
• Weaving Earth and Sky: Myths and Legends of Aotearoa, Robert Sullivan & Gavin Bishop (Random House)
• Weta: A Knight in Shining Armor, Joy Cowley & Rod Morris (Scholastic New Zealand)

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)

Book of the Year
The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton (Scholastic Publishers)

Best First Book
Reliable Friendly Girls, Jane Westaway (Longacre Press)

Children's Choice
Mechanical Harry, Bob Kerr (Mallinson Rendel)

Senior Fiction
Sanctuary, Kate De Goldi (Penguin)

Junior Fiction
The Battle of Pook Island, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)

Picture Book
The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton (Scholastic Publishers)

Non Fiction
Picture Book Magic, Chris Gaskin, photography by Denis Page (Reed Publishing)

Finalists

• Sanctuary, Kate De Goldi (Penguin)
• Secret Sacrament, Sherryl Jordan (Puffin Books)
• Reliable Friendly Girls, Jane Westaway (Longacre Press)
• Circles, William Taylor (Penguin Books)
• The Other Side of Silence, Margaret Mahy (Hamish Hamilton)

• The Battle of Pook Island, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
• Cold Comfort, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• Archway Arrow, Margaret Beames (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Robber and the Millionaire, Eirlys Hunter (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Memory Tree, Elizabeth Pulford (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Maui and the Sun: A Maori Tale, Gavin Bishop (Reed Publishing)
• The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck & Robyn Belton (Scholastic Publishers)
• Nicketty-Nacketty, Noo-noo-noo, Joy Cowley & Tracey Moroney (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Mechanical Harry, Bob Kerr (Mallinson Rendel)
• Schitzel Von Krumm Forget-Me-Not, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)

• Picture Book Magic, Chris Gaskin (Reed Publishing)
• Down-under Dolphins, Stephen Dawson & Elisabeth Slooten (Canterbury University Press)
• New Zealand's Native Birds of Bush and Countryside, Various Contributors (Penguin Books)
• I Spy Wildlife: The Rocky Shore, Diana Noonan & Nic Bishop (Heinemann Education)
• I Spy Wildlife: The Garden, Diana Noonan & Nic Bishop (Heinemann Education)

Readaway Bookshop in Howick’s main shopping street is one of the most welcoming bookshops you are likely to find. It may not have the latest shelving or a flash colour scheme, but it is warm and comfortable in a retro style, with stacks of books to explore and a top notch children’s section. It fits the booklover like a comfortable – but still smart – old shoe.

Packing for the holidays has an extra dimension for the three judges of this year’s New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.