Kate De Goldi

Wellington writer Fleur Beale has won the 2012 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for her outstanding contribution to New Zealand writing for children and young adults.

The award, given annually by the Storylines Children's Literature Trust, is New Zealand's top award for achievement in children's literature.

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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 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)

Book of the Year
Dare Truth or Promise, Paula Boock (Longacre Press)

Best First Book
Trapped, Judy Knox (Scholastic)

Children's Choice Award
Alphabet Apartments, Lesley Moyes (Mallinson Rendel)

Senior Fiction
Dare Truth or Promise, Paula Boock (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction
Ticket to the Sky Dance, Joy Cowley (Penguin)

Picture Book
Alphabet Apartments, Lesley Moyes (Mallinson Rendel)

Non Fiction
The Know, Sow & Grow Kids' Book of Plants, Diana Noonan & Keith Olsen (Bridge Hill Publishing)

Finalists

• Dare Truth or Promise, Paula Boock (Longacre Press)
• Love, Charlie Mike, Kate De Goldi (Penguin Books)
• Because We Were The Travellers, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
• Summer of Shadows, Iona McNaughton (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Whole of the Moon, Duncan Stuart (Longacre Press)

• The Shearwater Bell, Margaret Beames (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Dragonslayer's Apprentice, David Calder (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Ticket to the Sky Dance, Joy Cowley (Penguin Books)
• Fat, Four-eyed and Useless, David Hill (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Trapped, Judy Knox (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Hairy Maclary, Sit, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)
• Alphabet Apartments, Lesley Moyes (Mallinson Rendel)
• Tane Steals the Show/ Tane Te Whetu o te Ra, Lino Nelisi & Gus Hunter (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Sandman/ He Tangata Kirikiri, Esther Tamehana & Kerry Gemmill (Huia Publishers)
• Midnight at the Museum, Richard & Pamela Wolfe (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Hoki: The Story of a Kakapo, Gideon Climo & Alison Ballance & Jo Ogier (Godwit)
• The Life-size Guide to Native Trees, Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books)
• The Know, Sow & Grow Kids' Book of Plants, Diana Noonan & Keith Olsen (Bridge Hill Publishing)
• What's on the Beach, Glenys Stace, Jenny & Tony Enderby (Penguin Books)
• Emperors of the Ice, Kim Westerskov (Omnibus Books)