Margaret Beames

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)

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)