Robyn Belton

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
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)