Tessa Duder

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)

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.

PICTURE BOOK FINALIST

The Word Witch
Margaret Mahy & David Elliot, edited by Tessa Duder
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 978-1-86950-707-7 hb RRP $44.99
Target age 6+

The Word Witch can lasso with a limerick, haunt with a haiku and wrap you tight in a rhyme as quick as lightning. Her cauldron is a dictionary, her wand a mighty pen, and she stirs her words at midnight, making tempting treats for children. Her name is Margaret Mahy and these are her spells.