Wednesday, February 17, 2016

2015 Winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults


The winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are as follows: 
Margaret Mahy Book of the Year
Young Adult Book Award
Singing Home the Whale

by  Mandy Hager

Penguin Random House

Picture Book Award
Jim’s Letters

by Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper

Penguin Random House
Junior Fiction Award
Monkey Boy

by Donovan Bixley

Scholastic New Zealand
Non-fiction Award
Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill

by Debbie McCauley

Mauao Publishing
Best First Book
Māori Art for Kids

by Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke

Craig Potton Publishing
Maori Language Award
Ngā Ki

by Sacha Cotter and Joshua Morgan

Translated by Kawata Teepa

Huia Publishers

(translation of Keys, a finalist in the Picture Book category)
Children's Choice Award Winners
Picture Book 
The Anzac Puppy

by Peter Millett & Trish Bowles

Scholastic NZ

9781775430971
Junior Fiction
The Island of Lost Horses

by Stacy Gregg

HarperCollins

9780007580262
Non-Fiction
The Letterbox Cat & other poems

by Paula Green & Myles Lawford

Scholastic NZ

9781775432234
Young Adult Fiction
Night Vision 

by Ella West

Allen & Unwin

ISBN 9781743317662