The winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are as follows:
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Margaret Mahy Book of the Year
Young Adult Book Award
Singing Home the Whale
by Mandy Hager Penguin Random House |
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Picture Book Award
Jim’s Letters
by Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper Penguin Random House |
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Junior Fiction Award
Monkey Boy
by Donovan Bixley Scholastic New Zealand |
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Non-fiction Award
Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill
by Debbie McCauley Mauao Publishing |
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Best First Book
Māori Art for Kids
by Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke Craig Potton Publishing |
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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
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Picture Book
The Anzac Puppy
by Peter Millett & Trish Bowles Scholastic NZ 9781775430971 |
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Junior Fiction
The Island of Lost Horses
by Stacy Gregg HarperCollins 9780007580262 |
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Non-Fiction
The Letterbox Cat & other poems
by Paula Green & Myles Lawford Scholastic NZ 9781775432234 |
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Young Adult Fiction
Night Vision
by Ella West Allen & Unwin ISBN 9781743317662 |
