NZ Post Children's Book Awards Winners

The winners of the 2011 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards were announced last week. Canterbury literary legend, Margaret Mahy and Dunedin illustrator, David Elliot, have won the New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year Award for their picture book, The Moon & Farmer McPhee.

Special congratulations to our local South Canterbury author Ken Catran for winning the Children's Choice Award Young Adult category for his exciting Smiling Jack, described by Booksellers NZ as "a classic whodunnit with a startling and unexpected twist".

Copies of all the finalists' books are held in our libraries. These are simply the best ... read them!!!

The full list of winners are…

Picture Book Category Award Winner and New Zealand Post Book of the Year
The Moon & Farmer McPhee
Margaret Mahy & David Elliot

Non-fiction Category Award Winner

Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front
Leon Davidson

Junior Fiction Category Award Winner Finnigan & the Pirates
Sherryl Jordan

Young Adult Fiction Category Award Winner

Fierce September
Fleur Beale

Best First Book Award
Best First Book Award Winner

Hollie Chips
Anna Gowan

Children’s Choice Awards
Children’s Choice Award Winner – Overall winner and Children’s Choice Picture Book Category WinnerBaa Baa Smart Sheep
Mark Sommerset & Rowan Sommerset

Children’s Choice Award Non-fiction Category
Who’s Cooking Tonight?
Claire Gourley & Glenda Gourley

Children’s Choice Award Junior Fiction Category

Hollie Chips
Anna Gowan

Children’s Choice Award Young Adult Category

Smiling Jack
Ken Catran