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NZ Post Awards 2009

The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults


The New Zealand Post Childrens Finalists have
been announced,the finalists in the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults include names loved by generations of Kiwis including Joy Cowley, Maurice Gee and Jack Lasenby. Alongside them are some exciting new talent in New Zealand children’s literature, admired by the judges for their humour and creativity.
Key dates:
3 March Children’s Choice Award voting opens
11-20 May Festival week, finalists on tour nationwide
20 May Winners announced
The following is a list of the finalists in the New Zealand Post book awards which will
be announced at an awards ceremony on the 20th May 2009.
The finalists will be participating in children's book events around the country as part
of a nationwide celebration of the New Zealand Post Book Awards.
The festivities begin on th Monday 11 May and continue to Wednesday 20 May


Picture Book
"Duck's Stuck". By Kyle Mewburn with Ali Teo, and John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand)

"Every Second Friday". By Kiri Lightfoot, with Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books)

"Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig." by Diana Neild with Philip Webb (Scholastic New Zealand)

"Roadworks." by Sally Sutton, with Brian Lovelock (Walker Books)

"The Were-Nana." by Melinda Szymanik, with Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson (Scholastic New Zealand)



Non Fiction
"Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young & Curious." by Gregory O'Brien (Auckland University Press)

"The Crafting of Narnia." Weta Workshop, Paul Tobin, and Daniel Falconer (HarperOne)

"High-Tech Legs on Everest." By Mark Inglis and Sarah Ell (Random House New Zealand)

"Juicy Writing." By Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)

"Piano Rock: A 1950's Childhood." By Gavin Bishop (Random House New Zealand)



Junior Fiction
"Chicken Feathers" by Joy Cowley, illustrated by David Elliot (Puffin)

"Enemy at the Gate" By Philipa Werry (Sholastic New Zealand)

"Five (and a bit) Days in the Life of Ozzie Kingsford" by Val Bird, with Rebecca Cundy (Random House New Zealand)

"Old Drumble" by Jack Lasenby (HarperCollins Publishers)

"Payback" by Michelle Kelly (Scholastic New Zealand)



Young Adult
"The 10pm Question" by Kate De Goldi (Longacre Press)

"Chronicles of Stone #1: Scorched Bone" by Vincent Ford (Scholastic New Zealand)

"Gool" by Maurice Gee (Puffn)

"Juno of Taris" by Fleur Beale (Random House New Zealand)

"The Tomorrow Code" by Brian Falkner (Walker Books)
 
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YA Fiction
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781877460203
The 10 PM Question order quantity
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NZ$ 29.99 each
Paperback
Author: Kate De Goldi
2009 Montana Book Awards Reader's Choice Winner
FICTION Category Runner-up

Frankie Parsons is twelve going on old man : an apparently sensible, talented Year 8 with a drumbeat of worrying questions steadily gaining volume in his head.
'Does the cat, and therefore the rest of the family, have worms?'
'Will bird flu strike and ruin life as we know it?'
'Is the kidney-shaped spot on his chest actually a
galloping cancer?'

Most of the significant people in Frankie’s world – his father, his brother and sister, his great-aunts, his best friend Gigs – seem gloriously untroubled by worry.
Only Ma takes seriously his catalogue of persistent anxieties; only Ma listens patiently to his 10 p.m. queries.
But of course, it is Ma who is the cause of the most worrying question of all, the one that Frankie can never bring himself to ask.
Then the new girl arrives at ... more
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869438302
Scorched Bone (Chronicles of Stone #1) order quantity
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Author: Vincent Ford
The first in an exciting trilogy set in an ancient time, when humans were few and survival required a fighting spirit.
It is a time of drought for the People of the Canyon and Trei convinces his father to attempt a bison hunt, a risky undertaking with their simple wooden spears. When the hunt ends in tragedy, Trei and his twin sister, Souk secretly decide to travel north. They have heard of a tribe who can throw a spear like a lightning bolt. But first they must escape their people, then begin a perilous journey north to the territory of the Manhunters.
Finalist for the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2009.



Notes:
Due in store June 2008
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781921150340
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NZ$ 19.99 each
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Author: Brian Falkner
Tane and Rebecca aren’t sure what to make of a sequence of 1s and 0s, a message that looks like a random collection of alternating digits. As they decode it, slowly it becomes clear -- the messages are being sent back in time from the future! But why...Tane and Rebecca follow the message’s cryptic instructions, but it’s not long before they begin to suspect the worst --that the very survival of the human race may be at stake!

First published 2008, Australia
softcover
Children ages 12+
NZ author
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9781869419882
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Author: Fleur Beale
Juno, a young teen on the verge of adulthood, struggles with her need to fit in and belong and her growing discomfort and questioning of her society's rules. Juno lives in the not-too-distant future on Taris, a bubble-covered island in the Pacific, to which a few hundred people fled when Earth's inhabitants began to self-destruct.
On Taris rules govern everything from appearance, behaviour and even procreation to ensure the survival of humankind.
Juno of Taris examines many themes, peer pressure, environmental breakdown, the fictionalization of history, societal control and challenging authority. It is a thoroughly good read from one of our very best writers for young adults.
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9780143304005
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Author: Maurice Gee
Gool is the sequel to Salt. Sixteen years have passed since Pearl from Company and Hari from Blood Burrow defeated the tyrant Ottmar. Now their children, Xantee and Lo, face an even more dangerous foe. Hari lies dangerously ill with a fragment of a strange creature wrapped around his throat, draining his life. The beast is called Gool, meaning Unbelonger. It is one of many, destroying the mountains and jungles of the world. Somewhere a hidden mother nourishes her gool brood - the children must find and destroy her to save Hari and the world they know. Xantee and Lo, accompanied by Duro, a brave and practical youth who is also a 'speaker', set out on a dangerous mission that takes them through jungles and over mountains to the ruined city, and on to Ceebeedee, where a terrifying clash with the cruel rival leaders and lurking gool awaits them.
 

Junior Fiction
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9781869790530
Five (and a Bit) Days in the Life of Ozzie Kingsford #2 order quantity
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NZ$ 19.99 each
Paperback
Author: Val Bird Illustrated by Rebecca Cundy)
Ozzie and his family get ready for the visit of Uncle Rusty from London. As Ozzie says: Prediction: This forthcoming social event will throw my parents into a state of pre-visitor-tension, and our family will suffer from disharmony. And it does. Mum goes into a frenzy of getting the house tidy (read - Ozzie has to clean his room!), the lawn mowed and the menu prepared. The Brat, Snoops, Ozzie and Dad all suffer. Add to that a huge storm, the fact it's nearly Christmas and a few little Ozzie-disasters and it's chaos. Another hilarious story from Val Bird with brilliant illustrations from her daughter Rebecca Cundy.

Finalist for the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2009.
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9781869506742
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Paperback
Author: Jack Lasenby
NZ Post Childrens Book Awards, Junior Fiction Winner NZ Post Book Awards 2009

The humorous and heartwarming story of Jack Jackman, a young boy who wants to be a stock drover. Jack has a wonderful, warm relationship with his parents and old family friends, Andy the Drover and his dog, Old Drumble. Each week Andy tells an even more amazing story of how Old Drumble has saved the day again, with each adventure becoming more and more absurd.

First publishd 2008.
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9780143303909
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NZ$ 17.99 each
Paperback
Author: Joy Cowley Illustrated by David Elliot
A feel-good story about Josh, and his cantankerous pet hen, Semolina. Semolina can talk and in return for prawn crackers and the odd beer, she tells Josh all the animal gossip. The problem is that no one believes she can talk and Josh's warning about a fox on the loose in the chicken house is laughed at - until it is too late. Underscored by the drama of Josh's mother having to stay in hospital until her new baby is born. 'Son, we're not good layers.'this story has an appealing humorous, folksy feel.
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9781869438135
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Paperback
Author: Philippa Werry
It's December 1936 when the first polio cases are suspected. Soon a polio epidemic is sweeping the country. Schools are closed, swimming pools and movie theatres banned to children, and travel restricted - but the epidemic is still spreading.
Tom is the best runner in his school - but you can't outrun polio. Your family can't hide from it. And nobody knows where it will strike next.

Finalist for the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2009
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869438296
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Author: Michelle Kelly
FINALIST 2009 NZ POST CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS - Junior Fiction
Thirteen-year-old Riley has a skateboarding accident and discovers that he has a serious delay in bone development. He also has a run in with Vince, an all round tough guy, who plays in his softball team and now seems to be hanging out with his ex-girlfriend.

First published 2008.
 

Non-Fiction
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869790127
High-Tech Legs on Everest order quantity
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Paperback
Author: Mark Inglis and Sarah Ell
FINALIST 2009 NZ POST CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

On 15 May 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis fulfilled a childhood ambition - to stand on the top of the highest mountain in the world. High-Tech Legs on Everest tells the stoy of how he got there, and then the equally gripping tale of how he got back down again. There are plenty of illustrations and boxed material to enliven the pages of a story that is already colourful.

First published 2008.
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9781869790103
Piano Rock : A 1950s Childhood order quantity
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Hardback
Author: Gavin Bishop
This is a memoir of Gavin Bishop's idyllic childhood days, growing up in Kingston beside gorgeous Lake Wakatipu. It's a gentle tale of a boyhood spent haring around outside, building huts, eating griddle scones, catching eels, watching the train, eating roast mutton, going to school on a horse, arguing with your best mate, eating marmite sandwiches, Guy Fawkes Day - and lots more eating. It's an elegantly written story but it's the illustrations that are the real star of this book. Using two different techniques, Gavin has created both colour and black and white illustrations that bring the story to life and give a great sense of nostalgia to it. This also includes a glossary that explains things like box brownie, tilly lamp, coronation, mutton birds, melting moments and brylcreem.
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9780061456350
Crafting of Narnia : The Art, Creatures and Weapons from Weta Workshop order quantity
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Hardback
Author: Weta Workshop, Paul Tobin & Daniel Falconer
Before you can film a fantasy movie, you must create an authentic world. What kind of weather is found within, what would the buildings be made of, what creatures populate its land, and what is the history behind its people? For every stunning frame of film, there have been countless hours of work to create such majesty. And what a task to bring to the screen one of the world's most beloved children's series, C. S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia," This book, written and designed by the artists of the Academy-Award winning special effects house Weta Workshop, chronicles the stunning concept drawings, designs, and props that helped director Andrew Adamson shape the world of Narnia in cinematic glory. With detailed photography, hundreds of never before seen drawings and sculptures, and commentary from the artists and craftspeople of the workshop, discover the intricate work and exhaustive research and detail that went into each ... more
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9781869404048
Back & Beyond: New Zealand Painting for the Young & Curious order quantity
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Hardback
Author: Gregory O'Brien
NZ Post Childrens Book Awards Non-fiction Winner 2009

A painting can take you to many places. It can take you around the world, or it can take you around the country, city or neighbourhood you live in. It can also transport you back into the distant past of myths, legends and ancient history - or it can take you way into the future. Since Maori first drew moa and mythical birds on cave walls, artists in Aotearoa New Zealand have provided an imaginative, lively account of the lives locals have been leading, the dreams they've been dreaming and the stories they've been telling. Alongside works painted during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this book features art by contemporary painters and printmakers, all of them seasoned travellers across time and space. Angels, rugby players, whales, kiwi and canoes, moa and mountains, the bush and the beaches all play starring roles in this bird's-eye view of New Zealand ... more
 

Picture Book
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ISBN / ISSN:
9781869438746
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Author: Diana Neild & Philip Webb (ill.)
Picture Book Honour Award 2009

When Piggity Wiggity complains to dad about the length of his name, Dad explains that he and his wife felt that their large family of four boys and four girls was missing something. When Piggity Wiggity came along they wanted to give him a really spcial sort of name. Piggity Wiggity goes to sleep very satisfied with the explanation.

First published 2008.

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ISBN / ISSN:
9780340956120
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Hardback
Author: Kiri Lightfoot (illus Ben Galbraith)
2009 NZ POST BOOK AWARDS FINALIST
Every second Friday, Margi and Totty go and stay at Dad's house where they get magnificently muddy, worryingly wet and mind-blowingly messy. Their Dad's house is messy and he collects stuff. They never know what is going to happen, but the children always have fun.
A fun, wonderfully illustrated, reassuring picture book about children whose parents live apart. For children and parents to share.
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9781869438265
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Author: Kyle Mewburn (illus Ali Teo and John O'Reilly
Greedy Duck sticks his head where he shouldn't and gets stuck. Will a rat be able to solve Duck's problem?
 
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