New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Since 1997 the New Zealand Post has sponsored the Children''s Book Festival and Children''s Book Awards which previously had been sponsored by AIM. The Festival is a nationwide celebration of books for children and young adults and promoting the importance and enjoyment of books and reading. The Awards are presented annually to provide recognition and reward for authors and illustrators of high quality New Zealand books for children and young adults. In 2004 the Awards were renamed The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults.
The cows and sheep think Farmer McPhee should stop frowning and start frisking. But Farmer McPhee just wants to get some sleep! Then one moonlit night, something changes...A collaboration between our best loved writer fo ...
The First World War was only meant to last six months. When the Australians and New Zealanders arrived at the Western Front in 1916, the fighting had been going for a year and a half and there was no end in sight. The me ...
Humorous novella about a pirate boy who really would rather be a dancer, written with Sherryl Jordan's characteristic flair for language and stunningly illustrated in full colour by the author herself.
Juno and the Taris inhabitants must leave their dying island. The young people look forward to a wider life Outside, but Outside too has its problems. It is two-year-old Hera, with her uncanny ability to foresee events, ...
When Hollie Chips and her mum move to Puriti Road, Hollie is baffled by the way her neighbours all keep to themselves. But Hollie is a remarkable little girl, and it isn't long before she has charmed her way into their l ...
