LIANZA Book Awards - Winners announced

Russell Clark Illustration Award Winner: Mrs Mo’s Monster by Paul Beavis– Gecko Press

Finalists:
•              Marmaduke Duck on the Wide Blue Seas by Sarah Davis – Scholastic
•              Jim’s Letters by Jenny Cooper – Penguin Random House
•              Have you seen a monster? by Raymond McGrath – Penguin Random House
•              So Many Wonderfuls by Tina Matthews – Walker Books

Elsie Locke Winner: Maori Art for Kids by Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke– Potton and Burton Publishing

Finalists:
•              The Book of Hat by Harriet Rowland – Makaro Press
•              A New Zealand Nature Journal by Sandra Morris – Walker Books
•              Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill: A Story from the Rena Disaster by Debbie McCauley – Mauao Publishing
•              New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: 25 Kiwi Champions by Maria Gill and Marco Ivancic – New Holland

Te Kura Pounamu Winner: Kimihia by Te Mihinga Komene and Scott Pearson – Huia Publishers

Finalists:
•              Ngā Kī by Sacha Cotter, Josh Morgan and Kawata Teepa – Huia Publishers
•              Hui E! by various authors – Huia Publishers
•              Tūtewehi by Fred Te Maro – Huia Publishers
•              An early Te Reo Reading Book Series by Carolyn Collis - Summer Rose Books

Librarian’s Choice Award Winner: I am Rebecca by Fleur Beale – Penguin Random House

Finalists:
•              The Song of Kauri by Melinda Syzmanik - Scholastic
•              Maori Art for Kids by Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke– Potton and Burton Publishing
•              Monkey Boy by Donovan Bixley - Scholastic
•              Kimihia by Te Mihinga Komene and Scott Pearson – Huia Publishers

LIANZA YA Fiction Winner: Night Vision by Ella West – Allen and Unwin

Finalists:
•              I am Rebecca by Fleur Beale – Penguin Random House
•              The Red Suitcase by Jill Harris – Makaro Press
•              Singing Home the Whale by Mandy Hager – Penguin Random House
•              Recon Team Angel: Vengeance by Brian Falkner – Walker Books

Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award Winner: Conrad Cooper's Last Stand by Leonie Agnew – Penguin

Shortlist:
•              Monkey Boy by Donovan Bixley – Scholastic
•              The Volume of Possible Endings (A Tale of Fontania) by Barbara Else – Gecko
•              Trouble in Time by Adele Broadbent – Scholastic
•              Letterbox Cat by Paula Green – Scholastic