The winners of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards were announced last night at a very flash party in Wellington. Here they are:
Non-Fiction and New Zealand Post Book of the Year
Winner: Nice day for a War by Chris Slane and Matt Elliot
Honour Award: Digging up the past : archaeology for the young and curious by David Veart
Junior Fiction and Best First Book Award
Winner: Super Finn by Leonie Agnew
Honour Award: The Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else
Picture Book
Winner: Rahui by Chris Szekely (Maori version and English version)
Children’s Choice (the one you got to vote for)
Winner: The Cat’s Pyjamas by Catherine Foreman