Yay! The New Zealand Post Book Awards winners have been announced. Here they are-
Roadworks by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock
Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby
Back and Beyond; New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O’Brien
 
Check out the website for more details.

On Saturday 16th of May we had a special performance of the book Duck’s Stuck at the Wellington Central Library, to celebrate the New Zealand Post Book Awards. Heaps of kids came along and had a great time.

The book’s illustrators Ali Teo (left) and John O’Reilly (right) even turned up to watch!
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To celebrate the New Zealand Post Book Awards festival week, there will be a performance of the book Duck’s Stuck at the Wellington Central Library on Saturday May 16th, 1.30pm. That’s THIS WEEK! It’s totally free and will be a lot of fun, so make sure you come along!
See you there!

Voting isn’t just for adults! You, too, can have a say. You get the opportunity to pick the best children’s book in NZ and could win $1000 of book vouchers for your school.
 
The New Zealand Post Book Awards seeks to find the best children’s books in New Zealand and they want to know what you [...]

 Looking for something fun to do on a Saturday…? Read on…

What: A performance of the book Duck’s Stuck by  the Java Dance Company
Why? Because the book is so cool that it has been nominated for the New Zealand Post Book Awards and people want to celebrate that.
When: Saturday 16th May at 1.30pm
Where: at the Wellington [...]

Now this book is really cool! The Were-Nana by Melinda Szymanik is a crafty tale and is one of the finalists for the New Zealand Post Book Awards.
 
Here’s what the awards’ website had to say:
There’s nothing Simon enjoys more than scaring his little sister, Stella Rosa. And now that the mysterious Nana Lupin is coming [...]

Hi book lovers! Here’s one you’ll really enjoy! This book is so good that it was read aloud at New Zealand’s biggest story time last year with many schools, libraries and LOTS of children across the country reading it all at the exact same time. Wow!
 
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig by Diana Neild
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig lives with his parents [...]

Another New Zealand Post Book Awards Book! This one is called ‘Every Second Friday’ and is writen by Kiri Lightfoot.
 

The website has this to say about it:
Margi and Totty’s dad is a collector of bits and bobs. Every second Friday they go and stay at their dad’s house. They never know what’s going to happen!
 
This [...]

The crafting of Narnia by Weta Workshop is a brilliant book! So brilliant in fact that it has been nominated for a NZ Post Children’s Book Award! This is about the whole creative process behind the Narnia film. The pictures in it are amazing! Make sure you vote for your favourite book!

If you liked ‘Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck!’ by Kyle Mewburn then you’ll love his book ‘Duck’s Stuck’.
The guys at the New Zealand Post Book Awards though it was so good that they’ve nominated it as a finalist in the Picture Book Category! Their website says that it’s ‘a cautionary tale about a duck that stuck [...]