Here’s a run-down on the Non-Fiction finalists for The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards
Nice Day for a War by Chris Slane and Matt Elliot is an engaging and enlightening look at World War 1. With real excerpts from the war diary of Cyril Elliot (Matt Elliott’s grandfather), cartoon strips, authentic pictures of our soldiers and heaps of other interesting information it will capture even the most reluctant war-story reader.
Likewise with Chris Grosz’s, Kimble Bent Malcontent, the story of an American soldier who deserts while stationed in New Zealand during the land wars, and ends up fighting with the Hauhau, a Taranaki tribe of fearsome reputation.
The Life Cycle of the Tuatara by Betty Brownlie -everything you want to know about Tuatara! It includes interesting facts beautiful pictures of Tuatara in the wild and really easy to follow format that will have you reciting Tuatara facts with ease!
For the budding archaeologists, Digging Up the Past by David Veart will captivate all readers and have you thinking like an archaelogists as it excavates the stories of the past.
Lastly, New Zealand Hall of Fame by Maria Gill and Bruce Potter, look at 50 famous New Zealanders and the contributions they have made that warrants their inclusion in this beautifully rendered collection of biographies.
Its not just the authors that can win – you can too! Vote for your favourite and you could win yourself and your school some book vouchers. Cool!
