Freshly announced at the Awards Ceremony in Wellington, the winners of the 2018 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are …
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The Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and the Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction
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Aotearoa: the new zealand story
Illustrated and written by Gavin Bishop
Published by Penguin Random House NZ
RRP $40.00 (hardback)
The Picture Book Award
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i am jellyfish
Written and illustrated by Ruth Paul
Published by Penguin Random House NZ
RRP $20.00
Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction
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The Russell Clark Award for Illustration
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Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts: Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woods
By Craig Phillips
Published by Allen & Unwin
RRP $27.99
The Copyright Licensing Award for Young Adult Fiction
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Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Māori
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TU MEKE Tūī
Written by Malcolm Clarke
Illustrated by Hayley King (FLOX)
Translated by Evelyn Tobin
Published by Little Love, Mary Egan Publishing
RRP $20.00 (paperback)
The Best First Book Award
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my new zealand story: dawn raid
By Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith
Published by Scholastic NZ
RRP $17.99 (paperback)