Children’s Book Award Winners Announced
The 2002 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Award winners
were announced at a ceremony hosted by Education Minister
Trevor Mallard at Parliament in Wellington this evening.
The winners are:
New Zealand Post Children’s Book of
the Year
The Plight of the Penguin Lloyd Spencer
Davis Longacre Press
New Zealand Post Children’s
Choice
Grandpa’s Shorts Joy Watson and Wendy
Hodder Scholastic New Zealand
Picture Book
Category
Brodie Joy Cowley and Chris
Mousdale Scholastic New Zealand
Junior Fiction
Category
Recycled Sandy McKay Longacre
Press
Non-Fiction Category
The Plight of the
Penguin Lloyd Spencer Davis Longacre Press
Senior
Fiction Category
Owl Joanna Orwin Longacre
Press
Best First Book - Illustrator
Brodie Chris
Mousdale Scholastic New
Zealand
Having read all one hundred and fourteen titles entered in the 2002 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, the judging panel is firmly of the view that the range, the scope and the quality of books available to young New Zealanders is cause for celebration. This is also the first year that a non-fiction book has won the Book of the Year Award.
“Lloyd Spencer Davis has produced the best with a fascinating mix of information, debunking of myths, brilliant photography, infectious enthusiasm, verve and wit”.
– Judges – New Zealand Post
Children’s Book Awards 2002
Dame Catherine Tizard
(Convenor), Glenn Colquhoun and William Taylor
Each of the four category winners receives $5,000. In addition, $5,000 is awarded to the winner of the Book Of the Year Award. This is awarded to any one of the four category winners in recognition of outstanding overall excellence. The winner of the Best First Book Award receives $1000.
Children around the country are also invited to have their say by voting for their favourite book from the shortlisted titles. Grandpa’s Shorts by Joy Watson was voted The New Zealand Post Children’s Choice award winner from a total vote count of almost 33,000 children.
The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards promote excellence in children’s literature and provide recognition for the very best children’s books published annually by New Zealand writers and illustrators. The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Festival and Awards are sponsored by New Zealand Post, administered by Booksellers New Zealand and supported by Creative New Zealand.
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