LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2012 winners announced

7 August 2012 Books+Publishing

The winners of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) Children’s Book Awards for 2012 were announced in Wellington, New Zealand, on 6 July.

The winners, chosen from more than 110 nominations, were:

Junior Fiction Award – Esther Glen Medal
The Travelling Restaurant (Barbara Else, Gecko Press)

Young Adult Fiction Award
Pyre of Queens (David Hair, Penguin NZ)

Illustration Award – Russell Clark Award
Rāhui (Chris Szekely & Malcolm Ross, Huia)

Nonfiction Award – Elsie Locke Medal
Nice Day for a War (Chris Slane & Matt Elliott, illus by Chris Slane, HarperCollins Publishers NZ)

Te Kura Pounamu (te reo Māori)
Ngā Taniwha i te-Whanga-nui-a-Tara (Moira Wairama & Bruce Potter, Penguin NZ)

Librarians’ Choice Award
Rāhui (Chris Szekely & Malcolm Ross, Huia).

The Te Ropu Whakahau (organisation for Māori Librarians) Award Winners are:

Te Tohu Taurapa for te wahanga pikitia (picture book)
Ngā Taniwha i te Whanga-nui-a-Tara (Moira Wairama & Bruce Potter, Penguin NZ)

Te Tohu Ngā Kete e toru for te wahanga pukapuka paki (fiction)
Te Poiwhana (Te Kauhoe Wano & Andrew Burdan, Huia)

Te Tohu Pounamu
Kei Wareware tātou (Feana Tu’akoi, trans by the late Katerina Mataira, illus by Elspeth Alix Batt, Scholastic)

The Te Tohu Hoani Te Whatuhoro/Jury for te wahanga pukapuka pono (nonfiction) Award was not awarded due to lack of entries.

To view the finalists in the awards, see the LIANZA website here.

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