LIANZA Children’s Book Awards 2014 winners announced

5 August 2014 Books+Publishing

The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) has announced the winners of its 2014 Children’s Book Awards.

The winners in each category are:

LIANZA Junior Fiction Award—Esther Glen Medal

Dunger (Joy Cowley, Gecko Press)

LIANZA Young Adult Fiction Award

Dear Vincent (Mandy Hager, Random House NZ)

LIANZA Illustration Award—Russell Clark Award

Flight of the Honey Bee (Raymond Huber, illus by Brian Lovelock, Walker Books)

LIANZA Nonfiction Award—Elsie Locke Medal

Wearable Wonders (Fifi Colston, Scholastic NZ)

Te Kura Pounamu (te reo Māori)

NgÄ Kaitiaki a Tama! (Kawata Teepa, illus by Jim Byrt, Huia NZ)

LIANZA Librarians’ Choice Award

A Winter’s Day in 1939 (Melinda Szymanik, Scholastic NZ).

The winners were announced at a ceremony in Wellington, New Zealand, on 4 August.

The LIANZA Awards are chosen by librarians for outstanding children’s literature in New Zealand. To see a list of the finalists, click here.