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New Zealand Post Book Awards 2010

Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults:
Children's Choice Award: The Wonky Donkey
Picture Book:: Old Hu-Hu, HuHu Koroheke
Junior Fiction: The Loblolly Boy
Young Adult Fiction: The Crossing
Non-fiction: E3 Call Home
Honour Award: The Word Witch
Best First Book Award: The Bone Tiki
Children's Choice Non-fiction: Dear Alison
Children's Choice Junior Fiction: Friends: Snake and Lizard
Children's Choice Young Adult Fiction: Brainjack

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The Wonky Donkey
 

The Wonky Donkey (Mixed media product/Mixed Media, Contains Paperback and CD-Audio (Music recording))

By Smith, Craig; Illustrated by Cowley, Katz

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In this very funny, cumulative song, each page tells us something new about the donkey until we end up with a spunky, hanky-panky cranky stinky dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey, which will have children in fits of laughter! There is much fun to be had by listening to th ...

ISBN 9781869439262
Published 1 October 2009 by Scholastic
Interest Age 3-8 years
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Old Hu-Hu
  

Old Hu-Hu (Paperback)

By Mewburn, Kyle; Illustrated by Driscoll, Rachel

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Everyone loved Old Hu-Hu. But nobody loved him quite as much as little Hu-Hu-Tu. This is a beautiful story of death and the celebration of life, with powerful, evocative illustrations by Rachel Driscoll.

ISBN 9781869439217
Published 23 November 2009 by Scholastic
Interest Age 3-6 years
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The Loblolly Boy
 

The Loblolly Boy (Paperback)

By Norcliffe, James

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The loblolly boy has the gift of flight: he's invisible to most people, apart from a very few who are known as the Sensitives. When the loblolly boy swaps identities with the narrator of this story, we are taken on an exciting, truly imaginative odyssey.

ISBN 9781877460258
Published 22 May 2009 by Longacre Press
Interest Age 10-13 years
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Sting

Sting (Paperback)

By Huber, Raymond

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An action-packed adventure story about a young honey bee called Ziggy, who feels as though he is an outsider in his own hive. Sent by the Queen on a mission to discover how other bees live, Ziggy begins to unravel the clues to his own identity and the role of the bees in a secret ...

ISBN 9781921150890
Published 1 April 2009 by Walker Books Australia
Interest Age 9-12 years
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Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero
 

Willie Apiata, VC: The Reluctant Hero (Paperback, Abridged edition)

By Little, Paul; With Lockyer, John

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Corporal Willie Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth's highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan. From his early life in small town East Coast New Zealand to his actions in the deserts of Afgha ...

ISBN 9780143304579
Published 30 March 2009 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-16 years
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Friends: Snake and Lizard
 

Friends: Snake and Lizard (Paperback)

By Cowley, Joy; Illustrated by Bishop, Gavin

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A new book of stories about the daily adventures of the popular Snake and Lizard. Snake is elegant and calm, and a little self-centred; Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. Even though they're opposites, they are good friends. With its wisdom, acceptance and good humour, Snake ...

ISBN 9781877467257
Published 16 October 2009 by Gecko Press
Interest Age 5-8 years
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The Mine's Afire! : The Journal of Tommy Carter, Brunnerton, 1896
 

The Mine's Afire! : The Journal of Tommy Carter, Brunnerton, 1896 (Paperback)

By Battye, Susan; Eakin, Thelma

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Based around the Brunner Mine Disaster of 1896, the biggest industrial accident in New Zealand's history. In this story, Thomas has been sent a journal from his grandmother back in England, with the request that he fill it in over the following 12 months and then send it back to ...

ISBN 9781869438876
Published 20 April 2009 by Scholastic
Interest Age 9-12 years
Series My Story S.
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Cry of the Taniwha
 

Cry of the Taniwha (Paperback)

By Hunt, Des

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Matt isn't looking forward to spending the holidays with his grandmother and her new husband. He has to fly to Rotorua, where he doesn't know anybody, and he's a bit wary of his new step-grandfather. Along with his worries, Matt packs his pride and joy - a homemade metal detector ...

ISBN 9781869507312
Published 1 June 2009 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 8-12 years
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The Word Witch
  

The Word Witch (Hardback)

By Mahy, Margaret; Illustrated by Elliot, David; Compiled by Duder, Tessa

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An illustrated selection of the poetry of Margaret Mahy, illustrated by David Elliot.

ISBN 9781869507077
Published 1 October 2009 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Ben and Mark: Boys of the High Country
  

Ben and Mark: Boys of the High Country (Paperback)

By Bougen, John; Fernyhough, Christine

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This is the true story of Ben and Mark Smith, aged eight and six, who live with their parents Richard and Sheri on Mount White Station, near Arthurs Pass, one of the biggest and most remote stations in the South Island.

ISBN 9781869790684
Published 2 October 2009 by Random House
Interest Age 8-12 years
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