2023 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults
Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award
Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Mat Tait
Picture Book Award
Duck Goes Meow, Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Carla Martell
Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction
Below, David Hill
Young Adult Fiction Award
Iris and Me, Philippa Werry
Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, Mat Tait
Russell Clark Award for Illustration
A Portrait of Leonardo, Donovan Bixley
Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for te reo Māori
Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro, Brianne Te Paa, illustrated byStory Hemi-Morehouse
NZSA Best First Book Award
The Lighthouse Princess, Susan Wardell, illustrated by Rose Northey
Below by David Hill
22.00 NZD
Category: Junior/Middle Fiction
A nerve-wracking underground adventure from a master storyteller . . . Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping novel for readers eight years and up. When you stood deep inside the tunnel, you could hear the mountain groaning overhead. That's ...Show more
Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro (How My Koro Became a Star Te Reo Māori edition) by Brianne Te Paa
22.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori
A young boy learns about the customs around celebrating Matariki from his grandfather. They watch the stars from the top of a mountain, prepare their offering of food for the gods, and the boy learns about Te Waka o Rangi and the tradition of calling out the names of loved ones who have passed away so t ...Show more
Kua Whetūrangitia a Koro (How My Koro Became a Star Te Reo Māori Edition HB) by Brianne Te Paa
27.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Te Reo Maori
In this picture book, a young boy learns about the customs around celebrating Matariki from his grandfather. They watch the stars from the top of a mountain, prepare their offering of food for the gods, and the boy learns about Te Waka o Rangi and the tradition of calling out the names of loved ones who ...Show more
Duck Goes Meow (PB) by Juliette Maclver
21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Woof! says Dog. Moo! says Cow. Cluck! says Hen, and Duck Goes ... Meow. A little yellow duckling is amongst animal friends who are all sure of the sounds they make: hiss, neigh, moo, cheep, cluck and oink. But when Duck goes ‘meow’, the other animals say no, that is wrong, try again ... then Duck’s mam ...Show more
Te Wehenga: The separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by Mat Tait
36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Stunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother. Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.Award-winning illustrator Mat Tait has written and illustrated this stunning retelling of the ...Show more
A Portrait of Leonardo by Donovan Bixley
34.99 NZD
Category: Artists
Strip back the layers of varnish and discover the man behind the masterpieces, the personality that drove one of the greatest minds in history. In a book like no other, explore the life of Leonardo da Vinci.
Iris and Me by Philippa Werry
25.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
One woman. One journey. One true friend. 'I reckon Iris would've approved' - Tina Shaw So begins the story of Iris Wilkinson, who wrote poetry, novels and journalism under the pen name Robin Hyde. In January 1938 she left New Zealand for England. On the way, intrigued by glimpses of China, she ventured ...Show more
The Lighthouse Princess by Susan Wardell
21.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books
The 2021 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award-winning picture book is a delightful contemporary fairytale about an independent princess, who looks after a very special lighthouse lamp, fishes off the balcony and goes swimming with seals. A vibrant modern fairytale about a lighthouse-keeper princess who rescue ...Show more
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