kiwi kids' good book guide 2013

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THE VERY BEST NEW ZEALAND BOOKSfor children & young adults


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In 2013 we celebrate the seventeenth annual New Zealand Post Childrens BookAwards, recognising the very best in New Zealand books for children and young

adults. This prestigious awards programme is one of the most exciting events on

the literary calendar and you can be sure its going to be another stand-out year.

A note from the Judges

This summer we three judges have had the

opportunity to revisit our childhoods, through the

work of New Zealands leading writers and illustratorsfor children and young adults. This is the remarkable

thing the very best writers manage to achieve. They

somehow burrow back into the mind of the child:

delighting them with word play, surprising them with

plot twists, and most of all respecting the power of

their youthful imaginations.

In a way the judges task is an impossible one. While

the very best books here give us a tantalising whiff

of the years gone by, so that for a moment we too

are thrilled by the dragon, shocked by the bully,

cheering for the underdog and smitten by the love

interest, the truth is our own imagination is a poor

substitute for the actual art of being young. And so

we read not just with appreciation, but also with atinge of jealousy; for that wonderful, intense, fiction

fuelled way of living that is the special preserve of

the young.

Im delighted to be able to report that this year

our writers have provided a tremendous range of

material for the unique talents of young readers.

They have served up stories set in the past and the

future, in our land and far away, stories of action, of

whimsy and of quiet contemplation.

This sheer variety makes judging especially hard,

and so we have tried to read with an eye for those

special books whose qualities will outlast the current

fads and fashions. In short weve been looking for

books that do that thing that only books can do: theones that speak to our young people about all the

excitement, terror and wonder of being alive, that

demand engagement, imagination and empathy,

that enrich the lives of those lucky and smart enough

to have chosen to read.

Bernard, Lynn and Eirlys

Judges

2013 New Zealand Post Childrens Book Awards

WELCOMEto the 2013 Kiwi Kids Good Book Guide

A note from our Sponsor

Books play a key role in the development of young

minds opening up new horizons and new worlds of

possibility.

The role which books play in developing the minds

of our children has never been more important than

it is today, as children grow up in an era when access

to written media has been democratised, and when

anyone can create and publish their own content,

and find an audience for their own stories.

For the past 17 years New Zealand Post has been

proud to support the Childrens Book Awards, which

celebrate the best local writers and illustrators.

The awards celebrate the skills of storytellers who tell

stories with a Kiwi flavour. The continued success

of local authors and illustrators serves as a reminder

to our kids that New Zealand can stand proudalongside much larger nations when it comes to the

quality of the writers and illustrators who so ably

serve our youngest generation.

And long may that continue to be so.

Brian Roche

Chief Executive

New Zealand Post Group

Bernard Beckett

Lynn Freeman

Eirlys Hunter


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Important dates

WED 3 APR

Finalistsannounced

& ChildrensChoice

voting opens

FRI 19 APR

Last day ofTerm 1

schoolholidaysbegin

MON 6 MAY

First day ofTerm 2

FRI 31 MAY

ChildrensChoicevotingcloses

MON 17 JUN

Festivalweek

fnalistauthor

tours begin

MON 24 JUN

Awardsceremony winnersannounced

WELCOMEto the 2013 Kiwi Kids Good Book Guide

VISITnzpostbookawards.co.nz for:

Key information about the nalists and winners

Resource templates and activities for download

A list of festival Regional Coordinators

A calendar of festival events

Online voting for the Childrens Choice award

A link to our Facebook page with competition and review opportunities

Downloadable PDF of the Kiwi Kids Good Book Guide, voting cards and posters.

Childrens Choice award

The popular Childrens Choice award enables school-aged children and young

adults from throughout New Zealand to vote for their favourite book, selected

from the finalist titles. Each year tens of thousands of votes are received.

FREEPOST voting cards are available from libraries, bookstores and schools or

young readers can vote online at the official website www.nzpostbookawards.

co.nz. By taking part, kids could win $1000 of Booksellers Tokens ($500 for the

student, $500 for their school), so get your kids voting!

National festival and celebrations: 17-24 June

The New Zealand Post Childrens Book Awards are celebrated with a nationwide

festival of events and activities that bring books alive for young readers of all

ages. This colourful festival promotes the importance of books and reading, and

provides inspiration for New Zealands future writers and illustrators.

The celebrations staged for the New Zealand Post Childrens Book Awards

are for children, students, parents, teachers, librarians, community groups and

everyone who loves childrens books!

Regional activities

Festival programmes are staged in 25 regions nationwide. During festival week

children and young adults are encouraged to participate in a wide range of

stimulating reading, writing and illustration-based activities focused on the

excellent range and quality of New Zealand childrens books.

Your Regional Coordinator (see contact list) will have information on theactivities planned in your area. Make contact now and get involved! You can also

visitwww.nzpostbookawards.co.nzto view a calendar of activities.

Touring Finalists

One of the most popular features of the national celebrations for the New

Zealand Post Childrens Book Awards is the programme of tours by finalist writers

and illustrators. In the week leading up to the awards ceremony, finalists will travel

throughout the country visiting schools and libraries and taking part in regional

events.

Contact your Regional Coordinator to see which finalist will be visiting your area

or to plan a visit to your school or library.

For the latest information on the tour visit the official website:

www.nzpostbookawards.co.nz

How to use this kitStart planning your own activities and events to tie-in with the New Zealand Post

Childrens Book Awards. This resource pack provides a starting platform from

which to build your own festival programme and classroom or library activities.

Information on finalist titles is drawn directly from the books. Judges comments

will be available online after 24 June 2013.

Available for download on our website you will find activity ideas focused on

curriculum achievement objectives which will allow you to maximise the New

Zealand Post Childrens Book Awards in your classroom or library.

These activity ideas activities can be downloaded FREE from early April at

www.nzpostbookawards.co.nz

Please Note:The New Zealand Post Childrens Book Awards finalist books

deal with a wide diversity of topics. Reader age ranges provided here offer a

guide only. We recommend that you always ensure that the content, conceptsand issues dealt with in these books are appropriate for each readers age and

experience.


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Melu decides to follow his dream,instead of the herd.

The mules had been clip-cloppingaround the sun-baked hills forgenerations. They always clip-cloppedin the same direction: west towardsthe setting sun. And they neverventured down to the glittering green

sea. But Melu was different. He wasalways out of step. When the herdclipped, Melu clopped. When theothers clopped, Melu clipped. Andone day, he decided he wanted to godown to the glittering green sea

A lively, hilarious picture book by twoof the luminaries of New Zealandchildrens books.

Absentminded Mister Whistler alwayshas a song in his head and a dance inhis feet. In a rush to catch the train, heis so distracted he loses his ticket.

Is it in the bottom pockets of hisbig coat or the top pockets of his

jacket? Perhaps he slipped it into hiswaistcoat...

Where is Mister Whistlers ticket?

FINALISTSPICTURE BOOK

For the latest information and reviews about these finalists, visitwww.nzpostbookawards.co.nz

A Great CakeTina MatthewsWalker Books AustraliaISBN 9781921720062 hbRRP $27.99Target age 3+

Mister WhistlerMargaret Mahy& Gavin Bishop

Gecko PressISBN 9781877467912 hb,9781877467929 pb - June 2013RRP $34.99 hb, $19.99 pbTarget age 4+

MeluKyle Mewburn, Ali Teo

& John OReilly

Scholastic New ZealandISBN 9781775430278 hb,9781775430889 pbRRP $33.00 hb, $19.50 pbTarget age 3-7

The essential ingredients in this bookare family, imaginative play and simplepleasures. A must for every familywith a preschooler.

Harvey wants to bake a great cake,but doesnt have all the ingredients.That doesnt stop him. Harvey canmake cakes from the most amazingthings!

Tina Matthewswas born in New Zealand and now liveswith her family in Sydney. She is an artist and designer whohas worked in childrens theatre and television for 25 years,including on Bananas in Pyjamas, The Ferals, The UpsideDown Showand Jim Hensons Labyrinth. Tina teachespuppetry at NIDA and is designer of the best-selling Blackand White Baby Mobile.

Her first title with Walker Books Australia, Out of the Eggwon the Best First Book Award in the 2008 New ZealandPost Book Awards and Waiting for Laterwas a finalist inthe Picture Book category of the 2012 New Zealand PostChildrens Book Awards.

Kyle Mewburnhas had over 20 childrens books publishedin nine countries. He has won numerous awards, includingthe New Zealand Post Childrens Book of the Year for thepicture book Old Hu-Hu. His other titles include Kiss! Kiss!Yuck! Yuck!, Ducks Stuck! and the Dinosaur Rescue series.

Originally from Brisbane, Kyle lives with his wife Marion inSouth Otago. When not writing, Kyle is usually found in hisgarden singing to his vegies, in his creek swimming, or off

exploring the strange land hes discovered at the back ofhis wardrobe.

Ali Teo(an illustrator by trade) and John OReilly(a designer) live and work together from their homein Papamoa Beach. Picture book work is a labour oflove for them and an opportunity to create somethingfrom the heart, outside the commercial work which istheir day job.

Ali and John spend much of their spare time on thebeach with their young son, Tiger, and their two ex-SPCA dogs. John also works with his business partnercreating games and apps for digital mobile devices.

Margaret Mahyis one of the worlds best and most famousauthors for children and young adults. She was born inWhakatane in 1936, and wrote her first story at the age ofseven. She won numerous honours for her books, includingthe Carnegie Medal (twice), and the Hans ChristianAndersen Award for her lasting contribution to childrensliterature. Her works have been translated into more than15 languages. Margaret lived in Governors Bay until herdeath in 2012.

Gavin Bishopis an award-winning childrens picture bookwriter and illustrator who lives and works in Christchurch,New Zealand. As author and illustrator of nearly 60 bookshis work ranges from original stories to retellings of Maorimyths, European fairy stories, and nursery rhymes. He hasexhibited internationally, and won many major awards for

his work both in New Zealand and overseas. In 2009 hehelped establish the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award toencourage up-and-coming illustrators in New Zealand.


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Its almost Guy Fawkes Night, andat the school speech competitionAndy talks about Guy Fawkes and theGunpowder Plot. The children cheerexcitedly, thinking Andy will win thecontest.

But then, Aroha gets up, wearing awhite feather in her hair, and tells thestory of another fifth of November the invasion of Parihaka in 1881.

FINALISTSPICTURE BOOK


Mr Bear Branches andthe Cloud ConundrumTerri Rose Baynton

HarperCollins Publishers (ABC)ISBN 9780733329210 hb

RRP $29.99Target age 4+

Remember thatNovember/Maumahara ki trNemaJennifer Beck, Lindy Fisher &

Kawata Teepa

Huia PublishersISBN 9781775500100 pb (English edition)9781775500117 pb (Mori edition)RRP $20.00Target age 6+

Join Mr Bear Branches and his bestfriend, Lintfrey Longfellow, as theyexplore the wondrous world aroundthem.

Mr Bear Branches and LintfreyLongfellow were the very best offriends. They loved nothing morethan taking long walks, discussingbooks - and watching the clouds.

One day, Bear, Im going to sit amongthe clouds, said Lintfrey.

But, sadly, clouds just arent made forsitting on

Can Bear find a solution to Lintfreyscloud conundrum?

An enchanting picture bookintroducing the wonderful world oftwo charming new characters.

Terri Rose Bayntonlives in the beautiful seaside town ofWaihi Beach, New Zealand, amongst good friends, warmwaves and a menagerie of animals. She is a scriptwriterand storyliner for childrens television, working with WetaProductions onJane and the Dragonand The Wotwots,alongside her father, Wotwotscreator Martin Baynton.

Jennifer Beckis an award-winning writerand authorof more thanforty-fivechildrens books.Her bookshave beenrecognised at

the Moonbeam Childrens BookAwards, the New Zealand PostChildrens Book Awards in the P ictureBook, Book of the Year and Childrens

Lindy Fisheris an artist, graphic designer and illustrator.She has illustrated over 75 postage stamps and illustratedchildrens picture books. She and Jennifer Beck have wonawards for Nobodys Dog(Childrens Choice award, NewZealand Post Book Awards, 2006),A Present from thePast(Honour Award, New Zealand Post Book Awards forChildren and Young Adults, 2007) and Stefanias DancingSlippers(Silver Medal, Moonbeams Childrens Bookawards, 2008).

Kawata Teepa(Thoe) has been a translator for numberof years, carrying out translation work with the Ministryof Education, Te Kete Ipurangi, Te Taura Whiri i te ReoMori, the New Zealand Translation Centre to namea few. Working at Huia Publishers has opened anotheravenue for me with regards to translations for childrensbooks, trying to keep the integrity of the original version(English) whilst keeping the Mori language rich butsimple as well.

Choice categories and have beenincluded in the Storylines NotableBooks Lists.


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FINALISTSJUNIOR FICTION


The ACB withHonora LeeKate De Goldi &

Gregory OBrien

Random House New Zealand (LongacrePress)ISBN 9781869799892 hbRRP $34.99Target age 8-12

My Brothers WarDavid Hill

Penguin Group (NZ), PuffinISBN 9780143307174 pbRRP $19.99Target age 9-12

The Queen and theNobody Boy(A Tale of Fontania)Barbara Else

Gecko PressISBN 9781877579233 pbRRP $24.99Target age 11+

On Saturday mornings Perry andher father visit her gran, Honora Lee,at the rest home, but Gran neverremembers them. Who is that man?Honora Lee asks when Perrys fatherleaves the room.

Perrys parents think that onlychildren, like Perry, should be busy.So after movement class is abruptlycancelled, Perry is allowed to govisit Gran on Thursday afternoons.She discovers her Gran has anunconventional interest in thealphabet, so Perry decides theyshould make an alphabet book. Sooneveryone is interested in Perrys

project.A meditation on kindness andpatience and acceptance.

An adventure story about greed,rebellion, and finding allies in the mostunlikely places. Hodie is the unpaidodd-job boy at the Grand Palace inthe Kingdom of Fontania. Fed-up, hedecides to leave and better himself.The young Queen, 12-year-old Sibilla,is fed-up, too. Sick of gossip abouther lack of magical ability, she decidesto run away with Hodie, whether helikes it or not...

My Dear Mother,

Well, Ive gone and done it. Ive joinedthe Army!

Dont be angry at me, Mother dear.I know you were glad when I wasntchosen in the ballot. But some of myfriends were, and since they will befighting for King and Country, I want todo the same.

Its New Zealand, 1914, and thebiggest war the world has known has

just broken out in Europe.

William eagerly enlists for the armybut his younger brother, Edmund, isa conscientious objector and refuses

to fight. While William trains to be asoldier, Edmund is arrested.

Both brothers will end up on thebloody battlefields of France, buttheir journeys there are very different.

And what they experience at the front

line will challenge the beliefs that ledthem there.

A compelling novel about the FirstWorld War for 9-12 year olds.

David Hillspent most of his childhood and teenage yearsin Napier. He studied at Victoria University and becamea high school teacher, teaching both in New Zealand andthe UK. He became a full-time writer in 1982 and is oneof this countrys most highly regarded authors for childrenand young people. Davids books have been publishedinternationally and his short stories and plays for youngpeople have been broadcast here and overseas.

David has won awards for his writing in this country andoverseas. He was made a Member of the New Zealand

Order of Merit in 2004.

Barbara Elseis the author of six adult novels, and is one ofNew Zealands most respected writers. She is a Member ofthe New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature,and has worked as a university tutor, editor and freelancewriter. Barbara lives in Wellington, New Zealand. Thefirst book in the Tales of Fontania series, The TravellingRestaurant, won the LIANZA Esther Glen Award and wasselected as the NZ IBBY Honour Book for Writing in 2012.

Visit Barbaras blog atwww.TalesOfFontania.com

Kate De Goldiis one of this countrys most loved authors.The author of the phenomenal The 10 PM Question, whichhas been published extensively overseas, she is a two-timewinner of the New Zealand Post Childrens Book of theYear Award. She has held several major fellowships andis a respected broadcaster, book festival chair and publicspeaker. She is also dedicated and committed to workingwith schoolchildren. Kate lives in Wellington.

Gregory OBrienis a Wellington-based writer andartist. His visual art is included in the touring exhibitionKermadecNine Artists in the South Pacific. His latestcollection of poetry and drawings is Beauties of theOctagonal Pool (AUP, 2012).

He has recently written books about the painters EuanMacleod and Pat Hanly, and the expatriate New Zealandillustrator Graham Percy.

Greg was recipient of a 2012 Arts Foundation LaureateAward and the 2012 Prime Ministers Award for LiteraryAchievement.


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FINALISTSJUNIOR FICTION


Red RocksRachael KingRandom House New ZealandISBN 9781869799144 pbRRP $19.99Target age 8-12

Uncle Trev and HisWhistling BullJack Lasenby

Gecko PressISBN 9781877467158 pbRRP $19.99Target age 9+

While holidaying at his fathers house,Jake explores Wellingtons wild southcoast, with its high cliffs, biting winds,and fierce seals. When he stumblesupon a sealskin hidden in a creviceat Red Rocks, hes compelled to takeit home and hide it under his bed,setting off a chain of events thatthreatens to destroy his family.

Red Rocksbrings the Celtic myth ofthe selkies, or seal people, into theNew Zealand landscape, throwing anordinary boy into an adventure tingedwith magic. The beautiful writing andeerie atmosphere of this captivatingstory will thrill junior readers.

Its the 1930s and our storyteller is sickin bed when Uncle Trev arrives to letMum go out and do the shopping.Uncle Trev tells stories about theanimals on his farm, his neighbourGotta Henry, and the time thebarbarians sacked the town. He alsogoes through Mums cupboards andhelps himself to all her gingernutbiscuits and Louise cake... A hilariousnovel from New Zealands masterteller-of-tall-tales.

Rachael Kingis the author of two novels for adults anda novel for children. Rachael has a Masters in CreativeWriting from the International Institute of Modern Lettersat Wellingtons Victoria University. In 2008 King was theUrsula Bethell Writer in residence at Canterbury University,and she has lived in Christchurch ever since.

Jack Lasenby(born 1931) is one of New Zealands mostimportant childrens book authors. He has written dozensof books and stories for children and young adults, andhas earned numerous honours including key awards andfellowships. In 2003 he received the Margaret Mahy Medalfor his contribution to the world of childrens literature. Jacklives in Wellington, where he is patron of the WellingtonChildrens Book Association.


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FINALISTSYOUNG ADULT FICTION


Earth Dragon,

Fire HareKen CatranHarperCollins PublishersISBN 9781869509415 pbRRP $24.99Target age 13+

The Nature of AshMandy Hager

Random House New ZealandISBN 9781869799038 pbRRP $19.99Target age 14+

Into the RiverTed Dawe

Mangakino University PressISBN 9780473205089 pbRRP $19.95Target age 13+

New Zealands forgotten war, foughtin the deep green jungles of Malaya.On opposing sides are a young Kiwisoldier and a dedicated guerrilla. Theyare enemies but destiny decrees theywill become unlikely comrades. In thistreacherous and bloody war, nothingis as it seems not even trust. Thepath to honour and the search forpeace promise to be hard-foughtand come at the highest cost. EarthDragon, Fire Hareis the ultimate taleof war.

Some rivers should not be swum in.

Some rivers hold secrets than cannever be told.

When Te Arepa Santos is draggedinto the river by a giant eel, somethinghappens that will change the course ofhis whole life. The boy who strugglesto the bank is not the same as the onewho plunged in, moments earlier. Hehas brushed against the spirit world,and there is a price to be paid; an ututo be exacted.

Years later, far from the protection ofwhanau and ancestral land he findsnew enemies. This time, with no-oneto save him, there is a decision to bemade he can wait on the bank, orleap forward into the river.

Into the Riveris a prequel to theaward-winning novel Thunder Road.

In this fast-paced thriller, Ash

McCarthys life takes a devastatingturn when news from the police forceshim to return home to his DownSyndrome brother Mikey, and impelshim into a shady world of politicalintrigue, corruption, terrorism andlies. As if this isnt bad enough, theworlds two greatest super-powersstart a fight that puts New Zealandin the middle of their deadly games.Ashs fight to uncover the truth turnsinto a race to save lives and stop thedestruction of all the principles heholds dear.

Ken Catranhas written professionally for 30 years,beginning in television. He now writes YA fiction, and haspublished close to fifty books: history, war fiction, thrillersand science fiction, published internationally. Winnerof nine writing awards, he is the 2007 recipient of theMargaret Mahy Award for services to childrens literature.Ken lives in South Canterbury.

Ted Dawegrew up in small rural towns around NewZealand. His first novel Thunder Roadwon the Young AdultFiction section of the New Zealand Post Book Awards in2004. It also won for him the Best First Book award. Sincethen he has published an adult novel, K Roadand a Juniorfiction novel,And did those feet...(which was a finalist inthe Junior division of the 2007 awards). He published acollection of short stories, Captain Sailor Bird and Other

Storiesand a teachers resource book in 2007.

Mandy Hagerwon the Esther Glen Award for Fiction for

her novel Smashed and Best Young Adult Book in the NewZealand Post Book Awards 2010 for The Crossing. Shewas trained as a teacher, and she also has an AdvancedDiploma in Applied Arts (Writing) from WhitireiaPolytechnic and a MA in Creative Writing from VictoriaUniversity. She lives with her husband on the Kapiti Coaston an acre of land.


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FINALISTSYOUNG ADULT FICTION


ReachHugh BrownHarperCollins PublishersISBN 9781869509569 pbRRP $22.99Target age 12+

Snakes and LaddersMary-anne Scott

Scholastic New ZealandISBN 9781775430407 pbRRP $21.00Target age 13+

Will Clark thinks hes a socially ineptbookworm who just happens to enjoycross-country running and taekwondo.But then his mother returns after afive-year absence overseas, and hehas his first full-contact taekwondofight, and the gorgeous comic-reading Conway Jones asks if shecan be his maths tutor Will mustreassess himself, and his past, as hereaches towards a new future and letshis dreams take flight.

Life is harsh, Finn, face i t. Its a greatbig game of snakes and ladders.

Duggie has slid down a snake andyouve been given the chance to climba ladder.

Finns drugged-out Dad is on trialfor manslaughter, and so Finn is sent

away to an exclusive boarding schoolto remove him from the small-towngossip machine. Settling in to such adifferent life is not easy, but with thehelp of new mates Andy and Hobbsie,and the attentions of the much-lusted-after Mia, he begins to enjoyhis new life. But there is someone whoknows Finns secret

Blackmail and lies will Finn everface the truth? An illicit after-ballparty becomes the turning point inhis life.

Hugh Brownhas worked as a dishwasher, cook, editor,conservation worker and house dad. When he was younghe liked writing rhyming poems (and still does). Afterstudying literature at university he decided hed like to writestories that were fun to read. He now lives in Paekakarikiwith his three kids, where he writes, edits, gardens and playsmusic. This is his first published book, and is the inauguralwinner of the Tessa Duder Award for Young Adult Fiction.

Mary-anne Scott. Born in Hastings into a family of ninechildren, Mary-anne Scott grew up around books andmusic. Aside from writing, she sings and plays guitar,performing at wineries and weddings around Hawkes Bay.She also plays cello and teaches music to young students.Mary-annes mother, Joy Watson, authored the popularGrandpas Slippersseries.

Mary-anne is married to Paul and lives in Havelock North.The couple have four grown-up sons. The experiences,both good and bad, of her sons and their friends have beengreat fodder for her writing.


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FINALISTSNONFICTION


100 Amazing Tales

from AotearoaSimon Morton & Riria HotereTe Papa PressISBN 9781877385797 pbRRP $34.99Target age 12+

Kiwi: the real storyAnnemarie Florian

& Heather Hunt

New Holland PublishersISBN 9781869663780 hbRRP $29.99Target age 7-12

At the Beach:Explore & discover theNew Zealand seashoreNed Barraud & Gillian Candler

Craig Potton PublishingISBN 9781877517747 hb, 9781877517730 pbRRP $29.99 hb, $19.99 pbTarget age 5-8

100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoagives readers a special look at someof the surprising, wonderful, andsignificant pieces that Te Papa storesin trust for the nation.

Learn the secrets of one of the firstdinosaur fossils ever discovered, seenew spider species, be inspired byfamous paintings and quirky jewellery,encounter fearsome weapons fromthe Pacific, and uncover deep andpersonal stories of Mori taonga(treasures).

Included is a DVD of the completeTV mini-documentaries Tales fromTe Papa.

Simon Mortonis a Wellington-based broadcaster andpresenter of the Radio New Zealand National show ThisWay Upand the TV series Why We Buy andTales fromTe Papa. His first proper job was a three-year stint forbungy jumping pioneer AJ Hackett. Simon also worked atthe BBC World Service in London producing the weeklytechnology series, Digital Planet, and produced workfor National Public Radio in the US and the AustralianBroadcasting Corporation.

Hes usually seen around Wellington on his bike, and isdead keen on a game of soccer.

Riria Hotere(Ngti Maniapoto, Te Aupuri) is an actorin the Maori Television language series Krero Maiand aformer member of Te Papas education team. Currently sheworks for Huia Publishers as a Resource Developer.

As well as being a core cast member in Krero Mai, she hasalso been behind the camera as a director on the weeklysoapAkina.

Fluent in te reo, Riria also grew up with Japanese andSpanish cultures and studied Spanish at university.

At the Beachis a delightfulintroduction to the natural history ofthe New Zealand seashore.

The stage is set with beautiful,factually correct illustrations(including detailed cross-sections)of three familiar habitatsthe sandybeach, rockpools and mudflats. Many

of the plants and animals that playa part in these rich ecosystems areshown in situ, and readers are directedfrom there to pages dedicated todetailed coverage of:

crabs

sea stars, kina and sea anemones

shellfsh

seaweeds, sponges andsandhoppers

fsh, jellyfsh & shrimps

birds

Ned Barraudis a talented illustrator with a passion for seacreatures. His work has been published frequently in theSchool Journal, and he illustrated The Earthquake and theButterfly(2012). He works at Weta Digital as a texture artistand lives in Wellington, spending lots of time exploring theseashore with his three young children.

Gillian Candlerwas a secondary-school teacher for manyyears before moving into educational publishing withLearning Media in Wellington, where she worked as aneditor, project manager and eventually CEO. She currentlyworks as an educational publishing consultant from herhome in Pukerua Bay.

Kiwi: the real storyinvites the reader

into the secret night world of theNorth Island brown kiwi, illuminatingthe facts about its habitat, diet,courting, and parenting. Beautifulillustrations accompany a storythat can be read on two levels: foryoung children a bold rhythmicverse describes kiwi in action inthe bush, while the non-fictionnarrative provides older readers withadded insight into kiwi biology andbehaviour.

A collaboration between booksellerAnnemarie Florian and artist HeatherHunt, Kiwi: the real storyoffers amemorable reading experience for all

readers.

Annemarie Florianis an independent bookseller at

Storytime, an award-winning childrens store stockingbooks and toys in Whangarei (www.storytime.net.nz).An academic librarian in a previous life, Annemarie hasconvened the Russell Clark Award and was a judge for theNew Zealand Post Childrens Book Awards in 2012. Otherpublications she has authored include Time to SleepandBooks for Babies, also a collaboration with Heather Hunt.

Heather Hunt(www.heatherhunt.co.nz) is an illustrator,graphic designer, artist and photographer. She recentlyworked with Backyard Kiwi, a local Whangarei initiative, todesign a distinctive and unique kiwi character, which hasnow been portrayed in a range of art prints. The originaldrawings inspired Heather and Annemarie Florian todevelop Kiwi: the real story, which Heather illustrated and

designed digitally using vector points.


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FINALISTSNONFICTION


Taketakerau,The Millennium TreeMarnie Anstis, Patricia Howitt

& Kelly Spencer

Marnie Anstis in association withSteele Roberts AotearoaISBN 9781877577680 hbRRP $35.00Target age 9+

A child listens to Koro and Grandmaas they weave a tale about the lifeand times of the ancient puriri treeTaketakerau, the settlement anddevelopment of New Zealand, andworld events that happened over thelast 2000 years.

Marnie Anstis. Marnies literary endeavours developedfrom reading aloud to her children and enjoying the soundsand effects of word-combinations. Initial efforts werefrequently published in the NZ Gardener and NZ DairyExporter magazines.

Her major writing achievement has been writing andpublishing the book Taketakerau: The Millennium Tree,which received a prize in the 2012 Ashton Wylie ChildrensBook Award, and was included in the Listener 50 BestChildrens Books, 2012.

Patricia Howitt, Illustrator. After years of painting anddrawing the New Zealand high country while workingfull-time as a lawyer, Patricia Howitt now lives on 10 acresin the Far North, adjacent to virgin bush one of thecontinuing inspirations for her work. She freelances in art,

illustration, and Internet design and graphics from herhome, and recently received an award through the AshtonWylie Charitable Trust for her 36 paintings for the bookTaketakerau: The Millennium Tree.

Kelly Spencer, Illustrator. Kelly is a freelance illustrativeartist, moonlighting in graphic design.

Her fine art work is strongly influenced by the essence ofthe natural world - she has great respect for the creatureswho share this earth.

Currently based at Honey Badger Creative Studios inWellington, Kellys work includes book illustration, webpagedesign, tee-shirt graphics, branding and poster designand painting a fiberglass life-sized baby elephant for the

Melbourne Zoo.

She has exhibited in group shows in Wellington, Melbourneand Atlanta.


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