LIANZA announces the Children's Book Award Finalists for 2011 (New Zealand)

LIANZA (The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) has announced the Children's Book Award Finalists for 2011:

LIANZA Esther Glen Award (Junior Fiction)

* The Haystack by Jack Lasenby, (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd)
* Dreams of Warriors by Susan Brocker (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd)
* Sheep on the Fourth Floor by Leonie Thorpe (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd)
* Boy Zero Wannabe Hero by Peter Millet (Faber & Faber)
* Shadow of the Boyd by Diana Menefy (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd)


LIANZA Young Adult Award (Fiction)

* Smiling Jack by Ken Catran (HarperCollins Publishers (NZ) Ltd)
* Fierce September by Fleur Beale (Random House New Zealand)
* Ebony Hill by Anna Mackenzie (Longacre Press)
* Blood Lines by TK Roxborogh (Penguin NZ)
* Lethal Deliveries by Ken Benn (Penguin NZ)
* The Limping Man by Maurice Gee (Puffin)


LIANZA Russell Clark Award (Illustration)

* The Moon and Farmer McPhee by Margaret Mahy and David Elliot (Random House New Zealand)
* Quaky Cat by Diana Noonan and Gavin Bishop (Scholastic)
* Hill and Hole by Kyle Mewburn and Vasanti Unka (Puffin)
* The Fierce Little Woman and the Wicked Pirate by Joy Cowley and Sarah Davis (Gecko Press)
* A Dog Like That! by Janene Cooper and Evie Kemp (Duck Creek Press)


LIANZA Elsie Locke (Non Fiction)

* Weird Wabbit & Friends/ Star Boy and Friends Series by Vasanti Unka (Penguin NZ)
* The Life Cycle of the Pukeko by Betty Brownlie (Scholastic)
* Sensational Survivors by Sandra Morris (Walker Books Australia)
* The Kiwi Fossil Hunters Handbook by James Campton and Marianna Terezow (Random House New Zealand)
* The Tui NZ Kids Garden by Diana Noonan and Keith Olsen (Penguin NZ)

Te Kura Pounamu (te reo Maori)

* Mahiara by Sally Sutton, Illustrated by Brian Lovelock, Translated by Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira (Walker Books Australia)
* Ngarimu: Te Tohu Toa by Andrew Burdan (Huia Publishers)
* Rāwiri, Matiu, He Kura Te Tangata, He Ora Kai Te Kupu Series by Peti Nohotima (He Kupenga Hao i te Reo)
* Manu Haututū by June Peka. Illustrated by Jo Thapa. Translated by Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira (Scholastic)
* Kapa, Te Niu Series by Hana Pōmare and Heni Jacob (HANA Limited/ Te Tāuhuhu o te Mātauranga – Ministry of Education)
* Te Mata o Tuna, a Hina rāua ko Mo’o Kuna by Hana Pōmare, Ellie-May Logan and Hēni Jacob (HANA Limited/ Te Tāuhuhu o te Mātauranga – Ministry of Education)

The 2011 Award Ceremony will take place in Wellington on Monday August 8th at Caffe L’affare, College Street