LIANZA Children's Book Awards
2008 FinalistsDownload the list of finalists for the 2008 LIANZA Children's Book Awards here Presentation Ceremony The 2008 LIANZA Children's Book Awards Ceremony will be held on Monday 18th August at the National Library of New Zealand. Please contact Wendy Walker for further information. 2008 Judging Panel 2007 Winners 
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| Esther Glen Award
| Elsie Locke Award | Russell Clark Award | Te Kura Pounamu Award |
The Awards Esther Glen Award
Russell Clark Award
Elsie Locke Award
Te Kura Pounamu Award ESTHER GLEN AWARD The New Zealand Library and Information Association Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa offers annually an award, known as the Esther Glen Award. This award is offered annually to the author of the book which is considered to be the most distinguished contribution to literature for children, by an author who is a citizen or resident of New Zealand. There are no limitations on the character of the book except that it be an original work, or, if traditional in design, new to children's literature and the result of individual research, the re-telling and interpretation being the writer's own. The book will have been published in the previous year and no reprint or new edition of a book shall be eligible for the award. The format and physical make-up of the book shall be a consideration A medal and $1000.00 are awarded to the winner. First established 1944 Recipients | 1945 | Stella M. Morice The book of Wiremu | | 1947 | Alexander W. Reed Myths and legends of Mäoriland | | 1950 | Joan Smith The adventure of Nimble, Rumble and tumble | | 1959 | Maurice N. Duggan Tom and the water boy. | | 1964 | Lesley C Powell Turi, the story of a little boy | | 1970 | Margaret Mahy A lion in the meadow | | 1973 | Margaret Mahy The first Margaret Mahy storybook | | 1975 | Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd My cat likes to hide in boxes | | 1978 | Rhonda and David Armitage The lighthouse keeper's lunch | | 1979 | Joan de Hamel Take the long path | | 1982 | Katherine O'Brien The year of the Yelvertons | | 1983 | Margaret Mahy The haunting | | 1984 | Caroline MacDonald Elephant rock | | 1985 | Margaret Mahy The changeover | | 1986 | Maurice Gee Motherstone | | 1988 | Tessa Duder Alex | | 1989 | Jack Lazenby The mangrove summer | | 1990 | Tessa Duder Alex in winter | | 1991 | William Taylor Agnes the sheep | | 1992 | Tessa Duder Alessandra: Alex in Rome | | 1993 | Margaret Mahy Underrunners | | 1994 | Paula Boock Sasscat to win | | 1995 | Maurice Gee The fat man | | 1996 | Janice Marriott Crossroads | | 1997 | Kate de Goldi Sanctuary | | 1998 | David Hill Fat, Four-eyed and Useless | | 2001 | Margaret Mahy 24 hours | | 2002 | Alison Robertson Knocked for Six | | 2003 | David Hill Right where it hurts | | 2004 | Ken Catran Jacko Moran, sniper | | 2005 | Bernard Beckett Malcom and Juliet | 2006
| Elizabeth Knox Dreamhunter
| | 2007 | Bernard Beckett Genesis
| RUSSELL CLARK AWARDThe Russell Clark Award will be made for the most distinguished pictures or illustrations for a children's book with, or without, text which has been published in the previous year. The artist or illustrator must be a citizen or resident of New Zealand. The pictures or illustrations must be original work and convey the spirit of the book. The text, as an important component of the work, should also be of high quality. The format and physical make-up of the illustrated book shall be a consideration and a reprint or new edition of a text may be considered only if the illustrations are being published for the first time. A medal and $1000.00 are awarded to the winner. First established 1975 Recipients | 1978 | Robert Jahnke Illustrations in The house of the people by R.L. Bacon | | 1979 | Bruce Treloar Illustrations in Kim by B Treloar | | 1982 | Gavin Bishop Illustrations in Mrs McGinty and the bizarre plant by Gavin Bishop | | 1984 | Gwenda Turner Illustrations in The Tree Witches by Gwenda Turner | | 1985 | Robyn Belton Illustrations in The duck in the gun by Joy Cowley | | 1986 | Pamela Allen Illustrations in A lion in the night by P Allen | | 1987 | Robyn Kahukiwa Illustrations in Taniwha by R Kahukiwa | | 1988 | Dick Frizzel Illustrations in The Magpies by Dennis Glover | | 1989 | Chris Gaskin Illustrations in Joseph's boat by Caroline Macdonald | | 1990 | Chris Gaskin Illustrations in A walk to the beach by Chris Gaskin | | 1991 | David Elliot Illustrations in Arthur and the dragon | | 1992 | Sandra Morris Illustrations in One Lonely Kakapo | | 1993 | Christine Ross Illustrations in Lily and the Present | | 1994 | Kerry Gemmill Illustrations in The trolley by Patricia Grace | | 1995 | Chris Gaskin Illustrations in Kotuku: The flight of the white heron by Philip Temple | | 1996 | Linda McClelland Illustrations in The Cheese Trap by Joy Cowley | | 1997 | Murray Grimsdale Illustrations in George's Monster by Joy Cowley | | 1998 | Sue Hitchcock-Pratt Illustrations in Emily's Wonderful Pie | | 2001 | Bob Kerr After the war | | 2002 | Anton Petrov A Book of Pacific Lullabies | | 2003 | Sarah Wilkins The immigrants | | 2004 | Graeme Gash Napoleon and the Chicken Farmer | | 2005 | Jacqui Colley Clubs | 2006
| Gavin Bishop Kiwi Moon | | 2007 | Ben Galbraith The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff
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ELSIE LOCKE AWARDAwarded annually for the work which makes a distinguished contribution to non-fiction for young people and which has been published in the previous year. A medal and $1000.00 are awarded to the winner. The Elsie Locke Award shall be awarded for a work that is considered to be a distinguished contribution to non-fiction for young people. The recipient(s) of the Award shall be a citizen or resident of New Zealand and must have been published in the preceding calendar year. No reprint or new edition of a work will be eligible for the Award but a substantially revised edition may be considered. A medal and $1000.00 are awarded to the winner. Established in 1986 Recipients | 1987 | Olive and Ngaio Hill Gaijin: foreign children in Japan | | 1989 | Clair Patterson It's OK to be you | | 1990 | Deborah Furley The web: the triumph of a New Zealand girl over anorexia. | | 1991 | John Reid Model boats that really go. | | 1992 | Peter Garland The Damselfly | | 1993 | Kim Westerskov Albatross Adventure | | 1994 | Robyn Kahukiwa Paikea | | 1995 | Barbara Cairns and Helen Martin Shadows on the wall | | 1996 | Laura Ranger Laura's Poems | | 1997 | Diane Noonan and Nic Bishop I Spy Wildlife: the Field | | 1998 | Andrew Crowe The Life-Size guide to Native Trees and Other Common Plants in New Zealand's native forest | | 2001 | Brian Parkinson The tuatara | Previously known as the LIANZA Young Person's Non-Fiction Award | 2002 | Dr Simon Pollard I am a Spider | | 2003 | Andrew Crowe Which NZ insect? | | 2004 | Janet Hunt A Bird in the Hand: Keeping New Zealand Wildlife Safe | | 2005 | Gegory O'Brien Welcome to the South Seas: contemproary New Zealand art for young people | 2006
| Kevin Boon Developments in New Zealand History | | 2007 | Leon Davidson Red Haze: Australians & New Zealanders in Vietnam
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TE KURA POUNAMUThe Te Kura Pounamu Award is awarded annually to the author of the work which makes a distinguished contribution to literature for children or young people written in Te Reo Māori and which has been published in the previous year. The author must be a citizen or resident of New Zealand and the work must have been published in the preceding calendar year. There are no limitations on the character of the book except that it is original work, or, if traditional in design, new to children's literature and the result of individual research, the re-telling and interpretation being the writer's own. The format and physical make-up of the book shall be a consideration and no reprint or new edition of a book shall be eligible for the award. The prize is a greenstone pendant (Taonga) and $1000.00. Established in 1995. Recipients | 1996 | Katarina Mataira and Terewai Kemp Marama Tangiweta | | 1997 | Katarina Mataira He Tino Kuia Taka Huia | | 1998 | Mere Clarke Whirikoki me tana Kekeno | | 2001 | Merito Tawhara for Te Puriri | | 2002 | Dot Meharry Nga Kutai me Nga Pipi | | 2003 | Ngareta Gabel Tekiteora, kei hea o hu | | 2004 | Ross Calman Te Tahuna | | 2005 | Melanie Drewery (author) and Kararaina Uataku (translator) Nga rongoa a Koro (Koro's Medicine) | 2006
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| | 2007 | Robyn Kahukiwa Matatuhi |
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