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The shortlist for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults has been announced and features many beautiful books from our publishers.
In the Bookhub Picture Book category, Huia Publishers have A Guide to Rocks by Sacha Cotter and illustrated by Josh Morgan. Oratia Books also feature with Koro Wētā, by Heather Haylock, illustrated by Sarah Trolle and translated by Ngairo Eruera.
In the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction category, Allen & Unwin have Kimi the Kekeno’s Big Adventure by Shelley Burne-Field alongside Violet and the Velvets 2: The Case of the Angry Ghost by Rachael King.
In the Wheelers Books Award for Young Adult Fiction section, Allen & Unwin feature again with It’s a Bit More Complicated Than That by Hannah Marshall and The Lost Saint by Rachael Craw.
The Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction includes more good news for Allen & Unwin with the inclusion of Hooked: Learning to Fish, written by celebrity chef Al Brown and illustrated by Hope McConnell.
The Russell Clark Award for Illustration includes Kupe and the Great Octopus of Muturangi Illustrated and written by Mat Tait and published by Allen & Unwin.
The Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Awards for Te Reo Māori includes He Taonga te Toka, written by Sacha Cotter, illustrated by Josh Morgan and translated by Kawata Teepa, published by Huia Publishers. Huia also have Te Onehaumako, written by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin. Also featured is Kupe me te Wheke nui a Muturangi, written by Mat Tait, from Allen & Unwin.
Finally, the NZSA Best First Book Award includes Te Onehaumako, written by Zeb Tamihana Nicklin, published by Huia Publishers.
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