One Otago book has been short-listed for this year's New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards. Melu by Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo and John O'Reilly is a finalist in the picture book category.
Nineteen books were selected as finalists in the best picture book, junior fiction, young adult and non-fiction categories yesterday. War was a dominant theme among this year's entries, chief judge Bernard Beckett said.
''We were pleased to see coverage given to conflicts less likely to be known to young readers, such as The Boer War or the conflict in Malaysia. Prominence was also given to the bravery of those who resisted armed conflict, both in World War 1 and at Parihaka. That strikes us as tremendously important.''
The judging panel was children's author Eirlys Hunter, Radio New Zealand's Arts on Sunday presenter Lynn Freeman and Beckett. Voting for the children's choice award runs from April 3 to May 31.
The winners will be announced at the conclusion of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards Festival, on June 24.
The finalists are. -
Picture book: A Great Cake, by Tina Matthews (Wellington); Melu, by Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo and John O'Reilly (Otago); Mister Whistler, by Margaret Mahy and Gavin Bishop (Christchurch); Mr Bear Branches and the Cloud Conundrum, by Terri Rose Baynton (Taupo); Remember That November/Maumahara ki tera Noema, by Jennifer Beck, Lindy Fisher and Kawata Teepa (Auckland).
Junior fiction: The ACB with Honora Lee, by Kate De Goldi and Gregory O'Brien (Wellington); The Queen and the Nobody Boy (A Tale of Fontania), by Barbara Else (Wellington); My Brother's War, by David Hill (New Plymouth); Red Rocks, by Rachael King (Christchurch); Uncle Trev and His Whistling Bull, by Jack Lasenby (Wellington).
Young adult fiction: Earth Dragon, Fire Hare, by Ken Catran (South Canterbury); Into the River, by Ted Dawe (Auckland); The Nature of Ash, by Mandy Hager (Wellington); Reach, by Hugh Brown (Wellington); Snakes and Ladders, by Mary-anne Scott (Havelock North).
Non-fiction: 100 Amazing Tales From Aotearoa, by Simon Morton and Riria Hotere (Wellington); Kiwi: the real story, by Annemarie Florian and Heather Hunt (Whangarei); Taketakerau, The Millennium Tree, by Marnie Anstis, Patricia Howitt and Kelly Spencer (Bay of Plenty); At the Beach: Explore and discover the New Zealand seashore, by Ned Barraud and Gillian Candler (Wellington).
Source: http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/251745/otago-offering-short-list-childrens-book-awards
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