2024 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
The books in this category are the finalists in this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. To find out why the judges chose them, see the Book Awards website here.
The Dream Factory by Steph Matuku
$22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
An amazing building rises on the edge of town - it's the dream factory. Every night, it sends out magical mist. Flying cars, flower cakes and talking tigers fill people's dreams. And the next day, the people make those dreams come true. But when a kereru flies into the dream factory, and a feather float ...Show more
Rere Atu Taku Poi! - Let My Poi Fly! by Tangaroa Paul; Rebecca Gibbs (Illustrator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Written in te reo Maori and translated by the author, Rere Atu Taku Poi! is a beautifully illustrated story about gender fluidity in a school setting. Rangi loves doing haka but performing poi is his favourite - even though his classmates say it's just for girls. When the lead poi performer falls sick ...Show more
Lopini the Legend by Feana Tu'akoi
$20.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
When Lopini is replaced as kapa haka leader at school, he starts to spiral. It doesn’t matter that he thinks it’s a good idea, or that he agreed to the change in the first place. He’s a hard-out perfectionist and this feels like a public failure. Lopini’s best mate, Fi, thinks he’s overreacting. After ...Show more
The Sparrow by Tessa Duder
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
A powerful new historical novel from one of New Zealand's best-loved YA authors. An exciting new novel from the author of Alex. In September 1840, two ships arrive on the shores of the Waitemata Harbour to establish Auckland, the new capital of New Zealand. Among the settlers on board the Platina is you ...Show more
Dazzlehands [Ringakoreko Ringakōreko English edition] by Sacha Cotter; Josh Morgan
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The cow says 'moo' the chicken says 'cluck' and the pig says ... 'Dazzlehands!' As hard as the farmer tries, pig won't go 'oink'. Instead, pig gets all the animals moving to: 'Train hands, rain hands, fly-it-like-a-plane hands. Bursting with the razzle, gotta liberate these DAZZLEHANDS!'
Te Pīkari Pipi (Pipi Dance) (Māori Edition) by Angie Belcher
$21.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Angie Belcher's story is inspired by kai gathering on beaches on either side of Okurei Point near Bay of Plenty township, Maketū. Lily Uivel's illustrations perfectly capture the story's strong sense of discovery and family fun. Translated by Pānia Papa.
Te Rā Kura ki Aotearoa by Donovan Bixley (Illustrator)
$19.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
Starting school is a big step up. Ta te Kiwi Ro Kura familiarises children and their parents with the structure of the kiwi school day and puts them at ease with elements of the New Zealand curriculum: What do you do at school?, Who will be there?, What will I learn?, What will my classroom be like? Aut ...Show more
He Tārū Kahika by Melinda Szymanik; Isobel Te Aho-White; Pania Papa
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Kāore anо̄ a Rā rāua ko Ua i tūtaki. Ka puta ana a Ua, ka ngaro a Rā. Ka puta ana a Rā, kāore a Ua e whakatata mai! Kāore e mārama ana ki ngā kapua hīanga. Inā te mahana o Rā. Inā te mātao o Ua. Āe rānei ka piri rāua hei hoa i ngā mahi a ngā kapua, ahakoa о̄ rāua rerekе̄tanga?
Te Pukapuka Ka Kore e Pānuihia (The Book that Wouldn't Read) by Tim Tipene; Nicoletta Sarri (Illustrator); Kanapu Rangitauira (Translator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Te Reo Māori
The boy at the centre of Tim Tipene's striking new story doesn't like reading, until one day he picks up The Book that Wouldn't Read. Suddenly the book takes on a life of its own, with sentences moving up and down, words changing colour and disappearing, and strange characters that get the reader jumpin ...Show more
Tonight I Burn by Katharine J. Adams
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
Thorns, Tides, Embers, Storms, and Ores. All five covens are bound in servitude to the tyrant High Warden of Halstett.Penny Albright is a daughter of the thorn coven, forced to patrol the veil between the realms of Life and Death, keeping it safe and whole. Each night, one thorn witch - and only one - m ...Show more
Nani Jo me ngā Mokopuna Porohīanga by Moira Wairama
$31.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The wild mokopuna loved their Nanny Jo. She took them to the park, to the river, to the bush. But when Nanny Jo became sick, the wild mokopuna gathered around her to hear the story of the great fisherman Taramainuku and Te Waka o Rangi. A touching story that celebrates grandmothers, while also highlight ...Show more
DoubleDippers (Big Little Blue, Book #3) by Raymond McGrath
$18.99 NZD
Category: Graphic (Junior)
Delightful Bigsies and Littles are back, showcasing the importance of being kind and helping others. There are three simply illustrated, playful stories in this graphic novel-style volume, each one featuring two friends, Big Blue and Little Blue. Each story is connected by a wellbeing theme, and is desi ...Show more