2015 LIANZA Finalists

2015 LIANZA Children's Book Award Finalists:

 

Russell Clark Illustration Award Finalists

• Marmaduke Duck on the Wide Blue Seas by Sarah Davis – Scholastic

• Jim’s Letters by Jenny Cooper – Penguin Random House

• Have you seen a monster? by Raymond McGrath – Penguin Random House

• So Many Wonderfuls by Tina Matthews – Walker Books

• Mrs Mo's Monster by Paul Beavis - Gecko Press

Longlist:

• Bye! Bye! Bye! by Stephanie Junovich
• Go Home Flash! by Ruth Paul
• Moonman by Ned Barraud
• The Song of Kauri by Melinda Syzmanik
• I Am Not a Worm by Scott Tulloch

LIANZA Young Adult Finalists

• I am Rebecca by Fleur Beale – Penguin Random House

• The Red Suitcase by Jill Harris – Makaro Press

• Singing Home the Whale by Mandy Hager – Penguin Random House

• Recon Team Angel: Vengeance by Brian Falkner – Walker Books

• Night Vision by Ella West - Allen and Unwin

Longlist:

• Kiwis at War by Susan Brocker
• Spark by Rachel Craw
• The Bow by Catherine Mayo
• Awakening by Natalie King
• Unworthy by Joanne Armstrong
• Magic and Makutu by David Hair
  

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  Elsie Locke Nonfiction Finalists

  • The Book of Hat by Harriet Rowland – Makaro Press

  • A New Zealand Nature Journal by Sandra Morris – Walker Books

  • Maori Art for Kids by Julie Noanoa and Norm Heke - Potton and Burton Publishing

  • Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill: A Story from the Rena Disaster by Debbie McCauley – Mauao Publishing

  • New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: 25 Kiwi Champions by Maria Gill and Marco Ivancic – New Holland

  Longlist:
  
  • Under the Ocean by Ned Barraud and Gillian Candler
  • Offloading with Sonny Bill by David Riley
  • Ghoulish Getups by Fifi Colston
  • Loves me not : How to keep relationships safe : based on the Sophie Elliott story and what we missed by Lesley Elliott
  • Taratoa and the Code of Conduct by Debbie McCauley 
  • One Girl One Dream by Laura Dekker
    

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    Esther Glen Finalists

    • Monkey Boy by Donovan Bixley – Scholastic

    • The Volume of Possible Endings (A Tale of Fontania) by Barbara Else – Gecko

    • Conrad Cooper's Last Stand by Leonie Agnew - Penguin

    • Trouble in Time by Adele Broadbent – Scholastic

    • Letterbox Cat by Paula Green – Scholastic

    Longlist:
    
    • The Song of Kauri by Melinda Syzmanik 
    • The Deadly Sky by David Hill
    • Island of Lost Horses by Stacy Gregg
    • Dappled Annie and the Tigrish by Mary McCallum
    • The Night of the Perigee Moon  by Juliet Jacka
      

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Te Kura Pounamu (Te Reo Māori) Finalists

• Ngā Kī by Sacha Cotter, Josh Morgan and Kawata Teepa - Huia

• Hui E! by various authors - Huia

• Tūtewehi by Fred Te Maro - Huia

• Kimihia by Te Mihinga Komene and Scott Pearson - Huia

• An early Te Reo Reading Book Series by Carolyn Collis - Summer Rose Books