Kids, exercise your rights!!

Peoples, it is very exciting times in this year's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults!! Children get to say which books published over the last year they like the most. 20 Finalists across four categories have already been chosen by young readers from all around the country, and now it is up to you to have your say and cast your vote. Which books are your favourites? We want to know what you think. The power rests with you...

Here is the list to check out again before you get voting:-

Children's Choice - Picture Books

• I am not a Worm by Scott Tulloch - Scholastic NZ
• Little Red Riding Hood ….Not Quite  by Yvonne Morrison & Donovan Bixley - Scholastic NZ
• The Anzac Puppy by Peter Millett & Trish Bowles - Scholastic NZ
• Doggy Ditties from A to Z by Jo van Dam & Myles Lawford - Scholastic NZ
• Marmaduke Duck on the Wide Blue Seas by Juliette MacIver & Sarah Davis - Scholastic NZ

Children's Choice - Junior Fiction

• Dragon Knight: Fire! by Kyle Mewburn & Donovan Bixley - Scholastic NZ
• The Island of Lost Horses by Stacy Gregg - HarperCollins
• How I Alienated My Grandma by Suzanne Main - Scholastic NZ
• 1914 - Riding into War by Susan Brocker - Scholastic NZ
• My New Zealand Story: Canterbury Quake by Desna Wallace - Scholastic NZ

Children's Choice - Non-fiction

• New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame: 25 Kiwi Champions by Maria Gill & Marco Ivancic - New Holland Publishers
• Maori Art for Kids by Julie Noanoa & Norm Heke - Craig Potton Publishing
• The Letterbox Cat & other poems by Paula Green & Myles Lawford - Scholastic NZ
• A New Zealand Nature Journal by Sandra Morris - Walker Books Australia
• Waitangi Day: The New Zealand Story by Philippa Werry - New Holland Publishers

Children's Choice - Young Adult Fiction

• I Am Rebecca by Fleur Beale - Penguin Random House NZ
• Night Vision by Ella West - Allen & Unwin
• Spark by Rachael Craw - Walker Books Australia
• Awakening by Natalie King - Penguin Random House
• The Red Suitcase by Jill Harris - Makaro Press

Every kid who votes (you need to be 18 years old or under) will be in the draw to win some books for themselves and for their school (this is a truly awesome prize for people who love books like we do). On the second page you will be asked some questions to help the organisers contact you through your school if you win. If you are unsure about anything ask mum or dad or your teacher to help you.


Voting closes at 12 noon on Friday, July 31st. So VOTE now, and tell your friends to vote too. Just click here to vote.