Past Winners

New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards

Book of the Year
The Plight of the Penguin by Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press, 2001)
Children’s Choice
Grandpa’s Shorts by Joy Watson, illustrated by Wendy Hodder (Scholastic, 2001)
Best First Book
Brodie illustrated by Chris Mousdale, words by Joy Cowley (Scholastic, 2001)
Senior Fiction
Owl: A Novel by Joanna Orwin (Longacre Press, 2001)
Junior Fiction
Recycled by Sandy McKay (Longacre Press, 2001)
Picture Book
Brodie by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Chris Mousdale (Scholastic, 2001)
Non-Fiction
The Plight of the Penguin by Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press, 2001)