New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year

The Moon and Farmer McPhee by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by David Elliot (Random House, 2010)

Children’s Choice

Baa Baa Smart Sheep by Mark Sommerset, illustrated by Rowan Sommerset (Dreamboat Books, 2010)

Best First Book

Hollie Chips by Anna Gowan (Scholastic, 2010)

Young Adult Fiction

Fierce September by Fleur Beale (Random House, 2010)

Children’s Choice Young Adult Fiction

Smiling Jack by Ken Catran (HarperCollins, 2010)

Junior Fiction

Finnigan and the Pirates by Sherryl Jordan (Scholastic, 2010)

Children’s Choice Junior Fiction

Hollie Chips by Anna Gowan (Scholastic, 2010)

Picture Book

The Moon and Farmer McPhee by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by David Elliot (Random House, 2010)

Children’s Choice Picture Book

Baa Baa Smart Sheep by Mark Sommerset, illustrated by Rowan Sommerset (Dreamboat Books, 2010)

Non-Fiction

Zero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front by Leon Davidson (Text, 2010)

Children’s Choice Non-Fiction

Who’s Cooking Tonight? by Claire Gourley and Glenda Gourley (Penguin, 2010)