The finalists for the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults announced on Wednesday are:
Young Adult Fiction 
Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo, Brian Falkner, Pan Macmillan Australia (Farrar Strauss Giroux)
Being Magdalene, Fleur Beale, Penguin Random House (Random House New Zealand)
Hucking Cody, Aaron Topp, Mary Egan Publishing
Lullaby, Bernard Beckett, Text Publishing (link to RTO review)
Sylvie the Second, Kaeli Baker, Mākaro Press
Junior Fiction (Esther Glen Award)
Enemy Camp, David Hill, Penguin Random House (Puffin)
From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle, Kate De Goldi, Penguin Random House (Longacre)
Lily Max – Satin, Scissors, Frock, Jane Bloomfield, Luncheon Sausage Books
The Bold Ship Phenomenal, Sarah Johnson, Flat Bed Press
The Girl Who Rode the Wind, Stacy Gregg, Harper Collins
Non-Fiction (Elsie Locke Award)
ANZAC Heroes, Maria Gill, illustrated by Marco Ivancic, Scholastic NZ
Changing Times: The story of a New Zealand town and its newspaper, Bob Kerr, Potton & Burton
See what I can see, Gregory O’Brien, Auckland University Press
The Beginner’s Guide to Adventure Sport in New Zealand, Steve Gurney, Penguin Random House (Random House New Zealand)
Whose Beak is This? Gillian Candler, illustrated by Fraser Williamson, Potton & Burton
Picture Book
Allis the little tractor, Sophie Siers, illustrated by Helen Kerridge, Millwood-Heritage Productions
Finding Monkey Moon, Elizabeth Pulford, illustrated by Kate Wilkinson, Walker Books
Haka, Patricia Grace, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, Huia Publishers
The House on the Hill, Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Sarah Davis, Scholastic NZ
The Little Kiwi’s Matariki, Nikki Slade Robinson, David Ling Publishing (Duck Creek Press)
Illustration (Russell Clark Award)
Changing Times: The story of a New Zealand town and its newspaper, Bob Kerr, Potton & Burton
Finding Monkey Moon, illustrated by Kate Wilkinson, written by Elizabeth Pulford, Walker Books
Hush: A Kiwi Lullaby, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, written by Joy Cowley, translated by Ngaere Roberts, Scholastic NZ
Much Ado About Shakespeare, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press
The House on the Hill, illustrated by Sarah Davis, written by Kyle Mewburn, Scholastic NZ
Te reo Māori (Te Kura Pounamu Award)
Tamanui te Kōkako Mōrehu o Taranaki, Rebecca Beyer and Linley Wellington, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, translated by Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers
Te Huatahi a Kuwi, Kat Merewether, translated by Pānia Papa, Illustrated Publishing
Whiti te Rā! Patricia Grace, illustrated by Andrew Burdan, translated by Kawata Teepa, Huia Publishers
More information can be found in the press release: NZ Book awards Press Release
At the same time, the HELL Children’s Choice Awards finalists were announced.
