AIM Children’s Book Awards - Non-Fiction

Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

From 1997, the award became the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Award - Non-Fiction. Here the winner is presented for each year followed by the other finalists.

1996

Aya’s Story Jenny Scown, photographs by Trish Gribben

1995

Which Native Forest Plant? Andrew Crowe

1994

Old blue: the rarest bird in the world Mary Taylor

1993

Picture magic Chris Gaskin

New Zealand Government Publishing Awards Children’s Book of the Year Award for Non-fiction

1987 - 1988

No awards

1986

The story of New Zealand, by Judith Bassett, Keith Sinclair and Marcia Stensen