Storylines: Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable New Zealand Books 2006
Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.
The list of Notable Books was established in 1999 to reflect the wide-ranging achievements of New Zealand authors and illustrators. It appears in February each year. The CLFNZ Notable Books list allows for the inclusion of picture books with offshore illustrators as well as anthologies.
Ten books in four categories have been selected, from more than 120 books published during 2005.
Picture Book Category
- Where’s the Gold?
- Pamela Allen
- Nobody’s Dog
- Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher
- Kiwi Moon
- Gavin Bishop
- A Booming in the Night
- Ben Brown, illustrated by Helen Taylor
- Zachary Quack Minimonster
- Lynley Dodd
- Nanny Mihi’s Christmas
- Melanie Drewery, illustrated by Tracy Duncan
- The Whale Rider
- Witi Ihimaera, illustrated by Bruce Potter
- Marta and the Manger Straw
- Virginia Kroll, illustrated by Robyn Belton
- The Waka
- Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop
- Te Waka
- Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira and Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop
- Haere-Farewell, Jack, Farewell
- Tim Tipene, illustrated by Huhana Smith
Junior Fiction
- Janie Olive
- Fifi Colston
- Through Thick and Thin
- Shirley Corlett
- Hunter
- Joy Cowley
- Super Freak
- Brian Falkner
- Stella Star
- Brigid Feehan
- Sil
- Jill Harris
- The MoaCave
- Des Hunt
- Maddigan’s Fantasia
- Margaret Mahy
- My Story: China town Girl The Diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942
- Eva Wong Ng
- What about Bo?
- Jillian Sullivan
Young Adult
- Deep Fried
- Bernard Beckett and Clare Knighton
- Sea of Mutiny
- Ken Catran
- Talking to Adam
- Sarah Ell
- Like Wallpaper. New Zealand Short Stories for Teenagers
- edited by Barbara Else
- Bodies and Soul
- David Hill
- Running Hot
- David Hill
- With Lots of Love from Georgia
- Brigid Lowry
- Kaitangata Twitch
- Margaret Mahy
- The Unknown Zone
- Phil Smith
- Land of Milk and Honey
- William Taylor
Non Fiction
- Cameras in Narnia: How the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe came to life
- Ian Brodie
- Incredible Science
- edited by Alison Brook
- Don't Just Sit There
- Tony Christiansen with Liz Dobson
- Chameleon, Chameleon
- Joy Cowley, photographs by Nic Bishop
- Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli
- Leon Davison
- Filthy Flies and other Bad Bugs
- Rachael Goddard, photographs by Rod Morris
- Even more things you need to know about the world by Simon Eliot
- Lloyd Jones, illustrated by Timon Maxey
- Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand (Four volume set)
- John Parker
- Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer: The Story of a New Zealand Hero
- Alan Sefton
- Blue New Zealand: Plants, Animals, Environments A Visual Guide
- Glenys Stace