LIANZA 2011 Children’s Book Awards nominations 

Random House New Zealand warmly congratulates the finalists in this year’s LIANZA 2011 Children’s Book Awards nominations. We are pleased to have four books amongst the selection:

The Moon & Farmer McPhee by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by David Elliot
(LIANZA Russell Clark Award, Illustration)

The Kiwi Fossil Hunter's Handbook by James Crampton and Marianna Terezow
(LIANZA Elsie Locke, Non Fiction)

Ebony Hill by Anna Mackenzie, and Fierce September by Fleur Beale
(LIANZA Young Adult Award, Fiction)

The nominations are a very special honor for the nominees and publishers as the LIANZA (The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) Children's Book Awards are awarded by New Zealand's librarians and library workers. The annual children's awards symbolise the members of LIANZA's mad passion to promote children's literature and to energise children to love books. This year, LIANZA received over 100 submissions for the prestigious awards.

Belynda Smith, Panel Convenor and the Children’s & Young Adult Services Librarian at Takapuna Library commented that “the calibre of entries by some of our favourite writers and illustrators was outstanding. The quality of entries in the LIANZA Esther Glen and the LIANZA Young Adult was exceptional making it extremely difficult to narrow down the finalists”.

The 2011 Award Ceremony will take place in Wellington on Monday August 8th at Caffe L’affare, College Street. Click here for further information about the awards and contact details.