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8/16/2017

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9. The Easiest Slow Cooker Book Ever (Kim McCosker, Meymott Enterprises) 10. Not Just Lucky (Jamila Rizvi, Viking) © Nielsen BookScan 2017 Period covered: 2 to 29 July 2017 Data supplied by Nielsen BookScan’s book sales monitoring system from 1000 retailers nationwide ‘Snark’ takes out top prize at 2017 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA David Elliot’s illustrated book for ‘grown-up children of all ages’, Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath (Otago University Press), has taken out the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and the Russell Clark Award for Illustration at this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. ‘David Elliot’s twist on Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poems is unique, and offers everything the reader could want—mystery, adventure and intrigue,’ said judging panel convenor Pam Jones. The judges also praised the book’s ‘rich imagery’ and ‘compelling storytelling’. The full list of winning titles is: Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath (David Elliot, Otago University Press)

Picture Book Award

That’s Not a Hippopotamus! (Juliette MacIver, illus by Sarah Davis, Gecko Press) Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction

My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point (Tania Roxborogh, Scholastic)

Young Adult Fiction

The Severed Land (Maurice Gee, Penguin)

Elsie Locke Award for Nonfiction

Jack and Charlie: Boys of the Bush (Josh James Marcotte & Jack Marcotte, Puffin) Russell Clark Award for Illustration David Elliot for Snark: Being a True History of the Expedition that Discovered the Snark and the Jabberwock … and its Tragic Aftermath (Otago University Press)

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