Thursday, June 03, 2010

               CHILDREN'S BOOK LEADS THE FIELD

The winner of the 2010 NZ Post Childrens Choice Award, THE WONKY DONKEY, is now New Zealand's bestselling book across all categories, ahead of books by international authors like Stieg Larsson, Lee Child and Jodi Piccoult, as well as the Kiwi favourite Alysson Gofton's Slow Cooker recipes.

Published as a book and CD package in October 2010, the three-legged Wonky Donkey has been a runaway success:

·    Number 1 NZ children's title for eight consecutive months
·    Current booksellers gold accreditation is about to go PLATINUM with nearly 40,000 copies      sold in New Zealand
·    Selected as one of 10 children's books for the national Get Reading (Books Alive) campaign in Australia
·    Released in the USA, Canada and India
·    Finalist in the PANZ Book Design Awards
·    Finalist in the LIANZA Russell Clark Award for illustration

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