The Notable Book List, for the highest quality books
in four genres, is compiled from more than 100 entries from publishers by expert
panels of authors, teachers, librarians, academics and parents.
The annual list was begun by Storylines in 1999 and
selection is eagerly sought by authors, illustrators and publishers. It
provides a useful reading and purchasing guide to families, schools and
libraries, and to young readers.
The 2018 Storylines
Notable Books list is:Picture Books
What Are You Supposed to be? Paul
Beavis (Scholastic NZ)
Torty and the Soldier,
Jennifer Beck & Fifi Colston (Scholastic NZ)
The Longest Breakfast,
Jenny Bornholdt & Sarah Wilkins (Gecko Press)
Ng
Tae / Colours, Kitty
Brown & Kirsten Parkinson (Reo Pēpi)
Scarface Claw, Hold Tight!
Lynley Dodd (Penguin Random House)
That’s Not the Monster We Ordered, Richard
Fairgray (Penguin Random House)
If I had an Elephant, Richard
Fairgray & Terry Jones (Scholastic NZ)
The Curious Ar-Chew, Sarah
Grundy, Ali Teo & John O’Reilly (Scholastic
NZ)
Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the
Missing Eyebrow, Angela Keoghan & Chris Lam Sam
(Tate
Publishing)
Ambulance, Ambulance!
Sally Sutton & Brian Lovelock (Walker Books Australia)
It’s My Egg and You Can’t Have It, Kennedy
Warne & Heather Hunt (Potton & Burton)
Special mention:
Tu Meke Tui: Koni atu kē ngā āhua o te manu rērere, Malcolm Clarke &Hayley King (Little Love)
Young Adult
The Severed Land, Maurice
Gee (Penguin Random House)
Flight Path, David
Hill (Penguin Random House)
Zeustian Logic, Sabrina
Malcolm (Gecko Press)
Pieces of You, Eileen
Merriman (Penguin Random House)
The Traitor and the Thief, Gareth
Ward (Walker Books Australia)
Junior Fiction
Flying Furballs: Most Wanted, Donovan
Bixley (Upstart Press)
Flying Furballs: Unmasked, Donovan
Bixley (Upstart Press)
Helper and Helper, Joy
Cowley & Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press)
The Thunderbolt Pony, Stacy
Gregg (HarperCollins)
The Spaghetti Giraffe, Sarah
Johnson & Deborah Hinde (Flat Bed
Press)
How Not to Stop a Kidnap Plot, Suzanne
Main (Scholastic NZ)
My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point, Tania
Roxborogh (Scholastic NZ)
Awatea’s Treasure, Fraser
Smith (Huia Publishers)
Miniwings #1: Glitterwing’s Book Week
Blunder, Sally Sutton & Kirsten Richards (Scholastic
NZ)
Special mention:
The Dragon Defenders - Book
One, James Russell (Dragon Brothers)
The Dragon Defenders - Book
Two: The
Pitbull Returns, James Russell (Dragon Brothers)
Non-fiction New Zealand’s Great White Sharks: How science is revealing their secrets, Alison Ballance (Potton & Burton)
Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story, Gavin
Bishop (Penguin Random House)
Whose Feet are These?
Gillian Candler & Fraser Williamson (Potton & Burton)
Collins Field Guide to the New Zealand
Seashore, Sally Carson & Rod Morris (HarperCollins)
Abel Tasman: Mapping the Southern Lands, Maria
Gill & Marco Ivancic (Scholastic
NZ)
Toroa’s Journey, Maria
Gill & Gavin Mouldey (Potton & Burton)
Sky High: Jean Batten’s Incredible
Flying Adventures, David Hill (Penguin Random House)
How to Mend a Kea + Other Fabulous
Fix-it Tales from Wildbase Hospital, Janet Hunt (Massey University)
Nature Storybooks: Gecko, Raymond Huber & Brian Lovelock (Walker Books Australia)
Nature Storybooks: Gecko, Raymond Huber & Brian Lovelock (Walker Books Australia)
Cook Islands Heroes, David
Riley & Michel Mulipola (Reading Warrior)
Explore! Aotearoa, Bronwen
Wall & Kimberly Andrews (Kennett
Brothers)
Powering up with Joseph Parker, David
Riley (Reading Warrior)
Go Fiji, Go, David
Riley (Reading Warrior)
The award certificates will be presented at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and National Awards Day on Sunday 8 April.
The award certificates will be presented at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and National Awards Day on Sunday 8 April.
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