The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults reward excellence in children's literature, recognising the best books for children and teenagers published annually in New Zealand.

Awards for the New Zealand Post Book Awards are made in four categories: Young Adult Fiction, Junior Fiction, Non Fiction, Picture Book. Five finalists are selected for each category and from these a winner in each category is selected. The winners will be announced on the evening of Wednesday 20 May.

To mark the awards, the Wanganui District Library has prepared a programme of events. Click here to find out more about what we're planning.
The Were-Nana / Melinda Szymanik & Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson Every Second Friday / Kiri Lightfoot & Ben Galbraith Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig / Diana Neild & Philip Webb Roadworks / Sally Sutton & Brian Lovelock Duck's Stuck / Kyle Mewburn & Ali Teo & John O'Reilly
Juicy Writing / Brigid Lowry High-Tech Legs on Everest / Mark Inglis & Sarah Ell The Crafting of Narnia / Weta Workshop, Paul Tobin & Daniel Falconer Back & Beyond: New Zeakland Painting for the Young & Curious / Gregory O'Brien Piano Rock: A 1950's Childhood / Gavin Bishop
Chicken Feathers / Joy Cowley & David Elliot Payback / Michelle Kelly Enemy At The Gate / Philippa Werry Five (and a bit) Days in the Life of Ozzie Kingsford / Val Bird & Rebecca Cundy Old Drumble / Jack Lasenby
Chronicles of Stone #1: Scorched Bone / Vincent Ford Juno of Taris / Fleur Beale The 10pm Question / Kate De Goldi The Tomorrow Code / Brian Falkner Gool / Maurice Gee
Click here to vote for your favourite finalist title to win the Children's Choice Award at the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.