Storylines Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand Notable Books List
The Storylines Notable Book Awards constitute an annual list of exceptional and outstanding books for children and young people published in New Zealand, by New Zealand authors and illustrators, during the previous calendar year.
History
The Storylines Notable Book Awards began in 1999 and have been announced each year since then.The list is announced each year in March and the awards are made at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day together with the Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture, and the announcement of the winners of the Storylines Tessa Duder Award, Tom Fitzgibbon Award, Joy Cowley Award and the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book. This event is held in Auckland on the weekend closest to 2 April, International Children’s Book Day.
Eligibility and conditions
- The books named as Storylines Notable Books are chosen by a panel of knowledgeable experts who may include writers, illustrators, teachers, librarians and academics.
- Criteria includes literary merit, book design and editing, plot, characterisation, dialogue and general appeal and appropriateness for the intended audience.
- Books are listed in several categories: Picture Book, Junior Fiction, Young Adult and Non Fiction. For the 2019 Awards, there is a judging panel for the first time for books published in te reo Māori. and Te Reo Māori.
- Up to ten awards are given in each category, although one or two more may be added if the standard is very high.
- Anthologies can be included, as can titles by New Zealand writers and illustrators which have been published internationally.
- Some books which do not make the Notable Books List are given a Special Mention because of their contribution to their particular genre.
Winners
Picture Books Books for children and/or young adults where the narrative is carried equally by pictures and story.
Junior Fiction Fiction suitable for primary and intermediate-aged children.
Young Adult Fiction Fiction suitable for upper intermediate and secondary school students.
Non-fiction For authoritative, well-designed information books accessible to children and young adults.
Notable Te Reo Māori original texts or translations into Te Reo Maori, any genre.
| Year | Category | Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Mr McGee & the Perfect Nest | Pamela Allen | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Picture Books | The House that Jack Built | Gavin Bishop | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Picture Books | The Video Shop Sparrow | Joy Cowley | Gavin Bishop | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack | Lynley Dodd | Mallinson Rendel | |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Sydney and the Sea Monster | David Elliot | Random House | |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Mechanical Harry & the Flying Bicycle | Bob Kerr | Mallinson Rendel | |
| 2000 | Picture Books | The Builder's Cat | Gwenda Turner | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Wooden Fish | Tim Tipene | Jennifer Cooper | Reed Publishers |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Foster Dog | Joy Watson | Annabel Craighie | Scholastic |
| 2000 | Picture Books | Mouse Opera | Richard Wolfe and Pamela Wolfe | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Storm | Margaret Beames | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Call of the Selkie | Jean Bennett | Shawn Shea | Shortland Publications |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Attacked! | G Brassi | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | More of the Wild Wests | Joy Cowley | HarperCollins | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | 2Much4U | Vince Ford | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Time Out | David Hill | Mallinson Rendel | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Three's a Crowd | Penelope Huber | Longacre Press | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Down in the Dump with Dinsmore | Margaret Mahy | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | A Villain's Night Out by Margaret Mahy | Margaret Mahy | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Junior Fiction | Going for Gold | Trevor Wilson | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Playing to Win | Fleur Beale | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Lester | Bernard Beckett | Longacre Press | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Golden Prince | Ken Catran | Lothian Books | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Closed, Stranger | Kate De Goldi | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | The Tiggie Tompson Show | Tessa Duder | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | The Raging Quiet | Sherryl Jordan | Macmillan | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | The Shaman and the Droll | Jack Lasenby | Longacre Press | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | He Taonga Tuku Iho- Ngati Porou Stories from the East Cape | Bob McConnell | Manawa o te Rangi Waipara | Reed Publishers |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Jerome | William Taylor | Longacre Press | |
| 2000 | Senior Fiction | Love and Other Excuses | Jane Westaway | Longacre Press | |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | How to Catch Fish | Colin Anderson | Keith Olsen | Bridge Hill |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Red-Eyed Tree Frog | Joy Cowley and Nic Bishop | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | The Life-Sized Guide to Insects | Andrew Crowe | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | I am a Fish | Wade Doak | Reed Publishers | |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Who's Wild and Free? | Terry Fitzgibbon | Penguin Books | |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Wildlife Stuff | Dave Gunson | Scholastic | |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Anzacs at Gallipoli | John Lockyer and Chris Pugsley | Reed Publishers | |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Te Wao Nui a Tane | Hirini Melbourne | Te Maari Gardiner | Huia Publishers |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | 100 New Zealand Poems for Children | Jo Noble | David Elliot | Random House |
| 2000 | Non-Fiction | Myths and Legends of Aotearoa | Annie Rae Te Ake Ake | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Inside Mary Elizabeth's House | Pamela Allen | Penguin | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Jane and the Dragon | Martin Baynton | Walker Books | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Oliver in the Garden | Margaret Beames and Sue Hitchcock | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Stay Awake, Bear! | Gavin Bishop | Orchard Books/Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Apple Banana Cherry | Joy Cowley | Elizabeth Fuller | Scholastic |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Sydney and the Whalebird | David Elliot | Random House | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | After the War | Bob Kerr | Mallinson Rendell | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Dragor | Pat Quinn and Philip Webb | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | Timo and the Kingfish | Mokena Potae Reedy and Elton Gregory | Huia Publishers | |
| 2001 | Picture Books | The Puriri Tree: Te Puriri | Marito Tawhara and Nikki Slade-Robinson | Huia Publishers | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Mayday! | G Brassi | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Shadrach Girl | Joy Cowley | Penguin Books | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Jenna's Wave | Steve Dickinson | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | The Lies of Harry Whakatipu | Jack Lasenby | Longacre Press | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Crab Apples | Ged Maybury | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | A Whistle from the Blunder | Diana Noonan | Longacre Press | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Black Gold | Julia Owen | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Call of the Cruins | Elizabeth Pulford | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Jellylegs | Elizabeth Pulford | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Junior Fiction | Crash: The Story of Poddy | William Taylor | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Outlanders | Margaret Beames | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Red Cliff | Bernard Beckett | Longacre Press | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | The Mora Stone | Agnes-Mary Brooke | Addenda | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Talking to Blue | Ken Catran | Lothian Books | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Voyage with Jason | Ken Catran | Lothian Books | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Leon | Frances Cherry | Mallinson Rendell | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Finns Quest: The Queen Seekers | Eiryls Hunter | Scholastic | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | The Waverider | Graeme Lay | Penguin | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | 24 Hours | Margaret Mahy | HarperCollins | |
| 2001 | Senior Fiction | Scarface and the Angel | William Taylor | Longacre Press | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Big Farm Machines | Pauline Cartwright and Tim Hawkins | Bridge Hill | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Amazing New Zealand | Chris Chittenden | Reed | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Niue | Charles Cooper | Reed | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Zoo: Meet the Locals | Colin Hogg | Random House | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Kiwi | John Lockyer and Rod Morris | Reed | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Weta | John Lockyer and Rod Morris | Reed | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Pets and Other Animals | Graham Meadows | Bridge Hill | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | The Tuatara | Brian Parkinson | Reed | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Possum Hunt | Frank Saxton | Reed | |
| 2001 | Non-Fiction | Whales and Dolphins | Barbara Todd | Random | |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Brown Bread and Honey | Pamela Allen | Penguin Books | |
| 2002 | Picture Books | The Terrible Q | Tanya Batt | Trevor Pye | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Tom Thumb | Gavin Bishop | Random House | |
| 2002 | Picture Books | My Brown Bear Barney at the Party | Dorothy Butler | Elizabeth Fuller | Reed Books |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Brodie | Joy Cowley | Chris Mousdale | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Scarface Claw | Lynley Dodd | Mallinson Rendel | |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Desert Dessert | Perrin Hopkins | Jenna Packer | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Down the Dragon's Tongue | Margaret Mahy | Patricia McCarthy | HarperCollins |
| 2002 | Picture Books | The Last Whale/Te Tohora Whakamutunga | Rene Hapimarika Ban de Weert | Anton Petrov | Reed Publishing |
| 2002 | Picture Books | Grandpa's Shorts | Joy Watson | Wendy Hodder | Scholastic |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Ambushed | Fleur Beale | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Skull Island | G. Brassi | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Weather-makers | Shirley Corlett | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Wild Wests and the Haunted Fridge | Joy Cowley | HarperCollins | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Great Pavlova Cover-up and Other Stories | Jo Noble | Jennifer Cooper | Cumulus |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Sleeper Wakes | David Hill | Penguin Books | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Coldkeep Castle | Eiryls Hunter | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Recycled | Sandy McKay | Longacre Press | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom | Margaret Mahy | HarperCollins | |
| 2002 | Junior Fiction | Knocked For Six | Alison Robertson | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Jolt | Bernard Beckett | Longacre Press | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Blue Murder | Ken Catran | Lothian Books | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Road Kill | Ken Catran | Random House | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Taken at the Flood | Ken Catran | Random House | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Tiggie Tompson All at Sea | Tessa Duder | Penguin Books | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | The High Wind Blows | David Hill | Penguin Books | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Kalik | Jack Lasenby | Longacre Press | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Return to One Foot Island | Graeme Lay | Penguin Books | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Owl | Joanna Orwin | Longacre Press | |
| 2002 | Senior Fiction | Peri | Penelope Todd | Longacre Press | |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Another 100 New Zealand Poems for Children | Rachael McAlpine | David Elliot | Random House |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Looking for Larry | Theo Baynton | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | A Book of Pacific Lullabies | Tessa Duder | Anton Petrov | HarperCollins |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Which New Zealand Bird? | Andrew Crowe | Dave Gunson | Penguin Books |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | The Plight of the Penguin | Lloyd Spencer Davis | Longacre Press | |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Fibonacci's Cows | Ray Galvin | Shortland Publications | |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | In the Beginning | Peter Gossage | Scholastic | |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | Land Snails | Jenny Jones | Heinemann | |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | I am a Spider | Simon Pollard | Reed Publishing | |
| 2002 | Non-Fiction | The Reed Maori Picture Dictionary | Margaret Sinclair and Ross Calman | Dale Tutill | Reed Books |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Daisy All-Sorts | Pamela Allen | Viking | |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Potato People | Pamela Allen | Viking | |
| 2003 | Picture Books | The Immigrants | Alan Bagnall | Sarah Wilkins | Mallinson Rendel |
| 2003 | Picture Books | The Christmas Caravan | Jennifer Beck | Robyn Belton | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Duck Walk | Joy Cowley | Jennifer Cooper | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Pigtails the Pirate | David Elliot | Random House | |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Dashing Dog | Margaret Mahy | HarperCollins | |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Why Do Dogs Sniff Bottoms? | Dawn McMillan and Bert Signal | Ross Kinnaird | Reed |
| 2003 | Picture Books | Auntie Rosie and the Rabbit | Diana Noonan | Christine Ross | Scholastic |
| 2003 | Picture Books | The Best Dressed Bear | Diana Noonan | Elizabeth Fuller | Random House |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Duster | Margaret Beames | Scholastic | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Something Weird about Mr Foster | Ken Catran | Scholastic | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Froghopper | Joy Cowley | HarperCollins | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Possums2U | Vince Ford | Scholastic | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | A Friend in Paradise | Des Hunt | HarperCollins | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Buddy | V M Jones | HarperCollins | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | My Dad, the All Black | Sandy McKay | Longacre | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | When the Kehua Calls | Kingi McKinnon | Scholastic | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | The Dragon's Apprentice | Linda McNabb | HarperCollins | |
| 2003 | Junior Fiction | Not Even | Liz Van Der Laarse | Reed | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Lucky for Some | Fleur Beale | Scholastic | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | No Alarms | Bernard Beckett | Longacre | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Letters from the Coffin-Trenches | Ken Catran | Random House | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Tomorrow the Dark | Ken Catran | Random House | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | When the War Came Home | Sarah Ell | Scholastic | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Right Where it Hurts | David Hill | Mallinson Rendel | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | The Thin Line | V R Joseph | Mallinson Rendel | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Alchemy | Margaret Mahy | HarperCollins | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Spider | William Taylor | Longacre | |
| 2003 | Senior Fiction | Boy Next Door | Penelope Todd | Longacre | |
| 2003 | Non-Fiction | The Kauri [New Zealand Trees |