Thursday, June 25, 2026

New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2026 - Junior Fiction


Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum written by Hannah Tunnicliffe and illustrated by Erica Harrison

Dreamslinger written and illustrated by Li Chen

Kimi the Kekeno’s Big Adventure written by Shelley Burne-Field (Ngāti Mutanga, Ngāti Rārua)

The Terrible Trio 1: The (not so) Superheroes written by Swapna Haddow and illustrated by Minky Stapleton

Violet and the Velvets 2: The Case of the Angry Ghost written by Rachael King and illustrated by Phoebe Morris


Visit the blog again next week for the Non-fiction finalists or if you can't wait till then have a look here for a list of all the finalists.

Image via New Zealand Book Awards Trust 

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