The finalists for the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards...
The YA finalists are:
Earth Dragon, Fire Hare, by Ken Catran
Into the River, by Ted Dawe
The Nature of Ash, by Mandy Hager
Reach, by Hugh Brown
Snakes and Ladders, by Mary-Anne Scott
The YA finalists are:
Earth Dragon, Fire Hare, by Ken Catran
Into the River, by Ted Dawe
The Nature of Ash, by Mandy Hager
Reach, by Hugh Brown
Snakes and Ladders, by Mary-Anne Scott