Pick of children's books in Post awards shortlist

The New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards have delivered their shortlist. The winners will be announced on April 5.

Picture book: After The War by Bob Kerr (Mallinson Rendel, $22.95); Dragor by Pat Quinn and Philip Web (Scholastic, $24.95); Oliver in the Garden by Margaret Beames and Sue Hitchcock (Scholastic, $24.95); Stay Awake Bear by Gavin Bishop (Orchard Books/Scholastic, $34.95); Timo and the Kingfish by Mokena Potae Reedy and Elton Gregory (Huia $14.95).

Junior fiction: Black Gold by Julia Owen (Scholastic, $13.95); Call of the Cruins by Elizabeth Pulford (Scholastic, $13.95); Crab Apples by Ged Maybury (Scholastic, $13.95); The Lies of Harry Wakatipu by Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press, $14.95); Shadrach Girl by Joy Cowley (Puffin/Penguin Books, $15.95).

Non-fiction: Gone Surfing by Luke Williamson (Penguin, $34.95); Niue by Charles Cooper (Reed, $14.95); The Zoo: Meet The Locals by Colin Hogg (Random House, $24.95).

Senior fiction: 24 Hours by Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins, $16.95); Leon by Frances Cherry (Mallinson Rendel, $14.95); Outlanders by Margaret Beames (Scholastic, $13.95); Talking to Blue by Ken Catran (Lothian Books, $14.95); Voyage with Jason by Ken Catran (Lothian Books, $14.95).