Esther Glen Award |
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Established 1945 in honour of Esther Glen, a New Zealand journalist, children's book editor and author. Given for a the most distinguished contribution to New Zealand literature for children and young adults.
1998 - David Hill. Fat, four-eyed and useless (Scholastic)
1997 - Kate De Goldi. Sanctuary (Penguin)
1996 - Janice Marriott. Crossroads (Reed)
1995 - Maurice Gee. The Fat Man
1994 - Paula Boock. Sasscat to Win
1993 - Margaret Mahy. Underrunners
1992 - Tessa Duder. Alessandra: Alex in Rome
1991 - William Taylor. Agnes the Sheep
1990 - Tessa Duder. Alex in Winter
1989 - Jack Lasenby. The Mangrove Summer
1988 - Tessa Duder. Alex
1986 - Maurice Gee. Motherstone
1985 - Margaret Mahy. The Changeover
1984 - Caroline Macdonald. Elephant Rock
1983 - Anne de Roo. Jacky Nobody
1982 - Margaret Mahy. The Haunting
1981 - Katherine O'Brien. The Year of the Yelvertons
1980 - No Award
1979 - Joan de Hamel. Take the Long Path
1978 - Ronda Armitage. The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
1976-1977 - No Awards
1975 - Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd. My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes
1974 - No Award
1973 - Margaret Mahy. The First Margaret Mahy Story Book
1971-1972 - No Awards
1970 - Margaret Mahy. A Lion in the Meadow
1965-1969 - No Awards
1964 - Leslie C. Powell. The Story of a Little Boy
1960-1963 - No Awards
1959 - Maurice Duggan. Falter Tom and the Water Boy
1951-1958 - No Awards
1950 - Joan Smith. The Adventures of Nimble, Rumble and Tumble
1948-1949 - No Awards
1947 - A.W. Reed. Myths and Legends of Maoriland
1946 - No Award
1945 - Stella Morice. The Book of Wiremu
Compiled with information from Bill Nagelkerke
Copyright © 1994-1998 David K. Brown
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