The Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand has announced its annual Notable Books 2004, its pick of books published in 2003.
Books in four categories have been selected. They are:
Picture Books: Cuthbert's Babies, Pamela Allen (Viking); Enough is Enough, Scott Willis (Scholastic); Grandpa & Thomas, Pamela Allen (Viking); Grandpa's Shed,
Joy Watson & Wendy Hodder (Scholastic); Matariki, Melanie Drewery & Bruce Potter (Reed); Mrs Wishy Washy, Joy Cowley & Elizabeth Fuller (Scholastic); Oh, Hogwash, Sweet Pea!, Ngareta Gabel, Ali Teo & Astrid Jensen (Huia); Pania of the Reef , Peter Gossage (Reed); Selafina, Catherine Hannken & Trish Bowles (Mallinson Rendel); The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Gavin Bishop (Scholastic)
Junior Fiction: Evil Fred, Kylie Begg (Scholastic); Fred the (Quite) Brave Mouse, Murray Ball (Scholastic); Froghopper & the Paua Poachers, Joy Cowley (HarperCollins); A Handful of Blue, Vince Ford (Scholastic); Henry & the Flea, by Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel); Juggling With Mandarins, V.M. Jones (HarperCollins); My Story: Journey to Tangiwai - the Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier, 1953 (Scholastic); Mystery at Tui Bay, Janet Pates (Scholastic); No Big Deal, David Hill (Penguin); The Serpents of Arakesh, V.M. Jones (HarperCollins)
Young Adult Fiction: Eyes in the Shadows, Alan Bunn (Scholastic); High Tide, Anna MacKenzie (Scholastic); Lin and the Red Stranger, Ken Catran (Random); No Safe Harbour, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel); Roivan, Glynne Maclean (Penguin); Thunder Road, Ted Dawe (Longacre); Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey, Tessa Duder (Penguin); Watermark, Penelope Todd (Longacre)
Non-Fiction:A Bird in the Hand, Janet Hunt (Random); Hook, Line and Sinker, Daryl Crimp (HarperCollins); I Am an Insect, Simon Pollard (Reed); Motocross, Ian and Jan Trafford (Reed); The Life-Size Guide to NZ Wildflowers, Andrew Crowe (Penguin); New Zealand Wild: Glow-worms, George Gibbs (Reed); Pick up a Pack, Keith Olsen (Reed); To the Max, Mark Inglis (Random); Toroa - The Royal Albatross, Te Aorere Riddell (Huia); The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti, Mere Whaanga (Scholastic)
