Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins.

This week we are featuring three of the categories of the 2024 Book Award finalists - Picture Books, Junior Fiction and YA as there are just too many good ones to squish into one episode!

Books mentioned in the episode:

Thanks to The Sapling for the links to reviews.

And click HERE for some wise words from The Sapling.

⁠At the Bach⁠, written by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Hilary Jean Tapper (Gecko Press)

⁠Dazzlehands⁠, written by Sacha Cotter and illustrated by Josh Morgan (Huia Publishers)

⁠Hatch and Match⁠, written and illustrated by Ruth Paul (Walker Books Australia)

⁠Lucy and the Dark⁠, written by Melinda Szymanik and illustrated by Vasanti Unka (Penguin Random House)

⁠Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai⁠, written by Michaela Keeble and illustrated by Tokerau Brown (Gecko Press)

⁠DoubleDippers! (Big Little Blue, Book #3)⁠, written and illustrated by Raymond McGrath (Scholastic NZ)

⁠Lopini the Legend⁠, by Feana Tu‘akoi (Scholastic NZ)

⁠Nine Girls⁠, by Stacy Gregg (Penguin Random House NZ)

⁠Take Me To Your Leader⁠, by Leonie Agnew (Penguin Random House NZ)

⁠The Grimmelings⁠, by Rachael King (Allen & Unwin)

⁠⁠Catch a Falling Star⁠, by Eileen Merriman (Penguin Random House NZ)

New Dawning, by A. M. Dixon (OneTree House)

⁠The Sparrow⁠, by Tessa Duder (Penguin Random House NZ)

⁠Tonight, I Burn⁠, by Katharine J Adams (Hachette Aotearoa NZ)

⁠Tsunami⁠, by Ned Wenlock (Earth’s End Publishing)

Click HERE for some Sapling words of wisdom about the Book Award books.

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