KKBC Season 3 : Episode 7 - NZ Book Award finalists 2025

Welcome to the Kiwi Kids Book Chat with school librarians Penny Walch and Julie Huggins.In our monthly podcast, we are committed to chatting about kiwi kids lit, and lit that kiwi kids are reading and can't wait to waffle with abandon. This week we are chatting about many of the 2025 NZ Book Award finalists (minus the Junior Fiction, which feature in Episode 6.) Books highlighted in the episode:Beddy Bye Time in the Kōwhai Tree by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Lily Uivel Mataali’i by Dahlia Malaeulu, illustrated by Darcy SoliaTen Nosey Weka by Kate Preece, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-WhiteTitiro Look by Gavin BishopYou Can’t Pat a Fish by Ruth PaulBear by Kiri Lightfoot, illustrated by Pippa Keel SituGracehopper by Mandy HagerMigration by Steph MatukuThe Mess of Our Lives by Mary-Anne ScottThe Paradise Generation by Sanna ThompsonBlack Magic by David Riley, illustrated by Munro Te Whata Dear Moko: Māori Wisdom for our Young Ones by Hinemoa Elder Ruru: Night Hunter by Katie Furze, illustrated by Ned Barraud The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi by Ross CalmanTui Pea Luva by Mele Tonga Grant, illustrated by Luca WaltonAlice and the Strange Bird by Isaac du ToitHineraukatauri me Te Ara Pūoro, illustrated by Rehua Wilson written by Elizabeth  GrayPoem for Ataahua, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins, written by Alistair Te Ariki CampbellSad Sushi, Anna AldridgeBrave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie by Shelley Burne-Field Play Wild by Rachel Clare The Witch of Maketu and the Bleating Lambs by Anika Moa, illustrated by Rebecca ter Borg The Writing Desk by Di MorrisCheck out ⁠this⁠ The Spinoff podcast episode which gives a good overview of all the Book Award finalists.

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