LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award facts for kids
The LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award was a special prize created in 1986. It was started by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA). The main goal of this award was to celebrate and encourage excellent non-fiction writing for young New Zealanders. Later, in 2002, the award's name changed to the LIANZA Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award. Then, in 2016, it became known simply as the Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award.
About the Award
This award recognized books that taught young readers new things. Non-fiction books share real facts and information. They can be about history, science, nature, or people's lives. The LIANZA award helped highlight books that were both interesting and true. It showed how important it is for young people to read books that expand their knowledge.
Award Winners
Many amazing books received this award over the years. These books covered a wide range of topics. They helped young readers learn about different cultures, personal challenges, and the natural world. Here is a list of the books that won the LIANZA Young People's Non-Fiction Award:
| 1987 | Gaijin: Foreign Children in Japan by Olive and Ngaio Hill (Longman Paul, 1986) |
| 1988 | No award |
| 1989 | It’s OK to be You! Feeling Good about Growing Up by Claire Patterson, ill. Lindsay Quilter (Century Hutchinson, 1988) |
| 1990 | The Web: the Triumph of a New Zealand Girl over Anorexia by Deborah Furley (Collins, 1989) |
| 1991 | Model Boats that Really Go by John Reid (Random Century, 1990) |
| 1992 | The Damselfly by Peter Garland (Nelson Price Milburn, c1990) |
| 1993 | Albatross Adventure by Kim Westerskov (Nelson Price Milburn, c1992) |
| 1994 | Paikea by Robyn Kahukiwa (Viking, 1993) |
| 1995 | Shadows on the Wall by Barbara Cairns and Helen Martin (Longman Paul, 1994) |
| 1996 | Laura’s Poems by Laura Ranger (Godwit Publishing, 1995) |
| 1997 | The Field by Diana Noonan, photographs by Nic Bishop [I Spy Wildlife series] (Heinemann Education 1996) |
| 1998 | The Life-size Guide to Native Trees and Other Common Plants of New Zealand’s Native Forest by Andrew Crowe (Penguin, 1997) |
| 1999 | No award |
| 2000 | No award |
| 2001 | The Tuatara by Brian Parkinson (Reed Children's Books, 2000) |
