Book of the Year

A Summery Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Selina Young (Viking, 1998)

Children’s Choice

The Life-Size Inflatable Whale by Gaelyn Gordon, illustrated by John Tarlton (Scholastic, 1998)

Best First Book

Footsteps of the Gods by Hana Hiraina Erlbeck, illustrated by Manawa-Ote-Rangi Waipara (Reed, 1998)

Senior Fiction

Taur by Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press, 1998)

Junior Fiction

Starbright and the Dream Eater by Joy Cowley (Viking, 1998)

Picture Book

A Summery Saturday Morning by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Selina Young (Viking, 1998)

Non-Fiction

The Natural World of New Zealand by Gerard Hutching (Viking, 1998)