Esther Glen Award List

Books in RED are Living Books

 ** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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• 1945: Stella Morice, The Book of Wiremu

• 1947: A. W. Reed, Myths and Legends of Maoriland

• 1950: Joan Smith, The Adventures of Nimble, Rumble and Tumble

• 1959: Maurice Duggan, Falter Tom and the Water Boy

• 1964: Lesley C. Powell, Turi, The Story of a Little Boy

• 1970: Margaret Mahy, A Lion in the Meadow

• 1973: Margaret Mahy, The First Margaret Mahy Story Book

• 1975: Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes

• 1978: Ronda Armitage, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch

• 1979: Joan de Hamel, Take the Long Path

• 1982: Katherine O’Brien, The Year of the Yelvertons

• 1983: Margaret Mahy, The Haunting

• 1984: Caroline Macdonald, Elephant Rock

• 1985: Margaret Mahy, The Changeover

• 1986: Maurice Gee, Motherstone

• 1988: Tessa Duder, Alex

• 1989: Jack Lasenby, The Mangrove Summer

• 1990: Tessa Duder, Alex in Winter

• 1991: William Taylor, Agnes the Sheep

• 1992: Tessa Duder, Alessandra: Alex in Rome

• 1993: Margaret Mahy, Underrunners

• 1994: Paula Boock, Sasscat to Win

• 1995: Maurice Gee, The Fat Man

• 1996: Janice Marriott, Crossroads

• 1997: Kate De Goldi, Sanctuary

• 1998: David Hill, Fat, four-eyed and useless

• 2001: Margaret Mahy, 24 Hours

• 2002: Alison Robertson, Knocked For Six

• 2003: David Hill, Right where it hurts

• 2004: Ken Catran, Jacko Moran, sniper

• 2005: Bernard Beckett, Malcolm and Juliet

• 2006: Elizabeth Knox, Dreamhunter

• 2007: Bernard Beckett, Genesis: A Novel

• 2008: Mandy Hager, Smashed

• 2009: Fleur Beale, Juno of Taris

• 2010: Richard Newsome, The Billionaire’s Curse

• 2011: Diana Menefy, Shadow of the Boyd

• 2012: Barbara Else, The travelling restaurant

• 2013: Rachael King, Red Rocks

• 2014: Joy Cowley, Dunger

• 2015: Leonie Agnew, Conrad Cooper's last stand

• 2016: Kate De Goldi, From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle

• 2017: Tania Roxborogh, My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point

• 2018: Bren MacDibble, How to Bee

• 2019: Bren MacDibble, The Dog Runner

• 2020: Weng Wai Chan, Lizard's Tale