AIM Children’s Book Awards - Picture Book
Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.
From 1997, the award became the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Award - Picture Book.
The Cheese Trap Joy Cowley, illustrated by Linda McClelland
- Bears in the park, written and illustrated by Gwenda Turner
- Sniff, snuff, snap!, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd
- Tom’s story, by Mandy Hager; illustrated by Ruth Paul [Honour Award]
- Tulevai and the sea, by Joy Cowley; illustrated by Manu Smith
The Best-Loved Bear Diana Noonan, illustrated by Elizabeth Fuller
- Fishing with spider webs, by Lino Nelisi; illustrated by Elspeth Alix Batt
- Kotuku: the flight of the white heron, by Philip Temple; illustrated by Chris Gaskin [Honour Award]
- Schnitzel von Krumm's basketwork, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd
Hinepau written and illustrated by Gavin Bishop
- Birthday rain, by Dorothy Butler; illustrated by Gabriela Klepatski
- The day of the rain, by Joy Cowley; illustrated by Bob Kerr
- The trolley, by Patricia Grace; illustrated by Kerry Gemmill
- Two tigers, by Helen Beaglehole; illustrated by Lesley Moyes
Lily and the present illustrated by Christine Ross
- Grandma McGarvey paints the shed, by Jenny Hessell; illustrated by Trevor Pye [Honour Award]
- The little yellow digger, by Betty Gilderdale; illustrated by Alan Gilderdale
- The minister’s cat ABC, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd
- Sione's talo, by Lino Nelisi; illustrated by Elspeth Williamson
Hairy Maclary’s showbusiness illustrated by Lynley Dodd
- Gone fishing, by Margaret Albert; illustrated by Judy Lambert
- My Aunt Mary went shopping, by Roger Hall; illustrated by Trevor Pye [Second Prize]
- The one that got away, by John Parsons; illustrated by Penny Newman [Third Prize]
My cat Maisie illustrated by Pamela Allen
- Daniel’s dinosaurs, by Mary Carmine; illustrated by Martin Baynton
- Lily and the bears, written and illustrated by Christine Ross [Second Prize].
- Slinky Malinki, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd [Third Prize].
- Tangaroa’s gift = Te koha a Tangaroa, written and illustrated by Mere Whaanga-Schollum; translated by Ngawini Kereru
Annie and Moon Miriam Smith, illustrated by Lesley Moyes
- Grandpa’s slippers, by Joy Watson; illustrated by Wendy Hodder
- Hairy Maclary's rumpus at the vet, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd [Third Prize].
- I wish I had a pirate suit, written and illustrated by Pamela Allen
- The story of the kakapo, parrot of the night, by Philip Temple; illustrated by Chris Gaskin [Second Prize]
New Zealand Government Publishing Awards - New Zealand Picture Book of the Year Award
Hairy Maclary's caterwaul caper, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd
Taniwha, written and illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa
Hairy Maclary scattercat, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd
The fish of our fathers, by Ron Bacon; illustrated by R. H. G. Jahnke
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's dairy, written and illustrated by Lynley Dodd
Mr Fox, retold and illustrated by Gavin Bishop
The kuia and the spider, by Patricia Grace; illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa.