The 2018 Storylines Notable Books list is:
Picture Books
§ What Are You Supposed to be? Paul Beavis (Scholastic NZ)
§ Torty and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck & Fifi Colston (Scholastic NZ)
§ The Longest Breakfast, Jenny Bornholdt & Sarah Wilkins (Gecko Press)
§ Ngā Tae / Colours, Kitty Brown & Kirsten Parkinson (Reo Pēpi)
§ Scarface Claw, Hold Tight! Lynley Dodd (Penguin Random House)
§ That’s Not the Monster We Ordered, Richard Fairgray (Penguin Random House)
§ If I had an Elephant, Richard Fairgray & Terry Jones (Scholastic NZ)
§ The Curious Ar-Chew, Sarah Grundy, Ali Teo & John O’Reilly (Scholastic NZ)
§ Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the Missing Eyebrow, Angela Keoghan & Chris Lam Sam
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§ Ambulance, Ambulance! Sally Sutton & Brian Lovelock (Walker Books Australia)
§ It's My Egg and You Can’t Have It, Kennedy Warne & Heather Hunt (Potton & Burton)
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Special mention*:
§ Tu Meke Tui: Koni atu kē ngā āhua o te manu rērere, Malcolm Clarke &Hayley King (Little Love)
Junior Fiction
§ Flying Furballs: Most Wanted, Donovan Bixley (Upstart Press)
§ Flying Furballs: Unmasked, Donovan Bixley (Upstart Press)
§ Helper and Helper, Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press)
§ The Thunderbolt Pony, Stacy Gregg (HarperCollins)
§ The Spaghetti Giraffe, Sarah Johnson & Deborah Hinde (Flat Bed Press)
§ How Not to Stop a Kidnap Plot, Suzanne Main (Scholastic NZ)
§ My New Zealand Story: Bastion Point, Tania Roxborogh (Scholastic NZ)
§ Awatea’s Treasure, Fraser Smith (Huia Publishers)
§ Miniwings #1: Glitterwing’s Book Week Blunder, Sally Sutton & Kirsten Richards (Scholastic NZ)
Special mention:
§ The Dragon Defenders - Book One, James Russell (Dragon Brothers)
§ The Dragon Defenders - Book Two: Pitbull Returns, James Russell (Dragon Brothers)
Young Adult
§ The Severed Land, Maurice Gee (Penguin Random House)
§ Flight Path, David Hill (Penguin Random House)
§ Zeustian Logic, Sabrina Malcolm (Gecko Press)
§ Pieces of You, Eileen Merriman (Penguin Random House)
§ The Traitor and the Thief, Gareth Ward (Walker Books Australia)
Non-fiction
§ New Zealand’s Great White Sharks: How science is revealing their secrets, Alison Balance (Potton & Burton)
§ Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story, Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House)
§ Whose Feet are These?, Gillian Candler & Fraser Williamson (Potton & Burton)
§ Collins Field Guide to the New Zealand Seashore, Sally Carson & Rod Morris (HarperCollins)
§ Abel Tasman: Mapping the Southern Lands, Maria Gill & Marco Ivancic (Scholastic NZ)
§ Toroa's Journey, Maria Gill & Gavin Mouldey (Potton & Burton)
§ Sky High: Jean Batten’s Incredible Flying Adventures, David Hill (Penguin Random House)
§ How to Mend a Kea + Other Fabulous Fix-it Tales from Wild Base Hospital, Janet Hunt (Massey University)
§ Nature Storybooks: Gecko, Raymond Huber & Brian Lovelock (Walker Books Australia)
§ Cook Islands Heroes, David Riley & Michel Mulipola (Reading Warrior)
§ Explore! Aotearoa, Bronwen Wall & Kimberly Andrews (Kennett Brothers)
Special mention:
§ Powering up with Joseph Parker, David Riley (Reading Warrior)
§ Go Fiji, Go, David Riley (Reading Warrior)
* Several books did not make the Notable Books list but received a special mention because of their contribution to their particular genre.
