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New Zealand's award winning children's books 1982-1992 : is there any correlation between adult choice and children's preferences

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dc.contributor.author Beckingsale, Helen
dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-02T02:14:57Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-02T19:39:46Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-02T02:14:57Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-02T19:39:46Z
dc.date.copyright 1999
dc.date.issued 1999
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28894
dc.description.abstract This is a study of New Zealand children's book awards from 1982-1992. It compares the popularity of award winning and shortlisted titles for the Esther Glen and Russell Clark Awards, administered by the New Zealand Library Association, the Government Printer Awards for Children's Book of the Year and Picture Book of the Year, 1982-1988, and the first three years of the AIM Children's Book Awards when there were two categories only. The popularity of the books has been assessed using borrowing records from North Shore Public Libraries. A brief overview is given of the history of children's book awards and what qualities are considered to make a good children's book and which geres are most popular. Judges comments, reviews and the popularity rank of each book are presented in a year by year analysis. The study concludes that fantasy, followed by realism are the most popular genres and that historical fiction written during this time has been unpopular with library borrowers. The readership of some picture books has been affected by their non-fiction classification. There is a strong preference for particular authors and author/illustrators regardless of which books have won awards. en_NZ
dc.format pdf en_NZ
dc.language en_NZ
dc.language.iso en_NZ
dc.publisher Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
dc.subject Children's book awards- New Zealand en_NZ
dc.subject Esther Glen Award en_NZ
dc.subject Russell Clark Award en_NZ
dc.subject Government Printer Awards en_NZ
dc.subject AIM Children's Book Awards en_NZ
dc.title New Zealand's award winning children's books 1982-1992 : is there any correlation between adult choice and children's preferences en_NZ
dc.type Text en_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unit School of Information Management en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw Masters Research Paper or Project en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline Library and Information Studies en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
thesis.degree.level Masters en_NZ
thesis.degree.name Master of Library and Information Studies en_NZ


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