Best of the Year - Tamariki
Here is a selection of the best new titles for kids and young adults added to our collection each year. You will find something here to excite, enthuse, enthral and inform.
Best of 2021: Children's Older Fiction
A selection of recommended titles for kids added to Christchurch City Libraries in 2021 suitable for older children.
2018
- Picture books
- Younger fiction
- Older fiction
- Young Adult
- Activities and Art
- Science and Technology
- People and Places
- Books, Stories, Poetry and Language
- Nature
- Graphic novels
2017
- Picture books
- Younger fiction
- Older fiction
- Young Adult
- Art and activities
- Science and technology
- People and places
- Poetry, fairy tales, language, or literature
- Natural world
- Graphic novels
Picks from the Best (and Worst) Children's book evening
- Best Older Fiction and Young Adult Reads in 2017 as picked by Rachael King, WORD Christchurch Literary Director.
- Best Junior Fiction Reads in 2017 as picked by Zac McCallum, Halswell School Librarian.
- Best Picture Books in 2017 as picked by Sophie O'Rourke, junior school teacher at Waitakiri Primary School.
2016
- Picture books
- Younger fiction
- Older fiction
- Young Adult
- Art and activities
- Science and technology
- People and places
- Words and Children's literature
- Natural world
- Recommended read-aloud picture books
2015
- Picture books
- Younger fiction
- Older fiction
- Young Adult
- Te Reo Māori
- Information books: animals, science and geography
- Information books: history, art and literature
