Twenty-nine books have made the longlist for the 2025 ASLA DANZ Children’s Book Award, selected by over 110 children and teenagers from across Australia and New Zealand.
The longlist includes two New Zealand titles:
- Pasifika Navigators by 52 Pasifika Student Authors (Mila’s Books) in the Poetry category.
- Catch a Falling Star by Eileen Merriman (Penguin Random House New Zealand) in the Young Adult category.
The longlist came from an outstanding field of 135 books made up of Graphic Novels, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Young Adult Novels celebrating diverse people and communities in a balanced and authentic way.
See the full longlist on the DANZ Children’s Book Awards website. It makes an excellent reference list for libraries and schools seeking to add more diverse and inclusive books to their collection.
