AIM Children's Book Awards - Fiction
From 1997, the awards became the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards.
1996
Senior Fiction: Crossroads Janice Marriott
- Annie & Co. and Marilyn Monroe, by William Taylor
- Dream-bite, by Ken Catran
- Home run, by Paula Boock
- Sounds crazy, by Pat Quinn
Junior Fiction: The Waterfall Jack Lasenby
- Laura's poems, by Laura Ranger [Best First Book Award].
- Numbskulls, by William Taylor
- Take it easy, by David Hill [Honour Award].
- Whitebait fritters, by Kingi McKinnon; illustrated by Kelvin Hawley
1995
Senior Fiction: The Blue Lawn William Taylor
- The emerald encyclopedia, by James Norcliffe [Honour Award].
- The birdman hunts alone, by Norman Bilbrough
- Goodbye Molly McGuire, by Christine Johnston
- Tanith, by Sherryl Jordan
Junior Fiction: The Fat Man Maurice Gee
- Dead man's head, by Jack Lasenby
- Driving a bargain, by Fleur Beale; illustrated by Lyn Kriegler
- Gladly, here I come, by Joy Cowley
- Saved by Ryan Kane, by Pauline Cartwright
1994
Senior Fiction: The value of X Pat Quinn
- The ace of diamonds gang, by Owen Marshall [Honour Award]
- Road warriors, by Alan G. Bunn
- Swag and tucker, by Margaret Hall
- Winter of fire, by Sherryl Jordan
Junior Fiction: A dolphin in the bay Diana Noonan
- Brain drain, by Janice Marriott
- The reluctant pirate, by Pauline Cartwright; illustrated by Marg Hamilton
- The triggerstone, by Ged Maybury
- What! No TV?, by Pauline Cartwright
1993
Senior Fiction: Songs for Alex Tessa Duder
- The conjuror, by Jack Lasenby [Honour Award]
- Deepwater black, by Ken Catran
- See ya, Simon, by David Hill
- Tripswitch, by Gaelyn Gordon
Junior Fiction: Underrunners Margaret Mahy
- Denzil's dilemma, by Sherryl Jordan
- The optimist, by Bob Kerr [Honour Award and Best First Book Award].
- Place of the talking birds, by Ian Charlton
- Supermum & Spike the dog, by William Taylor
1992
Bow down Shadrach by Joy Cowley
- The Juniper game, by Sherryl Jordan [Second Prize]
- Alessandra: Alex in Rome, by Tessa Duder [Third Prize]
- Out walked Mel, by Paula Boock [Best First Book]
- Prudence M. Muggeridge, Damp Rat, by Gaelyn Gordon
- The Wednesday wizard, by Sherryl Jordan
- Dangerous spaces, by Margaret Mahy
1991
Rocco by Sherryl Jordan
- Secrets, by Ruth Corrin [Second prize]
- Several things are alive and well and living in Alfred Brown's head, by Gaelyn Gordon
- Speaking to Miranda, by Caroline Macdonald [Third prize]
- Water in the blood, by Alan G. Bunn
1990
Alex in Winter, by Tessa Duder
- The champion, by Maurice Gee [Second prize]
- The lake at the end of the world, by Caroline Macdonald [Third prize]
- The mangrove summer, by Jack Lasenby
- ...then there were nine, by Phyllis Johnston