Book List - Complete List of my Publications


BOOK LIST - Melinda Szymanik


Picture Books
  • Clever Moo, illus. Malcolm Evans, Scholastic NZ, 2006. Out of Print
  • The Were-Nana, illus. Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson, Scholastic NZ, 2008, Children’s Choice Award, 2009 NZ Post Book Awards, Storylines Notable Book 2009, Shortlisted 2010 Sakura Medal. Out of Print.
  • The House That Went to Sea, illus. Gabriella Klepatski, Duck Creek Press, 2011.
  • Made With Love, illus. Gabriella Klepatski, Duck Creek Press, 2012. Out of Print.
  • While You Are Sleeping, illus. Greg Straight, Duck Creek Press, 2013, Storylines Notable Book 2014
  • The Song of Kauri, illus. Dominique Ford, Scholastic NZ, 2014. Longlisted LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award & LIANZA Russell Clark Illustration Award 2015, Finalist LIANZA Librarian's Choice Award 2015, Storylines Notable Book 2015
  • Fuzzy Doodle, illus. Donovan Bixley,  Scholastic NZ, 2016, Scholastic Asia, 2017, Storylines Notable Book 2017, Finalist Best Picture Book Award & Russell Clark Illustration Award New Zealand Children's and Young Adults Book Awards 2017, Queensland 2017 Premier's Reading Challenge Selection, White Ravens Selection 2017. Also published as Fuzzy Doodle by Scholastic Asia (2017), Singapore.
  • Sharing with Wolf, illus. Nikki Slade Robinson, Scholastic NZ, June 2020, Finalist NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children's Book 2021, Storylines Notable Book 2021Also published as Vado a vivere col lupo by Caissa Italia Editore (2021), Bologna.
  • Moon and Sun, illus. Malene Laugesen, Upstart Press, February 2021, Finalist Russell Clark Illustration Award, New Zealand Children's and Young Adults Book Awards 2021
  • My Elephant is Blue, illus. Vasanti Unka, Puffin (Penguin), May 2021, Storylines Notable Book 2021, Finalist NZ Booklovers Award for Best Children's Book 2022. Also published as Mi Elefante Azul by Akal Infantil (2021) Madrid, as Il mio elefante Blu by Salani Editore (2022), Milan, as Mein Elefant ist traurig by Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe (2022) Munich, as My Elephant is Blue by Flyaway Books (2023), Kentucky.
  • BatKiwi, illus. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Scholastic, 2021, Highly Commended-Storylines Notable Books 2021. Te Reo version Ko PekaKiwi, translated by Pānia Papa, Storylines Notable Book 2021.
  • There Are No Moa, E Hoa (BatKiwi 2), illus. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Scholastic, 2022, Storylines Notable Book 2022.  Te Reo edition Kua Kore he Moa, e hoa, translated by Pānia Papa.
  • Lucy and the Dark, illus. Vasanti Unka, Puffin (Penguin), August 2023, Storylines Notable Book 2023Finalist NZ Booklovers Award for Best Picture Book 2024.
  • Sun Shower, illus. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Scholastic, November 2023. Te Reo edition He Tārū Kahika translated by Pānia Papa.
  • BatKiwi and the Big Wet (tbc), illus. Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Scholastic, August 2024 TBC.

Junior Novels
  • Jack the Viking, Scholastic NZ, 2008
  • Sally Bangle: Unexpected Detective, Tale-Spin Media, 2012 (e-book only)
  • A Winters Day in 1939, Scholastic NZ, March 2013, Storylines Notable Book 2014, Finalist 2014 NZ Post Book Awards, Finalist 2014 LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award, Winner Librarian's Choice Award 2014 LIANZA Children's Book Awards

Young Adult Novels
  • The Half Life of Ryan Davis, Tale -Spin Media, 2012

Short Story Collections
  • Time Machine and other Stories, Ahoy (The Cuba Press), August 2019, Finalist 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction.

Short Story Anthologies including my work
  • Dare and Double Dare, (ed. Barbara Else), Random NZ, 2007.
  • Short, (ed. Lili Wilkinson), Black Dog Books 2008.
  • Pick n' Mix: Assorted Kiwi Stories, Volume 1, Scholastic NZ, 2010.
  • Pick n' Mix: Assorted Kiwi Stories, Volume 2, Scholastic NZ, 2011.
  • Great Mates, (ed. Barbara Else), Random NZ, 2011.


Short Stories
  • Rush, The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.) April 2003, Vol. 88 No. 3, reprinted February 2007, Vol. 92 No.1.  And in Dare and Double Dare (ed. Barbara Else), Random NZ, 2007.

  • A Winter’s Day in 1939, The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.) April 2005, Vol. 90 No. 3

  • Drawing Horses, School Journal (Learning Media Limited) Part 4, No. 1, 2005, and The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.) Countdown, March 2008, No. 2

  • Last Summer, School Journal (Learning Media Limited) Part 4, No. 3, 2005, and The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.) Orbit, July 2007, Vol. 92, No. 6

  • The Gift, in Short, (ed. Lili Wilkinson), Black Dog Books 2008

  • Holding My Breath, School Journal (Learning Media Limited), Part 4, No. 3, 2009.

  • Smart Soup, in Pick n’ Mix: Assorted Kiwi Stories, Volume 1, Scholastic NZ, 2010.

  • The Man with the Dog Eye, in Pick n’ Mix: Assorted Kiwi Stories, Volume 1, Scholastic NZ, 2010.

  • The Monster Under My Bed, in Pick n’ Mix: Assorted Kiwi Stories, Volume 2, Scholastic NZ, 2011.

  • A Passport to Friends, in Great Mates, (ed. Barbara Else), Random NZ, 2011.

  • The Time Machine, The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.), Orbit, February 2017, Vol. 102 No. 1 

  • Now's Good, The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.), Blast Off, September 2017, Vol. 102  No. 8

  • My Mother is an Alien, The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.), Touchdown, April 2019, No. 3

Poetry - Children's
  • Fancy, in A Treasury of NZ Poems for Children, (ed. Paula Green, illustrated by Jenny Cooper) Random House, 2014.
  • Crocodile Dream, in Roar, Squeak, Purr: A NZ Treasury of Animal Poems, (ed. Paula Green, illus. Jenny Cooper), Penguin Random House, November 2022.
  • Inside a Cat, in Roar, Squeak, Purr: A NZ Treasury of Animal Poems, (ed. Paula Green, illus. Jenny Cooper), Penguin Random House, November 2022. 

  • If Fish Could Talk, on NZ Poetry Box, ed. Paula Green, December, 2022.

  • Queen Pudding Face, in Roar, Squeak, Purr: A NZ Treasury of Animal Poems, (ed. Paula Green, illus. Jenny Cooper), Penguin Random House, November 2022.

  • Tree, on online poetry site The Dirigible Balloon, March 2023.

  • The Jellyfish's Secret, on online poetry site The Dirigible Balloon, March 2023.

  • Knight and Day, The School Magazine (NSW Dept. of Ed.), Countdown, July 2023, No. 6.

  • That's What They Say, on NZ Poetry Box, ed. Paula Green, August 2023.

  • The Night is Singing, in Volume 10 - Outside/ Inside: New Poems for Children, Paddler Press, November 2023.

  • The Road to Winter, on online poetry site, The Dirigible Balloon, January 2024.

  • When the Wind Blows, on online poetry site The Dirigible Balloon, January 2024.

  • The Talk in the Trees, on online poetry site, The Dirigible Balloon, February 2024.


Poetry - Adult

  • The Meaning of Life, on NZ Poetry Shelf, ed. Paula Green, June 2021.
  • No Worries, on NZ Poetry Shelf, ed. Paula Green, November 2021.
  • Ancestry, in Poetry New Zealand Yearbook 2022, ed. Tracey Slaughter, Massey University Press, 2022. 
  • Self Medicated, in Takahe #t105, ed. Erik Kennedy, August 2022.
  • you are the reason you don't feel better, in Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook 2023: After-Burn, ed. Tracey Slaughter, Massey University Press, 2023.
  • The Politics of Pockets, on online poetry site, Issue 55, Roi Faineant Press, January 2024.
  • Double Happy, on online poetry site, Issue 55, Roi Faineant Press, January 2024.
  • Plum Jam, on online poetry site, Issue 55, Roi Faineant Press, January 2024.

Skits/Plays
  • The Last Straw, Wild Things (Forest & Bird), Issue 132 Spring/Koanga 2016.


Articles

  • Cheerleading, Choices: At Your Leisure, Learning Media Limited, 2007

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