Children's Book Awards - Shortlists and Winners

Artichoke Hearts
Sita Brahmachari
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2011 A welter of emotions engulf Mira in this touching pre-teen story about secrets and how to keep them and share them. Strongly set in a busy family, Mira’s life is full of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2011
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A Monster Calls
Siobhan Dowd, Patrick Ness
Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and 2012 Kate Greenaway Medal. The Judges said: An exquisite piece of writing of great depth which has huge impact upon the reader, guiding them through some difficult emotional lessons. Well plotted and lyrically written...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/05/2011
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A Swift Pure Cry
Siobhan Dowd
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2007. A superb first novel, beautifully written, deeply moving and full of heartbreak. When Shell Talent’s mother dies everything around her begins to fall to pieces. Tired of looking after her younger brother and sister...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/03/2006
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The London Eye Mystery
Siobhan Dowd
Shortlisted for the Nasen and TES 'Special Educational Needs Children's Book Award' 2007. When Salim mysteriously disappears while on a ride on the London Eye everyone is frantic and even the police are baffled. Ted has his own theories,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/06/2007
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Bog Child
Siobhan Dowd
Winner of Carnegie Award 2009 and the Bisto Irish Children's Book Award 2009 and shortlisted for the . New and challenging book full of mystery and shadows from recently deceased author Siobhan Dowd. Both terrifying and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Solace of the Road
Siobhan Dowd
Shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award 2009 - the winner will be announced in early January.  Shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2009 Beautifully written and achingly moving, Solace of the Road is the poignant and desperate story...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 05/02/2009
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Dear Dylan
Siobhan Curham
April 2012 Book of the Month. Winner of the YoungMinds Book Award 2010. This was a self-publishing YA phenomenon in 2010 and winner of the above award beating the likes of Julia Donaldson and Bali Rai.  Then it was bought by Egmont...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2012
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Love from Louisa
Simon Puttock
Shortlisted for the Scottish Book Award 2010. Bossy Louisa the pig wants her home to be made spotless. “Tidy up the farm!” she writes to Farmer Giles. And, helped by all the animals in the farmyard, tidy it up he does....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2009
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Small Mouse Big City
Simon Prescott
Shortlisted for the Best Emerging Illustrator Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Perfectly capturing the atmosphere and excitement of the city with dramatic perspectives and shifting cityscapes, this stylish and contemporary twist on Aesop’s classic fable when country mouse goes off on...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/01/2009
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Moon Pie
Simon Mason
One of the 4 titles longlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011. How love is tested, challenged and threatened, but can ultimately hold families together is at the heart of Moon Pie. Martha is used to managing her father's sometimes...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 07/04/2011
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Archaeology Detectives
Simon Adams
A wonderful search back in time, from the ice-age to Titanic, across the globe, this book uncovers some of the greatest archaeological mysteries explaining how they were found and excavated. Fact boxes, reproductions of how some of the sites may...
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Format: Loose-leaf - Released: 01/05/2008
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The Awful Tale of Agatha Bilke
Sian Pattenden
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2007. What the judges’ said: Full of dark humour, eccentric metaphors and satirical touches. A marvel’ This is a hair-raising story of the truly terrible Agatha Bilke, a girl who...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 13/04/2006
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Dogger
Shirley Hughes
Winner of the Greenaway of Greenaways in 2007 and Greenaway winner in 1977. Filled with humour and Shirley Hughes' deft touch, this is a book for young readers to tackle by themselves, as well as a delight to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 18/11/1993
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Annexed
Sharon Dogar
Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book of the Year Award 2010. Shortlisted for the prestigious Sheffield Children's Book Award 2011. The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most treasured children’s books of the last fifty years. Anne’s account...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
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The Unfinished Angel
Sharon Creech
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Prize-winning author Sharon Creech tells a magical story that's truly original, touching and funny of an unusual friendship between an unusual angel and Zola who find themselves sharing a tower high in the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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I Love My Mummy
Sebastien Braun
The perfect book for mum and child to read together.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 16/01/2006
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When A Monster Is Born
Sean Taylor
Multiple Award Winning picture book. In this great book for storytime comes a very silly, funny and lovable monster. The story follows all the possibilities for interesting adventures when a monster is born with some extremely colourful illustrations.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2007
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Purple Class and the Half-eaten Sweater
Sean Taylor
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Book Prize 2009 Four completely crazy, off the wall crazy, stories about the funniest class ever.  Crammed full of zany and exuberant characters and the mishaps and mayhem that ensue. But spare a thought for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 08/08/2009
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Crocodiles are the Best Animals of All
Sean Taylor
Shortlisted for Roald Dahl's Funny Prize 2009. This is a real romp of a read with bright humorous illustrations accompanying a rich, rhyming text that children will enjoy reading alone and with their parents, time and time again.  Crocodile demonstrates...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 09/04/2009
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Crocodiles are the Best Animals of All
Sean Taylor
Shortlisted for Roald Dahl's Funny Prize 2009. This is a real romp of a read with bright humorous illustrations accompanying a rich, rhyming text that children will enjoy reading alone and with their parents, time and time again.  Crocodile demonstrates...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
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Leviathan
Scott Westerfeld
Nominated for a prestigious Nebula Award - the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy - winner to be announced mid May 2010. This is an incredibly original and thought provoking novel. Think Europe 1914 - the war...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2009
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Leviathan
Scott Westerfeld
A World Book Day 'Recommended Read' for 2011. Nominated for a prestigious Nebula Award 2010 - the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. This is an incredibly original and thought provoking novel. Think Europe 1914 -...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 27/05/2010
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Millie's Marvellous Hat
Satoshi Kitamura
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2010. This gloriously imaginative story is all about the power of believing. Millie longs for a glorious hat but she hasn’t got any money. Cleverly, the kind man in the shop persuades her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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Devil's Kiss
Sarwat Chadda
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2010 A fresh voice, Sawat Chadda has written a tough street story capturing the violence that is out there in most cities. Fifteen year old Billi is facing the last test before she follows her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Nobody's Girl
Sarra Manning
Shortlisted for the prestigious Teenage Book Prize 2010. This novel will really hit an emotional nerve with teen girls in particular.  17 years old but with a mum who is over protective and dad she never knew, Bea is craving independence...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Century
Sarah Singleton
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2006. Century is a haunting story with a wonderfully gothic feel. Mercy and her sister Charity live in huge house full of dusty corners. Outside it is always winter and the two...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/03/2005
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The Door Of No Return
Sarah Mussi
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is one of the most through-provoking and complete debut novels published recently and fully deserves to be on the shortlist of the Branford Boase award for debut novels. It’s got just about...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 19/04/2007
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The Grump
Sarah Garson
Shortlisted for the Best Emerging Illustrator Award, Early Year Awards 2009   A delightful picture book full of humour about a very scary monster who is padding around the house at night.  As a little toddler follows the monster’s every move and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2009
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Mr Pusskins
Sam Lloyd
With a larger-than-life character at the centre of this stunning picture book it comes as no surprise that it is the winner of the ‘Early Years – Pre-school Award’.  There is fun and excitement on every page as...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 30/06/2006
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Mr Pusskins Best in Show
Sam Lloyd
Winner of the 6 and under category in the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009.   Pusskins is a larger-than-life character and it comes as no surprise that it has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funniest book prize!! There is fun and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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