Children's Book Awards - Shortlists and Winners

Zog
Julia Donaldson
Winner of the Galaxy Children's Book Award 2010. The creators of the best-selling Gruffalo have invented a delightful new character – Zog the little dragon who always wants...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
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Zelah Green, Queen Of Clean
Vanessa Curtis
Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Award 2010 Told in an upbeat, teenage first person narrative, this is a moving and insightful story about coping with a compulsive disorder. Zelah Green describes herself as a Cleanaholic. She spends her life...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/01/2009
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You're A Bad Man, Mr Gum!
Andy Stanton
Winner of the Blue Peter Prize 2007 'Most Fun Story with Pictures.' Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2007. Joint winner of the Richard and Judy "Developing" 7+ category. What the judges’ said: ‘an illogical, surreal romp...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/08/2006
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WOW Said the Owl
Tim Hopgood
Shortlisted for the Best Pre-School Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Owl decides to wake up during the day and sleep at night.  A very odd thing for an owl to do.  But he discovers the world of colour and he’s in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2010
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WOW Said the Owl
Tim Hopgood
Shortlisted for the Best Pre-School Award, Early Year Awards 2009 Owl decides to wake up during the day and sleep at night.  A very odd thing for an owl to do.  But he discovers the world of colour and he’s in...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/06/2009
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Wolves
Emily Gravett
Emily Gravett was selected as one of The Big Picture campaign's Best New Illustrators in 2008. Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 2006. What the judges said: A real page-turner of a book. The style is spare, but at the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2006
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Without Looking Back
Tabitha Suzuma
Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2009.  A beautifully written and thought-provoking novel on the effects on a family involved in a custody battle.  When Louis and his sister are removed unexpectedly from school for a holiday in England by their father...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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Withering Tights
Louise Rennison
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection.  Laugh out loud at this launch title of a brilliant new series by Queen of Teen author Louise Rennison. Tallulah Casey, cousin of the irrepressible Georgia Nicholson, signs up for an...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011
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Withering Tights
Louise Rennison
Winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 (Funniest Book for Children aged Seven to Fourteen). Laugh out loud at this launch title of a brilliant new series by Queen of Teen author Louise Rennison. Tallulah Casey, cousin of the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 08/07/2010
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Why Is Snot Green? (Science Museum)
Glenn Murphy
Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Award 2007 'Best Book With Facts.' Both kids and adults will derive an enormous amount of fun out of this book which has been shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 'Best Book with...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2007
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Why Eating Bogeys Is Good For You
Mitchell Symons
Winner of the 2010 Blue Peter 'Best Book with Facts' Award. Why can’t you tickle yourself? What is the best way to cure hiccups? Why do buses travel in threes?  Loads of questions with some highly entertaining answers fill this...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2009
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White Crow
Marcus Sedgwick
Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2011 Packed full of suspense, this is a tingling and chilling Gothic thriller in which nothing can quite be taken for granted. Rebecca is forced to abandon her bustling life in London for the unfamiliar...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/04/2011
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When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2011, this is a brilliantly fresh and original story with a puzzle at its heart. When Miranda’s best...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011
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When The Snow Fell
Henning Mankell
Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation.    A touching story of growing up and discovering what really matters. Joel makes three New Year’s resolutions: To see a naked lady, to toughen himself up so that he can live...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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When I Was Joe
Keren David
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2011. Highly Commended for the Teenage Book Prize 2010. An edgy and contemporary thriller about the life changing dangers of knife crime – and that’s just for the witness. When Ty tells the police...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2010
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When I Lived in Modern Times
Linda Grant
Shortlisted for the Best of the Orange Best 2010 by the Orange Prize Youth Panel.  A naïve young Jewish woman, Evelyn, moves to Israel, the Promised Land, in 1946. The country is coping with an influx of refugees and gradually Evelyn’s eyes are...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/10/2000
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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.
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2007
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What's for Dinner Mr Gum?
Andy Stanton
Shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2010. Best-selling Mr Gum is back for a sixth hilarious adventure. Mr Gum’s tastes have always been revolting but this time he surpasses himself with a passionate indulgence of rancid kebabs dripping with dirty grey...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/10/2009
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What You Need to Know Now: The World in Facts, Stats and Graphics

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2011: Best Book with Facts. Stuffed full of completely up-to-date statistics, graphics and facts, this is a bumper information book about what is going on in our planet and why. Masses of information about...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2010
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What I Saw and How I Lied
Judy Blundell
Winner of the prestigious American National Book Award - Utterly gripping and beautifully told, this is a stunning rite of passage novel, set just after WW2, full of powerful and conflicting emotions, which captures the dramatic shift from child to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2009
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We Are All Born Free
Amnesty International
Winner: Special Award, English Association 4-11 Award An arrestingly original way of informing children of their human rights, We Are All Born Free depicts each of the 30 Articles of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in wonderful illustrations by thirty best...
Format: Hardback - Released: 09/10/2008
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Ways To Live Forever
Sally Nicholls
Shortlisted for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award   Sympathetic, touching, and surprisingly funny, Ways To Live Forever is a fantastic debut from Sally Nicholls. Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008
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Varmints
Helen Ward
Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award 2009. The most overlooked threat in the world today is the loss of peace and tranquility. Can someone find the time and space to stop, think and plant the seeds of change before it’s...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/10/2007
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Usborne Lift the Flap Picture Atlas
Alex Frith, Kate Leake
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Best Book with Facts' Award. An original, innovative and interactive atlas full of flaps to lift, revealing beautiful buildings, exotic animals and fabulous sights.  Divided into the separate continents, each double page is crammed with...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/02/2008
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Unhooking the Moon
Gregory Hughes
Shortlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase Award 2011. Winner of the BookTrust Teenage Book Prize 2010 and shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2010.   One absolutely, indisputably MEGA story! This highly recommended title is a beautifully written, utterly original, funny...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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Twilight Robbery
Frances Hardinge
One of the 4 titles shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011. Award winning Frances Hardinge’s first novel Fly By Night starred Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent. Now they are back for a thrilling new adventure in the city of...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/03/2011
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Turbulence
Jan Mark
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. What the judges said: This is a story of family life, rendered more chaotic than ever by the arrival of a self-obsessed stranger. Mark demonstrates her unerring ability to unpick the strands of everyday living...
Format: Hardback - Released: 17/11/2005
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Tucking In!
Jess Stockham
Shortlisted for the Baby Book Award 2007 and A deserved winner of the Booktrust ‘Early Years’ Award 2007.  This title is one of a series of lift-the-flap books designed specially for babies and toddlers to enjoy the world...
Format: Board Book - Released: 01/12/2006
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Troubadour
Mary Hoffman
Shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award 2009 There’s romance, intrigue, religion and bloodshed all tightly interwoven in this historical thriller. Rather than marrying the old nobleman her father has chosen for her, Elinor determines to run away with Bertran...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/08/2010
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Troubadour
Mary Hoffman
Shortlisted for the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award 2009 - the winner will be announced in early January.  There’s romance, intrigue, religion and bloodshed all tightly interwoven in this historical thriller. Rather than marrying the old nobleman her father has...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/08/2009
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