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2nd December 2008

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Past winners star on Nestlé shortlists

09.10.07 Caroline Horn

The Nestlé Children's Book Prize 2007 shortlist has been announced and includes a strong presence from past prize winners such as Anne Fine, Philip Reeve, Chris Riddell and Emily Gravett.

The shortlist of nine titles covers traditional subjects such as fears and phobias, school-life, magic and mystery. The books, chosen by a panel of judges including chair Julia Eccleshare, Bookseller deputy editor Joel Rickett, author Keith Gray, illustrator Jane Ray, and Sarah Prendiville, children's book buyer at Amazon, will now be judged by thousands of schoolchildren around the country with the winners announced in December.

The shortlisted titles are as follows:

Books for 9 to 11 year olds
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig (Bodley Head)
Catcall by Linda Newbery (Orion Children's Books)
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (Scholastic Children's Books)

Books for 6 to 8 year olds
Ivan The Terrible by Anne Fine (Egmont Press)
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett (Macmillan Children's
Books)
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Macmillan Children's Books)

Books for five years and under
Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker)
Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie by Joel Stewart (Doubleday)
When a Monster is Born by Sean Taylor and Nick Sharratt (Orchard Books)

Caroline Horn children's Prize The Nestlé Children's Book Prize