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1st December 2008

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Red House shortlists

11.02.08 Alison Flood

The shortlists for the Red House Children’s Book Award 2008 were unveiled today in Hackney. The award is the only national children’s book award voted for entirely by children.

The winner will be announced at the Guardian Hay Festival on 30th May. Children can vote for their favourite books via the RHCBA website at www.rhcba.co.uk, with voting to close on the 12th May.

The shortlists in full are:

Books for Younger Children
The Tear Thief by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli (Barefoot Books)
A Dog Called Rod by Tim Hopgood (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker Books)
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure by Kristina Stephenson (Egmont)

Books for Younger Readers
The Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy by Charlie Small (David Fickling Books)
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Macmillan)
Mammoth Academy in Trouble by Neal Layton (Hodder)

Books for Older Readers
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (David Fickling Books)
Teacher's Dead by Benjamin Zephaniah (Bloomsbury)
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (Harper Collins)

Red House children's Prize Alison Flood