28 February 2010

Red House Children's Book Award 2010 Shortlist

Books have been nominated by children across the country, and these are the top ten books published in 2009, chosen by them!
The Older Reader category shortlist:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Ausländer by Paul Dowswell
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
The Younger Readers category shortlist:
Angel Cake by Cathy Cassidy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
Mondays are Murder by Tanya Landman
The Younger Children's shortlist:

A Very Strange Creature by Ronda Armitage & Layn Marlow
Crunch Munch Dinosaur Lunch! by Paul Bright & Mike Terry
The Baby Dragon-Tamer by Jan Fearnley
Bottoms Up! by Jeanne Willis & Adam Stower
Voting to select the top books closes 1 May. You need to have read all 3 books in any section to vote 1, 2, 3.
Reads of the year 2010
After taking out the Top Ten, which become the shortlist for the 2010 award, these are 40 recommended books, chosen by children as their favourites.