A shortlist of six books for this year's Blue Peter Book Award has been announced.
Best Story
The Boy who Swam With Piranhas by David Almond, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes
Tom Gates - Genius Ideas (Mostly) by Liz Pichon
Best Book with Facts
Horrible Science: House of Horrors by Nick Arnold & Tony De Saulles
Walter Tull's Scrapbook by Michaela Morgan
Fantastic Mr Dahl by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
These will now will now be judged by 200 Blue Peter viewers from 10 schools and the winning books in the two categories will be announced on World Book Day, Thursday 7 March.
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