The Guardian Children's Book Prize 2011 has been won by Andy Mulligan for Return to Ribblestrop
The Roald Dahl Funny Prize
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon is the winner of the seven to fourteen category, and the first in a series of books about Tom, an expert doodler and master of excuses.
Cats Ahoy! written by Peter Bently and illustrated by Jim Field, a rhyming picture book about pirate cats, won the funniest book for children aged six and under. Both category winners receive a prize of £2500.
The Costa Book Awards 2011
The shortlists for best novel, best first novel, best biography, best poetry collection and best children's book have been announced. Costa Children’s Book Award shortlist:
Flip by Martyn Bedford
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
Blood Red Road by Moira Young.
The Costa Book Awards recognises some of the most enjoyable books of the year by writers based in the UK and Ireland. Judges will name each category winner on 4 January. The winner in each category receives £5000, and then one of the five winning books is selected as the overall Costa Book of the Year, to be announced on 24 January. The winner will receive £30,000.
