The shortlist for the 2016 Scottish Children’s Book Award has been announced. The awards go to books in three categories that are specific to age ranges:

 

Bookbug Readers (ages 3-7)

  

Mouse’s First Night at Moonlight School by Simon Puttock and Ali Pye

Never Tickle a Tiger by Pamela Butchart and Marc Boutavant

Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit Book Burglar by Emily MacKenzie

 

Younger Readers (ages 8-11)

  

The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird

The Mysteries of Ravenstorm Island: The Lost Children by Gillian Philip

The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie

 

Older Readers (ages 12-16)

  

Black Dove, White Raven by Elizabeth Wein

The Piper by Danny Weston

Trouble on Cable Street by Joan Lingard