The shortlist for The Children’s Book Award for 2016 has been announced. This British award was previously known as the Red House Children’s Book Award. Voted on and chosen by children, this is a unique award. Here is the shortlist:

BOOKS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN

 

Fabulous Pie by Gareth Edwards and Guy Parker-Rees

Is There a Dog in This Book? by Viviane Schwartz

 

Ready, Steady, Jump by Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds

This Book Just Ate My Dog by Richard Byrne

BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS

  

Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen

Horrid Henry’s Krazy Ketchup by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross

My Head Teacher Is a Vampire Rat by Pamela Butchart, illustrated by Thomas Flintham

BOOKS FOR OLDER READERS

  

Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo

Smart by Kim Slater