Children’s Books Ireland has announced the winners of their 2017 awards.

BOOK OF THE YEAR and HONOUR AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION

Goodnight Everyone by Chris Haughton

HONOUR AWARD FOR FICTION

Needlework by Dierdre Sullivan

JUDGES’ SPECIAL AWARD

Bliain na nAmhrán by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagaín, Jennifer Farley, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tarsila Krüse and Christina O’Donovan

EILIS DILLON AWARD for FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK

The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things by Paul Gamble