The shortlist for the An Post Irish Book Awards has been announced. Here are the nominees in the youth categories:
NATIONAL BOOK TOKENS CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR (JUNIOR)
The First Christmas Jumper (And the Sheep Who Changed Everything) by Ryan Tubridy, illustrated by Chris Judge
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers
I Say Ooh, You Say Aah by John Kane
The Magic Moment by Niall Breslin, illustrated by Sheena Dempsey
The Pooka Party by Shona Shirley Macdonald
The President’s Cat by Peter Donnelly
NATIONAL BOOK TOKENS CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR (SENIOR)
Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World by Sarah Webb, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill
The Dog Who Lost His Bark by Eoin Colfer, illustrated by P. J. Lynch
Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes by Dara Ó Briain, illustrated by Dan Brammall
The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle
Tin by Pádraig Kenny
The Trouble with Perfect by Helena Duggan
DEPT51@EASON TEEN / YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR
Dark Wood Dark Water by Tina Callaghan
Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping by Dave Rudden
Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin
The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill
The Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan
The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson