The Children's Book Awards run by the Federation of Children's Book Groups and the only National awards where the judging is done entirely by children, have announced their shortlists.  We congratulate all authors and illustrators on the lists.

Books for Younger Children

MIXED, written and illustrated by Arree Chung, published by Macmillan Children’s Books
The Last Chip: The Story of a Very Hungry Pigeon, written and illustrated by Duncan Beedie, published by Templar
The Wondrous Dinosaurium, written by John Condon and illustrated by Steve Brown, published by Maverick
What Do You Do if Your house is a Zoo, written by John Kelly and illustrated by Steph Laberis, published by Little Tiger Press

Books for Younger Readers

Funny Kid Stand Up, written and illustrated by Matt Stanton, published by HarperCollins Children’s Books
Mr Penguin and The Fortress of Secrets, written and illustrated by Alex T Smith, published by Hodder Children’s Books
The Dog Who Lost His Bark, written by Eoin Colfer and illustrated by PJ Lynch, published by Walker Books

Books for Older Readers

Armistice Runner, written by Tom Palmer, published by Barrington Stoke
The Light Jar, written by Lisa Thompson, published by Scholastic
The Storm Keeper’s Island, written by Catherine Doyle, published by Bloomsbury  

Vote online here - http://www.childrensbookaward.org.uk/

Sarah Stuffins, Children’s Book Award Coordinator says ‘Last year saw the Federation of Children’s Book Groups’ 50^th year, and more children than ever engaging with the Children’s Book Award. This year’s shortlist really does have something for everything and shows the incredible breadth of talent in the children’s book world. We are in a golden age of children’s publishing - something to be celebrated - and access to books has never been more important. We congratulate all our Top Ten authors and can’t wait to find out who is the children’s choice this year. We’re thrilled to have BookLife on board again this year as our sponsors – many thanks to them and all the publishers who submit books for their support of the award.’