The Roald Dahl Funny Prize has been replaced with the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (nicknamed The Lollies). The shortlist for this new award for funny books has just been announced and now it’s up to teachers and their classes to vote for their favourites. Votes must be submitted by teachers on behalf of a class, so get reading, discussing and register your class to vote! Voting closes on 10th June. The shortlisted books are:

Picture Books shortlist

      

Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor and Jean Jullien (ill.) (Walker Books)

Gracie Grabbit and the Tiger by Helen Stephens (Scholastic)

I Need a Wee! by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (ill.) (Simon and Schuster Children’s)

Slug Needs a Hug! by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross (ill.) (Andersen Press)

 

6-8 years shortlist

       

Badly Drawn Beth by Jem Packer and Duncan McCoshan (Orchard)

The Jolley-Rogers and the Cave of Doom by Jonny Duddle (Templar)

Wilf the Mighty Worrier Saves the World by Georgia Pritchett and Jamie Littler (ill.) (Quercus)

Thorfinn the Nicest Viking and the Awful Invasion by David MacPhail and Richard Morgan (ill.) (Kelpies)

 

9-13 years shortlist

      

Danger is Still Everwhere: Beware of the Dog by David O’Doherty and Chris Judge (ill.) (Puffin)

The Parent Agency by David Baddiel (HarperCollins)

Petunia Perry and the Curse of the Ugly Pigeon Pamela Butchart (Nosy Crow)

Emily Sparkes and the Friendship Fiasco by Ruth Fitzgerald (Little, Brown Young Readers)

 

Branford Boase Book Award 2016 longlist

The Branford Boase Award is the only children’s book award where the publisher is given special recognition of their role in the success of the book. The award is made annually to the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist.  Previous winning and shortlisted writers include Marcus Sedgwick, Philip Reeve, William Nicholson and Annabel Pitcher, as well as Carnegie Medal winners Frank Cottrell Boyce, Siobhan Dowd, Mal Peet, Patrick Ness, Meg Rosoff and Kevin Brooks. The longlisted books for 2016 are:

Author	Editor	Title	Publisher
Nicole Burstein	Charlie Sheppard	Other Girl	Andersen Press
Julian Clary	Charlie Sheppard	The Bolds	Andersen Press
Miriam Moss	Charlie Sheppard	Girl on a Plane	Andersen Press
Jess Vallance	Emma Matthewson	Birdy	Bonnier Hot Keys
Lisa Drakeford	Rachel Leyshon	The Baby	Chicken House
Jeannie Waudby	Imogen Cooper & Rachel Leyshon	One of Us	Chicken House
Lisa Williamson	Bella Pearson	The Art of Being Normal	David Fickling
Lisa Heathfield	Ali Dougal	Seed	Egmont
Rachel McIntyre	Stella Paskins	Me & Mr J	Egmont
Katherine Woodfine	Alison Dougal & Hannah Sandford	The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow	Egmont
Horatio Clare	Penny Thomas	Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot	Firefly
Leo Hunt	Jessica Tarrant	13 Days of Midnight	Hachette
Ross Welford	Nicholas Lake	Time Travelling with a Hamster	HarperCollins
David Solomons	Kirsty Stansfield	My Brother is a Super Hero	Nosy Crow
Tom McLaughlin	Clare Whitston	The Accidental Prime Minister	OUP
David Hofmeyr	Ben Horslen and Tig Wallace	Stone Rider	Penguin Random House
Will Mabbitt	Ben Horslen	The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones	Penguin Random House
Melinda Salisbury		The Sin Eater’s Daughter	Scholastic
Abi Elphinstone	Jane Griffiths	The Dreamsnatcher	Simon & Schuster
A J Grainger	Ely Moody	Captive	Simon & Schuster
Danny Wallace	Jane Griffiths	Hamish and the Worldstoppers	Simon & Schuster
Lu Hersey	Sarah Stewart	Deep Water	Usborne
Lauren James	Annalie Grainger	The Next Together	Walker

The shortlist will be announced on 4th May 2016.