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 |
Andersen Press |
|
Julian Clary |
Charlie Sheppard |
Andersen Press |
|
Miriam Moss |
Charlie Sheppard |
Andersen Press |
|
Jess Vallance |
Emma Matthewson |
Bonnier Hot Keys |
|
Lisa Drakeford |
Rachel Leyshon |
Chicken House |
|
Jeannie Waudby |
Imogen Cooper & |
Chicken House |
|
Lisa Williamson |
Bella Pearson |
David Fickling |
|
Lisa Heathfield |
Ali Dougal |
Egmont |
|
Rachel McIntyre |
Stella Paskins |
Egmont |
|
Katherine Woodfine |
Alison Dougal & |
Egmont |
|
Horatio Clare |
Penny Thomas |
Firefly |
|
Leo Hunt |
Jessica Tarrant |
Hachette |
|
Ross Welford |
Nicholas Lake |
HarperCollins |
|
David Solomons |
Kirsty Stansfield |
Nosy Crow |
|
Tom McLaughlin |
Clare Whitston |
OUP |
|
David Hofmeyr |
Ben Horslen and Tig Wallace |
Penguin Random House |
|
Will Mabbitt |
Ben Horslen |
Penguin Random House |
|
Melinda Salisbury |
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Scholastic |
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Abi Elphinstone |
Jane Griffiths |
Simon & Schuster |
|
A J Grainger |
Ely Moody |
Simon & Schuster |
|
Danny Wallace |
Jane Griffiths |
Simon & Schuster |
|
Lu Hersey |
Sarah Stewart |
Usborne |
|
Lauren James |
Annalie Grainger |
Walker |
The shortlist will be announced on 4th May 2016.