Award Winning Books for Children
The Shortlist for "The Bisto Book of the Year 2011" is shown below – with €10,000 for the winner, €3,000 for best first novel, €1,500 for Children’s Choice Award and prizes for the Judges choice awards. In other words – the BIGGEST prize for a children’s writer in Ireland.
- Dancing in the Dark by Peter Prendergast
- A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton
- Mac Rí Éireann le Caitríona Hasting agus Andrew Whiton
- Prim Improper by Deirdre Sullivan
- Taking Flight by Sheena Wilknson
- The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
- The Lunatics Curse by F.E. Higgins
- The Owl and the Pussycat illustrated by Kevin Waldron
- Tiny Little Fly illustrated by Kevin Waldron
- Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards
- The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge (9781849392556) - Specsavers Children's Book of the Year 2011 - Junior
- The Real Rebecca by Anna Carey (9781847171230) - Specsavers Children's book of the Year 2011 - Senior
- FArTHER by Grahame Baker-Smith (9781848771260) won the 2011 CILIP Kate Greenaway Award
Please ask our staff to assist in locating any of the above titles for you.