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Red House Children’s Book Award 2014 shortlist announced

Former Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson is among the shortlisted authors for the Red House Children’s Book Award 2014

Julian Donaldson and Eoin Colfer have been shortlisted for the 2013 Red House Book awards
Julian Donaldson and Eoin Colfer have been shortlisted for the 2013 Red House Book awards 

Former Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson is on The Red House Children’s Book Award 2014 shortlist, the only national award for children’s books that is voted for entirely by children themselves.

Donaldson's book Superworm, which is illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is in the running for the Books for Younger Children category.

In Books for Older Readers, Eoin Colfer is nominated for his sci-fi dystopian novel The Reluctant Assassin.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre in London on Saturday 22nd February 2014.

You can vote on the books until mid-January 2014 at redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk.

The full shortlist for the Red House Children’s Book Award 2014 is as follows:

Books for Younger Children

Superworm – Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Scholastic)

Walter and The No Need To Worry Suit – Rachel Bright (HarperCollins)

How To Hide A Lion – Helen Stephens (Alison Green Books)

Hippospotamus – Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross (Andersen)

Books for Younger Readers

The Land of Neverbelieve – Norman Messenger (Walker)

Atticus Claw Breaks The Law – Jennifer Gray (Faber & Faber)

Claude In The Country – Alex T Smith (Hodder Children’s Books)

Books for Older Readers

Killing Rachel – Anne Cassidy (Bloomsbury)

The 5th Wave – Rick Yancey (Penguin)

The Reluctant Assassin – Eoin Colfer (Simon and Schuster)

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