Shortlist revealed for the CBBC’s Blue Peter Book Awards 2010

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BfK No. 193 - March 2012

This issue's cover illustration by David Wyatt is from C J Busby's Cauldron Spells (978 1 8487 7085 0, £5.99 pbk). Thanks to Templar Publishing for their help with this March cover.

Booktrust and Blue Peter announce the shortlist for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2010. These enormously popular and influential awards have been recognising and celebrating the best children’s authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children since 2000.

The 2010 Blue Peter Book Awards Shortlist is:

Best Book With Facts:

Usborne Lift-the-flap Picture Atlas – Alex Frith & Kate Leake (Usborne)

Tail-End Charlie – Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom (Francis Lincoln)

Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You – Mitchell Symons (Red Fox)

Book I Couldn’t Put Down:

Cosmic – Frank Cottrell Boyce (Macmillan)

The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 – Harriet Goodwin (Stripes)

Frozen in Time – Ali Sparkes (Oxford)

Most Fun Story with Pictures:

Peter the Penguin Pioneer – Daren King (Quercus)

Spells – Emily Gravett (Macmillan)

Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things – Guy Bass & Pete Williamson (Stripes)

For more information please contact Katherine Solomon on 0208 875 4583 or on katherine@booktrust.org.uk