The full shortlist for the Children’s Book Award 2016 is announced.

Books for Younger Children :
1) Is There a Dog in This Book? by Viviane Schwarz
2) Read, Steady, Jump by Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
3) This Book Just Ate My Dog by Richard Byrne
4) Fabulous Pie by Gareth Edwards and Guy Parker-Rees

Books for Younger Readers :
1) Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
2) Horrid Henry’s Krazy Ketchup by Francesca Simon, illustrated by Tony Ross
3) My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat by Pamela Butchart, illustrated by Thomas Flintham

Books for Older Readers :
1) Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo
2) Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
3) Smart by Kim Slater