The Kate Greenaway medal 2010 shortlist

Crazy Hair by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman
"In my hair
Gorillas leap,
Tigers stalk,
And ground sloths sleep.
Prides of lions
Make their lair
Somewhere in my crazy hair."
This is the first of two appearances on the shortlist by Neil Gaiman, who also features among the finalists for the Carnegie medal
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Harry & Hopper by Freya Blackwood and Margaret Wild
Harry and his dog Hopper have done everything together, ever since Hopper was a jumpy little puppy. But one day the unthinkable happens: when Harry comes home from school, Hopper isn't there to greet him.
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Leon and the Place Between by Grahame Baker-Smith and Angela McAllister
Leon and his brothers and sister go to a magic show, but this is no ordinary show and Abdul Kazam is no ordinary magician
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Millie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi Kitamura
Millie loves hats, but she can't afford any of the beautiful ones in the shop. The shopkeeper might have a solution, though, if she's ready to use her imagination
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The Dunderheads by David Roberts and Paul Fleischman
"Never," shrieked Miss Breakbone, "have I been asked to teach such a scraping together of fiddling, twiddling, time-squandering, mind-wandering, doodling, dozing, don't-knowing dunderheads!" Little does she know how badly she is underestimating the students before her
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Chris Riddell and Neil Gaiman's spooky tale of a boy who is raised by ghosts in a graveyard after his parents and sister are murdered by a serial killer, has already won America's major children's fiction prize, the Newbery medal, as well taking the Locus young adult award, the Booktrust teenage prize and the Hugo best novel prize. It also appears on the Kate Greenaway's sister prize, the Carnegie medal for children's writing – the first time a book has made both shortlists for 30 years.
Read Patrick Ness's review here Photograph: guardian.co.uk

The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
A tale of mystery, crime, alibis, paper planes and a bear who wanted to win.
Look at a gallery of Oliver Jeffers's work, introduced by the author and illustrator
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There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz
Three sprightly cats invite the reader to join their games as they gambol and disappear under some very inventive pop-up designs
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