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The Guardian - AU
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Aamirah Patel

The Red House Children's Book Award 2015 shortlist is announced!

Malorie Blackman Fri
Malorie Blackman, the prize-winning author who has become the UK's first black children's laureate. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi

The full shortlist for the Red House Children's Book Award 2015 is ready – can you spot an author or a book you love?

Books for Younger Children
Dragon Loves Penguin by Debi Gliori (Bloomsbury)
The Day the Crayons Quit by Oliver Jeffers and Drew Daywalt (HarperCollins)
Go to Sleep or I Let Loose The Leopard by Steve Cole and Bruce Ingman (Jonathan Cape)
That Is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems (Walker)

Books for Younger Readers
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher by Pamela Butchart (Nosy Crow)
The Bomber Dog by Megan Rix (Puffin)
Demon Dentist by David Walliams (HarperCollins)

Books for Older Readers
Noble Conflict by Malorie Blackman (Doubleday)
Prince of the Icemark by Stuart Hill (Chicken House)
Split Second by Sophie McKenzie (Simon & Schuster)

Now it's your turn to decide who wins! You can vote at
www.rhcba.co.uk.

Previous winners of the award, run by the Federation of Children's Book Groups, include J.K Rowling, Michael Morpurgo and Suzanne Collins – so you always back the best!

Who will get your vote this year?!

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