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The Roald Dahl Funny prize 2011 – in pictures

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Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere (Puffin) Photograph: Booktrust
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Cats Ahoy! by Peter Bently, illustrated by Jim Field (Macmillan Children's Books) Photograph: Booktrust
Roald Dahl Funniest Book: Roald Dahl Funniest Book
First Week at Cow School by Andy Cutbill, illustrated by Russell Ayto (HarperCollins Children's Books) Photograph: Booktrust
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Limelight Larry by Leigh Hodgkinson (Orchard) Photograph: Booktrust
Roald Dahl Funniest Book: Roald Dahl Funniest Book
Animal Tales by Terry Jones, illustrated by Michael Foreman (Pavilion Children's Books) Photograph: Booktrust
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The Get Rich Quick Club by Rose Impey (Orchard) Photograph: Booktrust
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The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon (Scholastic) Photograph: Booktrust
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A Place to Call Home by Alexis Deacon, illustrated by Viviane Schwarz (Walker) Photograph: Booktrust
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Letters From an Alien Schoolboy by Ros Asquith (Piccadilly Press). Photograph: PR
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Marshall Adams Is New to Our School by David Mackintosh (HarperCollins Children's Books). Photograph: PR
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The Wrong Pong by Steven Butler, illustrated by Chris Fisher (Puffin). Photograph: PR
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Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster by Joanna Nadin (Usborne). Photograph: PR
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