WHSmith Children's Book of the Year
Shortlisted Titles
This shortlist was determined by the votes of WHSmith customers after a month long promotion of a longlistof titles from six sub-genres: shared reads (0 to 5); early (5+); developing (7+); confident (9+); and fluent (12+).
| Book Title | Author | Imprint |
|---|---|---|
| Dinosaurs Love Underpants | Claire Freedman & Ben Cort | Simon & Schuster |
| Horrid Henry Robs the Bank | Francesca Simon | Orion |
| Captain Underpants & the Preposterous Plight | Dav Pilkey | Scholastic |
| Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox | Eoin Colfer | Puffin |
| Breaking Dawn | Stephenie Meyer | Atom |
| The Tales of Beedle the Bard | J.K. Rowling | Bloomsbury |
About the books
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Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman / illustrated by Ben Cort
You may wonder why dinosaurs became extinct, well here is the answer . . . They were all wiped out in a mighty Pants War! Join T-Rex and the rest of the gang as they slog it out to gain prehistoric pants supremacy in this hilarious follow-up to the award-winning Aliens Love Underpants. Claire Freedman is the highly successful author of several picture books including Aliens Love Underpants and A Squabble and a Squawk for Simon & Schuster. Ben Cort's picture books have been published in 18 languages in 20 countries worldwide. Dinosaurs Love Underpants is his second picture book for Simon & Schuster.
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Horrid Henry Robs the Bank by Francesca Simon
Horrid Henry's latest adventures see him helping himself to all the money he needs to win his favourite board game, coming up with another spectacular money-making scheme by launching a newspaper with all the school gossip, and hijacking Perfect Peter's pirate party.
Francesca Simon has written over 45 books and won the Children's Book of the Year in 2008 at the Galaxy British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman.
Orion Children's Books -
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People by Dav Pilkey
Captain Underpants returns to face his nemesis - the evil Captain Blunderpants - with the help of two new superheroes, Great-Granny Girdle and Boxer Boy. George and Harold are in BIG trouble this time! More laffs, evil, horror and high adventure in the name of all that is pre-shrunk and cottony. Complete with amazing Flip-o-Rama animation!
Dav Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants book series. In elementary school in Elyria, Ohio, he was diagnosed as suffering from ADHD and dyslexia. Pilkey created the Captain Underpants character during a spell of detention at school. He lives near Seattle, Washington with his wife, Sayuri.
Scholastic -
Artemis Fowl & the Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
From the multi-award-winning Eoin Colfer comes the explosive sixth book in his blockbuster Artemis Fowl series. Teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has a new mission - and this time it's personal. Artemis's mother is dangerously ill, and the only way to find a cure is for Artemis, ,with Holly Short by his side, to go back in time to battle his younger, more evil self...
Eoin Colfer was born and raised in the south-east of Ireland. Artemis Fowl, his first book featuring the young anti-hero, was an immediate international bestseller and won several prestigious awards. It was followed by The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception and The Lost Colony. Nearly seven million Puffin English-language copies of the Artemis Fowl titles have been sold so far worldwide.
Puffin -
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The concluding novel in The Twilight Saga. For years, Bella Swan has walked the line between immortals and mortals, between her best friend, Jacob Black, and the love of her life, Edward Cullen. But when that balance shatters, Bella must make a choice - and risk destroying all their worlds forever.
Stephenie Meyer's life changed dramatically on June 2, 2003. The stay-at-home mother of three young sons woke-up from a dream featuring seemingly real characters that she could not get out of her head. Three months later she finished her first novel, Twilight. The Twilight Saga is now a worldwide phenomenon. Over 25 million copies of the series have been sold - including over 1.4 million copies in the UK. She lives in Arizona with her husband and sons.
Atom -
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five richly diverse fairy tales, each with its own magical character, that will variously bring delight, laughter and the thrill of mortal peril. A uniquely magical volume, with illustrations by the author, J.K. Rowling, that will be treasured for years to come.
Since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997, the Harry Potter novels have sold 400 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 65 languages. J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books across the generations in an unprecedented fashion: she was the first children's author to be voted the Booksellers Association Author of the Year, and also to win the Galaxy British British Book Awards Author of the Year. J.K. Rowling lives with her family in Edinburgh.
Bloomsbury
Simon &Schuster Children's Books