Solihull Children's Book Award 2010

The aim of the Solihull Children's Book Award is to encourage reading among young people aged 9 - 13.  Young people choose the short-listed three books and the winner. In 2010 Asda is sponsoring the award and will buy the 3 shortlisted books for every primary and secondary school in Solihull.

 

The winner of the 2009 award was 'Storm Runners' by Barbara Mitchelhill, pictured here at the awards ceremony with runner up Rosalind Kerven.

 

 

 

 

 

Between September and November 2009 schools are reading the following six long listed books:

The boy who fell down exit 43 by Harriet Goodwin
Published by Stripes

Shark Island by David Miller
Published by Oxford University Press

The Warrior’s Path: Sisters of the Sword 1 by Maya Snow
Published by Oxford University Press

Ctrl – Z by Andrew Norriss
Published by Puffin

Nathaniel Wolfe and the Bodysnatchers by Brian Keaney
Published by Orchard

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Published by Macmillan

For more information about the award and the books, go to the Solihull Children's Book Award blog. You can also review the books here.

To get invovled in the award please contact Natalie Goulding on 0121 788 4370 or Email