CBI Book of the Year Award 2013: The Shortlist

CBI Book of the Year Award 2013: The Shortlist

First of all, apologies for the blogging hiatus - strange 5-day virus to blame - pretty much back to normal now...

CBI Book of the Year Award 2013: The Shortlist

    The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

    The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan

    Hóng by Anna Heussaff

    Na Laochra is Lú by Laoise Ní Cléirigh and illustrated by Steve Simpson

    Spellbound: Tales of Enchantment from Ancient Ireland by Siobhán Parkinson and illustrated by Olwyn Whelan

    Mise agus an Dragún by Patricia Forde and illustrated by Steve Simpson

    Dark Warning by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick

    Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton

    This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers

    Grounded by Sheena Wilkinson

    Founded in 1990, The CBI Book of the Year Awards are the leading children's book awards in Ireland. They are a celebration of excellence in children's literature and illustration and are open to picture books and novels written in English or Irish by authors and illustrators born or resident in Ireland and published between 1st January and 31st December each year.