The full shortlist for the 2006 Red House Children’s Book Award is as follows:
Books for Younger Children
Traction Man is Here by Mini Grey (Jonathan Cape)
Pigs Might Fly! by Jonathan Emmett & Steve Cox (Puffin)
Mr Strongmouse and the Baby by Hiawyn Oram & Lynne Chapman (Orchard Books )
The Biggest Bear by Adam Relf (Scholastic)
Books for Younger Readers
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo (Harper Collins)
Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper (Simon & Schuster)
Spy Dog by Andrew Cope (Puffin)
Books for Older Readers
Driftwood by Cathy Cassidy (Puffin)
Paralysed by Sherry Ashworth (Simon & Schuster)
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Puffin)
