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The Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books

The 2009 Winners:

Early Years (0-7) Winner:

Manfred the Baddie by John Fardell

Younger Readers (8-11) Winner:

First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts by Lari Don

Older Readers (12-16) Winner:

Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

View the 2009 Royal Mail Awards shortlist here!

Now the biggest UK children’s book prize, the Royal Mail Awards are an innovative nationwide reading project in which children and young people from every corner of Scotland read and vote for their favourite Scottish children's books of the year.

The awards are run across four categories:

Early Years 0-7 years
Younger Readers 8-11 years
Older Readers 12-16 years
Gaelic and Scots Creative Writing Competition

Individuals or reading groups in any school, library or bookshop in Scotland can take part in judging the awards in any or all of the following ways:

Reading the books in a shared reading scheme whereby older children read the shortlisted books in one age group category to younger children
Reviewing one of the books they have read and entering our review competition. Winning reviewers in each category will receive a £25 book token for themselves and a visit for their school from one of the winning writers.
Entering our Gaelic and Scots creative writing competition, the winner of which will receive an author visit to their school and book tokens for themselves.

The groups will read the shortlisted titles between the shortlist announcement on 6th May 2009 and the voting deadline on 14th November, and will be able to vote online or by post for their favourite books. They can also enter the review competition for the best reviews, and enter the Gaelic and Scots Creative Writing competition to develop their writing in Gaelic and Scots.

The winners of the awards, the book review and creative writing competitions will be announced at a special awards ceremony in Edinburgh November 2009.

Go to the below links to find out more, or click here to register a group in your school or library to take part straight away