Previous Winners and Shortlisted Books

The Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children's Books has been running since 2006. Here, you can see which books have won the award and which books were shortlisted. You can find out more information about each book by clicking on the link.

*NEW FEATURE* You can now also read the children's reviews of the 2008 shortlisted books by clicking on Reviews under the book title. To read reviews of the 2009 shortlisted books, click on the book cover or title. 

2009 Winners

Shortlisted

Early Years 0-7 years

Pink! - Lynee Rickards, illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain

Stick Man - Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Younger Readers 8-11 years  

Dino Egg - Charlie James

The Eleventh Orphan - John Lingard

Older Readers 12-16 years

Crash - J.A. Henderson

The Reckoning - James Jauncey

Listen to our interview with the Older Readers Shortlisted Authors

Read our Q&A with the shortlisted authors 

Read our guest blog: Amy from George Heriot's School on helping select the Royal Mail Awards shortlist 2009  

Read more about all our previous winners and shortlisted books.  

2008 Winners

Early Years 0-7 Winner
Billy Monster's Daymare by Alan Durant and Ross Collins
Reviews

Younger Readers 8-11 Winner
DarkIsle by DA Nelson
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Older Readers 12-16 Winner
Bunker 10 by J.A. Henderson
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Shortlisted

Early Years 0-7
Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts
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Goat & Donkey in Strawberry Sunglasses by Simon Puttock and Russell Julian
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Younger Readers 8-11
Hox by Annemarie Allan
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The Robe of Skulls by Vivian French and Ross Collins
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Older Readers 12-16
The Witness by James Jauncey
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Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
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0-7 Category Review Winners

Winner: Rosanna, 6, George Heriot’s School, for her review of Billy Monster's Daymare

2nd Place: Victoria, 10, Struthers Primary School, for her review of Tyrannosaurus Drip

3rd Place: Molly, Sandford Primary School, for her review of Goat and Donkey in Strawberry Sunglasses

8-11 Category Review Winners

Winner: Matthew, 10, Banchory-Devenick Primary, for his review of DarkIsle

2nd Place: Nicola, 11, St Brigid's Primary School, for her review of Hox

3rd Place: Sarah, 11, Dykesmain Primary School, for her review of The Robe of Skulls

12-16 Category Review Winners

Winner: Danny, Fiona, Harriet, Jean, Morna and Tim, 12-15, Dunbar Library Teenage Book Group, for their review of Crusade

2nd Place: Sophie, Greenock Academy for her review of The Witness

3rd Place: Cameron, Greenock Academy for his review of Bunker 10 

Gaelic Creative Story Writing Prize
Winner: Rachel Kate of Sgoil Bharabhais (Barvas School)
2nd Place: James of Bun-sgoil Steornabhaigh (Stornoway Primary School)
3rd Place: Alasdair of Sgoil Lionacleit (Isle of Benbecula)

2007 Winners

Early Years 0-7
Katie's Moose by Matthew Fitt, James Robertson and Karen Sutherland
Younger Readers 8-11
Chill by Alex Nye
Older readers 12-16
Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy

Shortlisted

Early Years 0-7
Augustus and His Smile by Catherine Rayner
Dan and Diesel by Charlotte Hudson and Lindsey Gardiner
Younger Readers 8-11
The Flight of the Silver Turtle by John Fardell
The Highwayman's Footsteps by Nicola Morgan
Older Readers 12-16
The Medici Seal by Theresa Breslin
Nemesis: Into the Shadows by Catherine MacPhail

2006 Winners

Early Years 0-7
Little Lost Cowboy by Simon Puttock and Caroline Jayne Church
Younger Readers 8-12
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling
Older Readers 13-16
Roxy's Baby by Catherine MacPhail

Shortlisted

Early Years 0-7
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
The Sea Mice and the Stars by Kenneth Steven
Younger Readers 8-12
Deep Water by Debi Gliori
The Sign of the Black Dagger by Joan Lingard
Older readers  13-16
The Drowning Pond by Catherine Forde
Green Jasper by KM Grant