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Picture Book Section
Picture Book Award 2010
Shortlisting for the 2010 award took place in December, with the shortlisted books announced in January.
The shortlist for 2010:
- Paul Bright and Lee Wildish: “Charlie's superhero underpants”
- Jane Devlin and Joe Berger: “Hattie the bad”
- Liz Pichon: "The three horrid pigs and the big friendly wolf ”
- Michael Rosen and Nick Sharratt: “Dear Mother Goose”
The Picture book section of the award will be judged by 1,885 Year 1 pupils from 32 schools.
The schools involved are:
- Arundel Court Infant
- Charles Dickens Infant
- College Park Infant
- Copnor Infant
- Corpus Christi Primary
- Cottage Grove Primary
- Devonshire Infant
- Flying Bull Primary
- Gatcombe Park Primary
- Goldsmith Infant
- Highbury Primary
- Langstone Infant
- Manor Infant
- Mayville School
- Medina Primary
- Meon Infant
- Meredith Infant
- Milton Park Infant
- Moorings Way Infant
- Paulsgrove Primary
- Penhale Infant
- Portsdown Primary
- Saxon Shore Infant
- Solent Infant
- Somers Park Primary
- St John’s Primary
- St Jude’s Primary
- St Paul’s Primary
- St Swithun's Primary
- Westover Primary
- Wimborne Infant
Previous winners of the Picture Book Award include:
- 2004 Ruth Galloway "Smiley Shark"
- 2005 Frieda Wishinsky "Jennifer Jones won't leave me alone"
- 2006 Tony Mitton "Spookyrumpus"
- 2007 Alan Durant "Burger boy"
- 2008 Sean Taylor "When a monster is born"
- 2009 Alan Durant's "Billy Monster's daymare"
