Picture Book Section
Last updated: 18 December 2012 14:34 UKPicture Book Award 2013
This year the Picture Book Award will be judged by 2,184 Year 1 pupils from 33 schools.
The shortlist for 2013 includes four books:
- John Hegley "Stanley's Stick"
- Anna Kemp "The Worst Princess"
- Val McDermid "My Granny is a Pirate"
- Sean Taylor "Who Ate Auntie Iris?"
The schools involved are:
- Arundel Court Infant
- Charles Dickens Infant
- College Park Infant
- Copnor Infant
- Corpus Christi Primary
- Cottage Grove Primary
- Court Lane Infant
- Cumberland Infant
- Devonshire Infant
- Flying Bull Primary
- Highbury Primary
- Langstone Infant
- Manor Infant
- Mayville School
- Medina Primary
- Meon Infant
- Meredith Infant
- Milton Park Primary
- Moorings Way Infant
- Paulsgrove Primary
- Penhale Infant
- Portsdown Primary
- Solent Infant
- Somers Park Primary
- St George’s Primary
- St John’s Primary
- St Jude’s Primary
- St Paul's Primary
- St Swithun’s Primary
- Stamshaw Infant
- Victory Primary
- Westover Primary
- Wimborne Infant
Previous winners of the Picture Book Award:
- 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, ‘Billy Monster’s Daymare’
- 2010 Jane Devlin, ‘Hattie the Bad’
- 2011 Angela McAllister, 'My Mum Has X-Ray Vision'
- 2012 Ross Collins, 'Dear Vampa'
More about the Portsmouth Book Award
Shorter novel section for Year 5 pupilsLonger novel section for year 8/9 pupils
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