Shortlist revealed for the CBBC's Blue Peter Book Awards 2010

If you're looking for inspiration for Christmas presents check out the 2010 Blue Peter Book Awards shortlist. To order any book from Amazon please click the link.
 
Best Book With Facts

Alex Frith & Kate Leake (Usborne) Lift the Flap Picture Atlas (Atlases)	Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom (Francis Lincoln Children's Books) Tail-End Charlie	Mitchell Symons  (Red Fox) Why Eating Bogeys is Good for You

Book I Couldn't Put Down

Frank Cottrell Boyce (Macmillan) Cosmic	Harriet Goodwin (Stripes) The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43	Ali Sparkes (Oxford) Frozen in Time

 
Most Fun Story with Pictures

Daren King (Quercus) Peter the Penguin Pioneer	Emily Gravett (Macmillan) Spells	Guy Bass & Pete Williamson (Stripes) Dinkin Dings: and the Frightening Things

The panel of adult judges comprised Tim Levell, Editor of Blue Peter (Chair), children's librarian Debra Conway and author Matt Haig, who won the ultimate accolade of Blue Peter Book of the Year in 2009 with his novel Shadow Forest.
 
The final nine books will now be judged by a selection of young Blue Peter viewers. They will decide both the winners in each category, and the overall winner of Blue Peter Book of the Year 2010. The Book Awards show will be broadcast on Blue Peter in March 2010 to coincide with World Book Day.
 
The reading charity Booktrust was awarded administration for the Blue Peter Book Awards in May 2008.