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Three Debut Novelists reach shortlist in Nestlé Smarties Book Prize.

Frogs, fairies and fire eaters are among the diverse themes to be found in this year's shortlisted books for the 2003 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, announced Wednesday October 8th.

First time novelists Eleanor Updale, SF Said and Steve Augarde join established writers David Almond, Harry Horse, and Sally Gardner on the shortlist, which represents the best of children's fiction published in the UK this year. The Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, now in its 19th year, is the biggest children's book prize in the UK. Twenty-five thousand schoolchildren are expected to take part this year, with the winning books chosen from the shortlist by children.

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Man On The Moon by Simon Bartram Bob, a Dan Dare style, square-jawed hero has a special job....	Albert le Blanc by Nick Butterworth Albert is the saddest looking bear in the toy shop....
That Pesky Rat by Lauren Child This brown street rat lives in a trash can in Grubby Alley	Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Book? by Lauren Child When he falls into his collection of fairy tales, Herb discovers the pitfalls of scribbling in books....
Fairy Child by Bob Graham and Jethro Byrde Annabelleâ??s dad says sheâ??ll never find fairies in cement and weeds....	The Kiss That Missed by David Melling This disarmingly cute bedtime story from writer-illustrator-dad David Melling
Pants by Nick Sharratt A rollicking, young, funny homage to underwear....	The Cockerel And The Fox by Helen Ward A re-telling of the traditional tale

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Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks Meet Martyn Pig. His name may be bad, but his life is worse....	Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech Having suffered through a string of appalling foster homes...
Up On Cloud Nine by Anne Fine "Up on cloud nine. A weird expression--and one I've heard about a million times....	The Edge by Alan Gibbons A story of a mother and son escaping from domestic violence....
Across The Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn The debut novel of Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series....	The Shell House by Linda Newbery Connected through time by a once stately mansion, now a burned-out shell of its former grandeur....
The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick Sig is a boy in a coastal tribe, the Storn, long ago in a northern land...

2003 Book Sense Book of the Year Finalists -- Children's Illustrated and Children's Literature

The Book Sense Book of the Year Awards will be announced at the Celebration of Bookselling, on Friday, May 30, during this year's BookExpo America at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer	Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague
Coraline by Neil Gaiman	Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen	The Three Questions by Jon J. Muth
Summerland by Michael Chabon	The Spider and the Fly by Mary Botham Howitt
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke	Toot and Puddle: Top of the World by Holly Hobbie

The Southeast Booksellers Association has released the names of the nominees for its 2003 Book Awards. The winners will be announced on March 4, and the awards will be presented at a dinner ceremony on April 4 at the Park Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The nominees for the children's category are:

Epossumondas, Colleen Salley, illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)
Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Random/Knopf)
This Lullaby, Sarah Dessen (Viking Books)
Turtle Saver, Laurie Parker (Quail Ridge Press)

Votes from around 25,000 children have helped decide the winner of this year's Smarties book award. And the writer that won children's hearts was Philip Reeve. His book, Mortal Engines took the Gold Award in the 9-11 age group. Here's the full list:

Primary

Fiction

Silver Seeds by Paolilli and Dan Brewer

Silver Seeds takes the reader on an outdoor journey of discovery as seen through the eyes young girl and boy. The journey begins when the morning sun 'nudges' the children to go out to play and ends at night when they 'gather their dreams and hold them tight' when they go to bed.

USA - Buy Silver Seeds

The International Reading Association Childrenâ??s Book Awards are given for an authorâ??s first or second published book directed toward children and young adults audience. Two awards are given for fiction and nonfiction in each of three categories: primary, intermediate, and young adult. Books from any country and in any language published for the first time during one calendar year will be considered.

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Primary Fiction Nonfiction
Intermediate Fiction Nonfiction
Young Adult Fiction Nonfiction

6 - 8 years

USA - Buy That Pesky Rat

USA - Buy Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake...
UK - Buy Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake...

USA - Buy The Last Wolf
UK - Buy The Last Wolf

The winners of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 2002 will be announced on December 3rd at the British Library in London.

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

The Judging Panel

Full Shortlist

5 years and under
Charlotte Voake-Pizza Kittens
Neal Layton-Oscar and Arabella
Lucy Cousins-Jazzy in the Jungle

6 - 8 years
Lauren Child-That Pesky Rat
Richard Platt-Pirate Diary - The Journal of Jake Carpenter (illustrated by Chris Riddell)
Michael Morpurgo-The Last Wolf (illustrated by Michael Foreman)

9 - 11 years
Philip Reeve-Mortal Engines
Sally Prue-Cold Tom
Geraldine McCaughrean-Stop the Train

The winners of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 2002 will be announced on December 3rd at the British Library in London.

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize

The Judging Panel