The Red House Children’s Book Award already has the shortlist for 2012. The shortlist has been announced so the children can now vote. The voting can be done by visiting redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk to check the list.

Shortlist:

Rollo and Ruff and the Little Fluffy Bird by Mick Inkpen
Don’t Worry Douglas! by David Melling
Peely Wally by Kali Stileman
Scruffy Bear and the Six White Mice by Chris Wormell
One Dog and his Boy by Eva Ibbotson
Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis
Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon
Grace by Morris Gleitzman
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher