Book Trust Early Years Shortlist

Baby Book Award

Baby’s Very First Book: Day illus. Angela Brooksbank (Campbell Books)
Baby Loves Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett, designer Rachael Parfitt (Dorling Kindersley)
Daddy Hug by Tim Warnes, illus. Jane Chapman (HarperCollins)
Baby Touch: Playtime Book and DVD by Justine Smith, illus. Fiona Land (Ladybird)
Is This My Nose? illus. Georgie Birkett (Red Fox)
Amazing Baby: Rainbow Fun! by Emily Hawkins, illus. Emma Dodd (Templar)

Pre-School Award

It’s a George Thing! by David Bedford, illus. Russell Julian (Egmont)
Grizzly Dad by Joanna Harrison (David Fickling)
The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill, illus. Russell Ayto (HarperCollins)
Wendel’s Workshop by Chris Riddell (Macmillan)
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illus. Gwen Millward (Puffin)
There’s An Ouch in My Pouch! by Jeanne Willis, illus. Garry Parsons (Puffin)

Best Emerging Illustrator

That Yucky Love Thing by Michael Catchpool, illus. Victoria Ball (Gullane)
Here Comes Frankie! by Tim Hopgood (Macmillan)
Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer, illus. Alex T Smith (Scholastic)
Bridget Fidget by Joe Berger (Puffin)
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illus. Gwen Millward (Puffin)
Ape by Martin Jenkins, illus. Vicky White (Walker)

The winners will be announced on 23 September