Scottish Book Awards

Last year the following book s were nominated for the Scottish Book Awards, for the

Early Years (0-7) we had:

“Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book” written by Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler

“Little Lost Cowboy” written by Simon Puttock & Carolyn Jayne Church

“Sea Mice and the Stars” written by Kenneth Steven & Louise Ho

For the Younger Readers we had:

“Deep Water” written by Debi Gliori

“Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince” written by J.K. Rowling

“The Sign of the Black Dagger” written by Joan Lingard

And For Older Readers we had:

“The Drowning Pond” written by Catherine Ford

“Green Jasper” written by K.M Grant

“Roxy’s Baby” written by Catherine Mcphail

The winners of each category were announced and they were

0-7 “Little Lost Cowboy” written by Simon Puttock & Carolyn Jayne Church

8-12 “Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince” written by J.K. Rowling

13-16 “Roxy’s Baby” written by Catherine Mcphail

This year the book buddies go surfing have been given 14 long listed books to read and review. The reviews we write (along with those of other schools) will decide which books are short listed for the awards. The books we were given were:

“ The Witches Mark” written by Donald Lightwood

“Stoneheart” written by Charlie Fletcher

“Lee goes for gold” written by Keith .A. Charters

“Lee’s Holiday Showdown” written by Keith .A. Charters

“The Highwayman’s Footsteps” written by Nicola Morgan

“Time Tram Dundee” written by Mathew Fit and Keith Robson

“Inexcusable” written by Chris Lynch

“Nemesis-Into the Shadow” written by Catherine Mcphail

“How the Hangman Lost his Heart” written by Katie Grant

“Captives” written by Tom Pow

“Abigail’s Gift” written by Stephen Potts

We wish the authors the best of luck! And meanwhile we are busy reading!