Sheffield Children's Book Award shortlist 2008

Picture Book Category

• Cottonwool Colin - Jeanne Willis & Tony Ross -  Andersen Press

• Three Little Ghosties - Pippa Goodhart & AnnaLaura Cantone - Bloomsbury

• The Cow That Laid an Egg - Andy Cutbill & Russell Ayto - Harper Collins

• The Monkey With a Bright Blue Bottom - Steve Smallman & Nick Schon - Little Tiger Press

• Smelly Bill Stinks Again - Daniel Postgate - Meadowside Books

• Aliens Love Underpants - Claire Freedman & Ben Cort - Simon & Schuster

• And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell  & Henry Cole - Simon & Schuster

Shorter Novels Category

• Someday Angeline - Louis Sachar - Bloomsbury

• The London Eye Mystery - Siobhan Dowd - David Fickling Books

• Georges Secret Key to the Universe - Lucy and Stephen Hawking - illustrated by Garry Parsons - Doubleday

• The Thing With Finn - Tom Kelly - Macmillan

• Beware! Killer Tomatoes - Jeremy Strong, Illustrated by Rowan Clifford - Puffin

• My Dad’s a Birdman - David Almond, Ilustrated by Polly Dunbar - Walker Books

Longer Novels Categroy

• Alis - Naomi Rich - Andersen Press

• Teachers Dead - Benjamin Zephaniah - Bloomsbury

• Before I Die - Jenny Downham - David Fickling Books

• Finding Violet Park - Jenny Valentine - Harper Collins

• Life on the Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers - Macmillan

• Life as we knew it - Susan Pfeffer - Marion Lloyd Books