Shortlists for 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize Announced

Posted on September 24, 2012

The two shortlists for the 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize have been announced. This is the fifth year for the annual prize, which awards prizes in two categories: Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under and Funniest Book for Children Aged Seven to Fourteen. The winners each receive 2,500 pounds. Here are the shortlists:

The Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under

• The Baby that Roared by Simon Puttock, illustrated by Nadia Shireen (Nosy Crow)
• My Big Shouting Day by Rebecca Patterson (Random House Children's Books, Jonathan Cape)
• Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton (Walker Books)
• The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle (Templar)
• Stuck by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children�s Books)
• The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie (Simon & Schuster)

• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Joe Berger (Macmillan Children's Books)
• Dark Lord: Teenage Years by Jamie Thomson, illustrated by Freya Hartas (Hachette Children's Books, Orchard Books)
• The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey, illustrated by Garry Parsons (Andersen Press)
• Gangsta Granny by David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross (HarperCollins Children�s Books)
• Goblins by Philip Reeve, illustrated by Dave Semple (Marion Lloyd Books)
• Socks are Not Enough by Mark Lowery (Scholastic Children�s Books)