UKLA Children’s Book Award 2010
The UKLA Children’s Book Award is a national award conferred by education professionals and it is held in high esteem by teachers, who regard the shortlist as a reliable indicator of the best books of the year for inclusion in class and school collections.
The announcement of the UKLA Children’s Book Award 2010 will be made at the UKLA International Conference in Winchester July 8th 2010.
Ages 3-11 Longlist
| Publisher | Book | Author | |
| 1 | Andersen Press | My First Nursery Stories | Tony Ross |
| 2 | Andersen Press | The Story Blanket | F Wolff & H M Savitz |
| 3 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | Hate That Cat | Sharon Creech |
| 4 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | Torn Pages | Sally Grindley |
| 5 | Catnip | A Calf Called Valentine | Berlie Doherty |
| 6 | Catnip | The Eleventh Orphan | Joan Lingard |
| 7 | Egmont Press | Mr Gum & the Dancing Bear | Andy Stanton |
| 8 | Frances Lincoln Children's Books | Bubble Trouble | Margaret Mahy |
| 9 | Oxford University Press | Peter Pan in Scarlet | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| 10 | Puffin Books | Then | Morris Gleitzman |
| 11 | RH - Jonathan Cape | Traction Man Meets Turbodog | Mini Grey |
| 12 | RH- Doubleday Childrens | Dog Biscuit | Helen Cooper |
| 13 | RH- Eden Project Books | A Little Guide to Trees | Charlotte Voake |
| 14 | Scholastic/Alison Green Books | Stick Man | Julia Donaldson |
| 15 | Scholastic/Marion Lloyd Books | Season of Secrets | Sally Nicholls |
| 16 | Templar Publishing | The Princess' Blankets | Carol Ann Duffy |
| 17 | Templar Publishing | Charles Darwin & the Beagle Adventure | A.J. Wood & Clint Twist |
| 18 | Templar Publishing | Leon and the Place Between | Angela McAllister |
| 19 | Usborne Publishing | Cat Tales: Shop Cat | Linda Newbery |
| 20 | Usborne Publishing | Jimmy's Stars | Mary Ann Rodman |
| 21 | Walker Books | My Secret War Diary | Marcia Williams |
| 22 | Walker Books | The Pencil | Allan Ahlberg |
Ages 12-16 Longlist
| 28 | Publisher | Book | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andersen Press | Leaving Home | Jan Michael | |
| 2 | Barrington Stoke Ltd | Desirable | Frank Cottrell Boyce | |
| 3 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gainman | |
| 4 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | The Traitor Game | B.R. Collins | |
| 5 | Frances Lincoln Children's Books | The Young Inferno | John Agard | |
| 6 | Harpercollins Children's Books | Ant Colony | Jenny Valentine | |
| 7 | Hodder Children's Books | The Carbon Diaries 2015 | Saci Lloyd | |
| 8 | Hodder Children's Books | Jackdaw Summer | David Almond | |
| 9 | Orion Children's Books | Revolver | Marcus Sedgwick | |
| 10 | Orion Children's Books | The Silver Blade | Sally Gardner | |
| 11 | Oxford University Press | Rowan the Strange | Julie Hearn | |
| 12 | Puffin Books | Love Aubrey | Suzanne Lafleur | |
| 13 | Quercus Publishing | Genesis | Bernard Beckett | |
| 14 | RH - David Fickling Books | Sylvie and the Songman | Tim Binding | |
| 15 | RH - David Fickling Books | Tender Morsals | Margo Lanagan | |
| 16 | RH- Doubleday Childrens | If I Stay | Gayle Forman | |
| 17 | Scholastic Children's Books | What I saw and how I lied | Judy Blundell | |
| 18 | Templar Publishing | Tales from Outer Suburbia | Shaun Tan | |
| 19 | The Chicken House | Numbers | Rachel Ward | |
| 20 | Walker Books | The Ask and the Answer | Patrick Ness | |
| 21 | Walker Books | Free? | Various |
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Martin Waller
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