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Booktrust winners unveiled
24.09.08 Katie Allen
The winners of the Booktrust Early Years Awards have been announced, with each winner chosen from a shortlist of six.
The Baby Book Award went to Is This My Nose? By Georgie Birkett (Red Fox); the Pre-School Award went to The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Gwen Millward (Puffin); and Best Emerging Illustrator went to Tim Hopgood for Here Comes Frankie! (Macmillan Children's Books).
Each winner received £2,000 and a customised trophy; Tim Hopgood was presented with a specially commissioned piece of artwork from children's illustrator and judge Annie Kubler.
The publishers of the three winning titles were each presented with trophies naming them as Booktrust Early Years Publishers of the Year.
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