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Shortlist for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010

publication date: Sep 17, 2010
Beloved children's illustrator Quentin Blake's connection with Roald Dahl continues to be celebrated with a nomination in both categories for this year's Funny Prize. Blake is honoured on this year's shortlists for a book about a woman with magical "pockets galore", which tickled the fancy of the judges for the six and under shortlist, and for - in what is his second Roald Dahl Funny Prize shortlisted collaboration with the comedian David Walliams – a book about the truly honking Mr Stink, which the judges found delightfully disgusting for the seven to 14s

The Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under
Angels Sprocket's Pockets
Angelica Sprocket's Pockets by Quentin Blake (Jonathan Cape)

Dogs Don't Do Ballet by Anna Kemp, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie (Simon & Schuster)

Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates (Jonathan Cape)

The Nanny Goat's Kid by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross (Andersen Press)

One Smart Fish by Chris Wormell (Jonathan Cape)

The Scariest Monster in the World by Lee Weatherly, illustrated by Algy Craig Hall (Boxer Books)

The Funniest Book for Children Aged Seven to 14

The Incredible Luck of Alfie PluckThe Clumsies (1) - The Clumsies Make A Mess  by Sorrel Anderson, illustrated by Nicola Slater (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Einstein's Underpants - And How They Saved the World by Anthony McGowan (Yearling)

The Incredible Luck of Alfie Pluck by Jamie Rix, illustrated by Craig Shuttlewood  (Orion Children's Books)

Mr Stink by David Walliams, illustrated by Quentin Blake (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson (Macmillan Children’s Books)

Withering Tights by Louise Rennison (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

All of these books are available from Amazon.