Press Release
Orion Children's Books title on shortlist for 2010 Roald Dahl Funny Prize29/09/2010
Orion Children’s Books are delighted to be able to share the fantastic news that THE INCREDIBLE LUCK OF ALFIE PLUCK by Jamie Rix has been shortlisted in the 2010 ROALD DAHL FUNNY PRIZE (The Funniest Book for Children Aged Seven to Fourteen)
The Funniest Book for Children Aged Seven to Fourteen
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)
Founded by Michael Rosen as part of his work as Children's Laureate 2007-09, the Roald Dahl Funny Prize is the first prize of its kind – founded to honour those books that simply make us laugh.
The prize will be presented at an awards ceremony in London on 17 November 2010.