2007 winners

Novelist Matt Haig, 31, was awarded a gold medal at this year’s Nestlé Children’s Book Prize for his fantasy tale Shadow Forest (Bodley Head)

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2007 shortlist

5 and under category

Penguin by Polly Dunbar (Walker Books)

Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie by Joel Stewart (Doubleday)

When a Monster is Born by Sean Taylor and Nick Sharratt (Orchard Books)

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6-8 category

Ivan the Terrible by Anne Fine (Egmont Press)

Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett (Macmillan Children’s Books)

Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell (Macmillan Children’s Books)

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9-11 category

Shadow Forest by Matt Haig (Bodley Head)

Catcall by Linda Newbery (Orion Children’s Books)

Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (Scholastic Children’s Books)

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The Nestlé Children's Book Prize has helped launch the careers of many of today's top children's writers, including JK Rowling and Lauren Child, who have each won the prize three times.

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in December.

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Further information
For more information about the prize contact:
Megan Farr, Young People's Coordinator, Booktrust
Tel: 020 8875 4821
Email: megan@booktrust.org.uk

For information about Nestlé contact:
Kate van Praagh, Nestlé UK
Tel:0208 667 5611
Email: Kate.vanPraagh@UK.nestle.com

For press information contact:
Penny Clifton/Julia Coles, Spreckley Partners Ltd
Tel: 020 7388 9988
Email: clifton@spreckley.co.uk/coles@spreckley.co.uk