Authors vie for children's award

David Walliams, Malorie Blackman and Debi Gliori are among the authors on this year's shortlist for the Red House Children's book prize. Continue reading at 'BBC News'

[ BBC News | 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]

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