Pugs and cats steal the Indie Bookshop Week children's book awards 2016

Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve’s frozen pugs and Emily MacKenzie’s amazing knitting cat reign supreme in this year’s Independent Bookshop Week children’s book awards

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We are delighted to announce the children’s books categories of the Indie Bookshop Week awards 2016.

First up, a round of applause for Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre whose book Pugs of the Frozen North (published by OUP) won the Children’s category. Their thrilling, funny and highly illustrated book on Shen and Sika’s race to the top of the world with the help of 66 pugs, beat off literary giants including Patrick Ness, Chris Riddell and Cressida Cowell (full shortlist here).

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