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Booktrust names winners

This year's Booktrust Pre-school Award has gone to Oliver Who Travelled Far and Wide.

The book, written by Mara Bergman and illustrated by Nick Maland, tellsthe story of a little boy with a big name - Oliver DonningtonRimington-Sneep - who crosses deserts, seas and forests in search of histeddy bear.

His other adventures are Oliver Who Would Not Sleep and Oliver Who WasSmall But Mighty, all published by Hodder Children's Books.

The Baby Book Award was won by Chick, a pop-up book by Ed Vere,published by Puffin. Using bright colours, plenty of action and theoccasional sound effect when pages are manipulated, the book relates achick's first day, from hatching through to discovering the pleasures ofpecking, pooping and cheeping.

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