Chris Haughton Wins Bisto Childrens Book of the Year 2011

Chris Haughton won both the Eilis Dillon Award and the Bisto Chisldrens Book of The Year in Dublin today, 16th May 2011. This is the first time an author or illustrator has won both Awards.
The Honour Award for Fiction and the Childrens Choice Award went to Sheena Wilkinson for Talking Flight
Full details of the Awards can be found on the Childrens Books Ireland site