Lollies!

I feel very happy and grateful this week that Emily Sparkes and the Friendship Fiasco has been included in the Laugh Out Loud Awards shortlist for this year. The awards, also known as the 'Lollies' are the replacement for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize which closed a few years ago. I used to love the Roald Dahl funny Prize and, before I was published, often dreamed of writing something which would be funny enough to be included. One year I took my children to see Liz Pinchon get the award for the first Tom Gates book, I was far more excited than they were!

Everybody loves funny books - if you'd like to get your school involved in voting for the Lollies, follow this link to find out more. http://shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies