Younger Children
1. Nat Fantastic by Giles Andreae
2. Where Teddy Bears Come From by Mark Burgess
3. Stick Man by Julia Donaldson
4. Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
5. The Best Jumper by Lynne Garner
6. The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
7. Nuddy Ned by Kes Gray
8. Emily's Tiger by Miriam Latimer
9. Best Friends or Not? by Peaony Lewis
10. Mr Pusskins Best in Show by Sam Lloyd
11. Sam's Snowflake by Gillian Shields
12. The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis

Younger Readers
1. Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
2. Beast Quest Spiros The Ghost Phoenix by Adam Blade
3. Spy Dog Superbrain by Andrew Cope
4. Grk Smells A Rat by Joshua Doder
5. Her Mother's Face by Roddy Doyle
6. Dragonsdale Riding the Storm by Salamanda Drake
7. Kaspar Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo
8. Foul Play (Football Detective) by Tom Palmer
9. Chips, Beans and Limousines by Leila Rasheed
10. Cosmo and the Secret Spell by Gwyneth Rees
11. Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell
12. The Daredevil Desperados of Destiny by Charlie Small
13. Lost! The Hundred-Mile An-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong
14. Sky the Unwanted Kitten by Holly Webb

Older Readers
1. Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
2. Ginger Snaps by Cathy Cassidy
3. Airman by Eoin Colfer
4. Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
5. The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
6. Skulduggery Pleasant Playing with Fire by Derek Landy
7. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
8. The General by Robert Muchamore
9. Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
10. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
11. Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
12. Death's Shadow by Darren Shan
13. The Shade of Hettie Daynes by Robert Swindells
14. Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson
 

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Source: Red House Children’s Book Award 2009