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This year's Nestle Children's Book prize has been won by The Diamond of Drury Lane written by former diplomat Julia Golding, who collects the prize at a ceremony at the British Library.
The novel is set in the 1790s in London's theatreland and follows the story of orphan and ward of the Theatre Royal, Cat Royal, who goes in search of a diamond hidden in the theatre. The gold prize for the five and under age group was awarded to Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton's That Rabbit Belongs To Emily Brown, a story of a girl pursuing a queen who has stolen her pet rabbit.
The six-to-eight category's gold prize was awarded to Daren King's Mouse Noses on Toast, an investigative adventure of a mouse called Paul.
The silver prizes were awarded to Helen Dunmore's The Tide Knot (9-11 age group); Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell's Hugo Pepper (6-8 age group); and Chris Riddell's The Emperor of Absurdia (five and under).
Bronze prizes went to The Pig Who Saved the World by Paul Shipton (9-11); The Adventures of The Dish and The Spoon by Mini Grey (6-8); and Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear by Mick Inkpen (five and under).
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