The Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009

Michael Rosen, Phillip Ardagh and Sam Lloyd brought chaos to BBC Breakfast this morning. They were on for about 10 minutes and the slot featured the children’s book review videos of the winning books.

We are getting the DVD sent to us so I will send round when we have it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk

The Today Programme 8.22 Bill Bailey on The Funny Prize http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070ltf

Andy Stanton was on Simon Mayo yesterday at 50 minutes into the show (live from the ceremony) about the Roald Dahl Funny Prize

Bill Bailey is on today and will be asked about the prize as well.
http://news.bbc.co.uk

Mr. Pusskins, Grubtown Tales win Dahl Funny Prize
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A tale about a grumpy but loveable cat and a story recounting the madcap adventures of a town of oddballs were the winners of this year's Roald Dahl Funny Prize announced at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. "Mr. Pusskins Best in Show" by Sam Lloyd won the prize named after much-loved British children's author Dahl in the category for six-year-olds and younger, while "Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky" by Philip Ardagh and illustrated by Jim Paillot won the award in the seven- to 14-year-old category. A grumpy but loveable cat, Mr. Pusskins is determined to lay his paws on the trophy for Best-Looking Pet at a beauty show, but ends up being deceived by a cunning poodle.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

Post-Modernism rules at Roald Dahl awards for funny children’s stories
There is Tristram Shandy, there is Gravity’s Rainbow, there is Slaughterhouse Five. To this list of Post-Modern works we can now add Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, in which the author pauses for several pages to have a bath, and Mr Pusskins Best in Show, by Sam Lloyd, about a cat who wins a talent show. Both were winners of The Roald Dahl Funny Prize yesterday, as judges hailed a new age of Post-Modernism in children’s literature. Michael Rosen, a former Children’s Laureate who chaired the judging panel, said this year’s submissions showed that “children’s books have discovered Post-Modernism”. However, traditionalists can be assured that underpants are still a regular theme, as are diaries kept by young girls, burps, oddball uncles and dogs’ bottoms. Among the shortlisted works for the two categories of children aged under 6 and children aged 7 to 14, were stories that referenced other stories and stories that mock the conventions of storytelling, both basic elements of the Post-Modern style. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5A92O520091110

Mr. Pusskins, Grubtown Tales win Dahl Funny Prize
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A tale about a grumpy but loveable cat and a story recounting the madcap adventures of a town of oddballs were the winners of this year's Roald Dahl Funny Prize announced at a ceremony in London on Tuesday."Mr. Pusskins Best in Show" by Sam Lloyd won the prize named after much-loved British children's author Dahl in the category for six-year-olds and younger, while "Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky" by Philip Ardagh and illustrated by Jim Paillot won the award in the seven- to 14-year-old category. A grumpy but loveable cat, Mr. Pusskins is determined to lay his paws on the trophy for Best-Looking Pet at a beauty show, but ends up being deceived by a cunning poodle. But all's well that ends well for the plucky feline who still makes his loving owner proud by inadvertently performing extraordinary feats of talent to win another award.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009: exrtracts
Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, by Philip Ardagh, winner of the seven-to-14 age category
Manual Org was repulsive. How repulsive? I'll tell you how repulsive Manual Org was. He once entered a competition to find the 'Most Repulsive Person in the Area at the Time' and he was disqualified ... for being too repulsive. Would I lie to you? (Except for money.) You know how people go on about greasy hair? Well, Manual Org's hair was so greasy that it was more grease than it was hair, so it would be more accurate to have called it hairy grease than greasy hair. You'd probably go 'Yerch!' and run away from him as fast as your little legs – or wheels – would carry you. It's hard to imagine anyone having such a hairy grease on top of their head. And what a head.
http://www.guardian.co.uk

Roald Dahl funny prize goes to 'disgusting and horrible' tale
A "disgusting and horrible" story of a smelly man in an oddball town, Philip Ardagh's Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, has won the Roald Dahl funny prize. It is one of the three Grubtown books he has published this year, which introduce younger readers to a cast of fantastically named characters, including Farflung Heaps, Constable Gelatine, Acrid Scorn, Mango Claptrap, and the repulsively stinky Manual Org whose breath smells of "two-thirds of a pickled raw herring, a pickled onion, eleven gherkins and one jar of sandwich spread (one month past its sell-by date)". "Noddy and Toytown, it isn't," said Michael Rosen, the former children's laureate who founded of the prize as part of his efforts to put the fun back into reading. "It was really rather nice that it is so disgusting and horrible. Disgusting is good because children are constantly being cleaned, whether it's their rooms, bodies, minds or speech. There is perpetual pressure on children to clean up and one of the nice things about a book like this is that it does the opposite and revels in filth – it gives children a space to invert what is going on around them."
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Grubtown rules as funny Beardy wins children’s book prize
A London writer known as Beardy Ardagh because of his impressive facial hair today won a Roald Dahl Funny Prize for the wittiest books for children. Philip Ardagh beat off competition from TV comedian David Walliams to take the prize for books for seven to 14-year-olds at a ceremony at the Unicorn Theatre in central London. The 48-year-old’s book, Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, tells the story of oddballs plotting to rid Grubtown of the disgusting Manual Org. Sam Lloyd, from Brighton, won the category of books for children aged six and under with Mr Pusskins Best In Show, the latest in her series about a grumpy but loveable cat.
http://news.scotsman.com/

Grubby kids’ book wins glittering prize
CHILDREN'S author Philip Ardagh has won a top prize for humorous books.
His Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, illustrated by Jim Paillot, saw off stiff competition to claim this year's Roald Dahl Funny Prize, leaving authors Anne Fine and Walliams, whose book The Boy In The Dress was illustrated by Dahl's long-term collaborator Quentin Blake, trailing behind.
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/102311-page.html

Faber and Orchard victorious at Dahl’s Funny Prize
Titles by Faber and Orchard Books have scooped the top prizes at this year's Roald Dahl Funny prize. For children aged six and under, the winning book was Mr Pusskins Best in Show by Sam Lloyd (Orchard Books). For children aged seven to 14, the winning book was Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky by Philip Ardagh (pictured), illustrated by Jim Paillot (Faber). The book saw off competition from the likes of Anne Fine and David Walliams. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony today (10th November) at the Unicorn Theatre in London. They were presented with a cheque for £2,500 and a bottle of wine from Roald Dahl’s personal wine cellar. The judging panel comprised chair Michael Rosen, the comedian Bill Bailey, last year’s winner author Andy Stanton, author Louise Rennison and author and illustrator Mini Grey.
http://in.reuters.com

Mr. Pusskins, Grubtown Tales win Dahl Funny Prize
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A tale about a grumpy but loveable cat and a story recounting the madcap adventures of a town of oddballs were the winners of this year's Roald Dahl Funny Prize announced at a ceremony in London on Tuesday. "Mr. Pusskins Best in Show" by Sam Lloyd won the prize named after much-loved British children's author Dahl in the category for six-year-olds and younger, while "Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky" by Philip Ardagh and illustrated by Jim Paillot won the award in the seven- to 14-year-old category. A grumpy but loveable cat, Mr. Pusskins is determined to lay his paws on the trophy for Best-Looking Pet at a beauty show, but ends up being deceived by a cunning poodle. But all's well that ends well for the plucky feline who still makes his loving owner proud by inadvertently performing extraordinary feats of talent to win another award.
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The Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009
The winners have been announced of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009:
For children aged six and under, the winning book was Mr Pusskins Best in Show by Sam Lloyd (Orchard Books)
For children aged seven to fourteen, the winning book was Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky by Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Jim Paillot (Faber and Faber)
http://beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com

Just Plain Stinky Philip Ardagh wins the Roald Dahl Funny Prize Michael Rosen today announces the splendiferous winners of the 2009 at a lunchtime ceremony at the Unicorn Theatre. For children aged six and under, the winning book was Mr Pusskins Best in Show by Sam Lloyd (Orchard Books). For children aged seven to fourteen, the winning book was Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky by Philip Ardagh, illustrated by Jim Paillot (Faber and Faber). Mr Pusskins Best In Show is the story of a grumpy but loveable cat who just has to get his paws on a trophy for the Best-Looking Pet at the beauty show. Sam Lloyd is a Brighton based author and illustrator whose first book Mr Pusskins was a New York Times Children’s Bestseller.
http://www.dirtywood.com

Grubtown tales take funny prize
A book about a repulsively smelly man wins the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, honouring humorous books for children.
http://www.davidmaybury.ie/journal/?p=2556

Dahl Funny Prize
Sam Lloyd’s Mr Pusskins Best in Show and Philip Ardagh’s Grubtown Tales have been awarded the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009. The two were awarded the top spots in London today along with £2,500 and a bottle of wine from Roald Dahl’s personal wine cellar. (Tasty!) Let’s face it – if  Michael Rosen, Bill Bailey, Andy Stanton,  Louise Rennison and Mini Grey think you’re funny then ye really must be. That or you threatened them all….Philip Ardagh sang a song by way of thanks to the organisers and Sam Lloyd made a guest appearence in disguise:
http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/24227

Veteran Author Wins Roald Dahl Funny Prize
Grubtown Tales, Philip Ardagh's story of a small town community plotting to rid itself of an odious man, won the seven-to-14 years category of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Telegraph
Times

Walliams loses out on literary prize for the funniest book
UK Comedian David Walliams has lost out on the literary prize for the funniest children’s book to long-standing children’s author Philip Ardagh. The Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009, for the children aged seven to fourteen category, was awarded to Ardagh for his Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, illustrated by Jim Palliot. The story deals with a town of oddballs plotting to rid Grubtown of the disgusting Manual Org, whose breath smells of ‘two-thirds of a pickled raw herring, a pickled onion, 11 gherkins and one jar of sandwich spread (one month past its sell-by date)’. Also shortlisted was Walliam’s The Boy in the Dress, published by HarperCollins and illustrated by long-term Roald Dahl collaborator Quentin Blake. The book tells the story of 12-year-old Dennis who happens to love football but also fashion and Vogue magazine as well. Philip Ardagh has written over 70 books for children and collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney in 2005 on his children’s book, but has never been awarded a major literary prize before.
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