Funny prize from Rosen
Lindesay Irvine writing in The Guardian, Wednesday May 14, 2008

Children's laureate Michael Rosen has stepped up his mission to put the pleasure back into reading by creating a prize for the funniest children's books. The Roald Dahl prize, which will be administered by the charity Booktrust, is said to be the first of its kind.

Rosen, who was appointed to the laureate's two-year position a year ago, commented: "If there had been a prize for funny books when Roald Dahl was writing, he would have won it with every book he wrote. That's why this award was named in his honour. Children love funny books but when adults draw up lists of the best books they nearly always leave the funny ones out. When I became the children's laureate, I said that my job should be as an ambassador for fun. That's why I came up with the idea of this funny prize, all part of the job."

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