The Henny Penny Tree by Siobhan Parkinson, illustrated by Pam Smy Jacinta's Seaside by Marilyn McLaughlin, illustrated by Louise Mansfield Famous Seamus and the Ghosts of Football by Malachy Doyle, illustrated by John Short The Secret Stone by Marita Conlan-McKenna, illustrated by Brian Gallagher Reverse Flannery by Paul Muldoon, illustrated by Niamh Sharkey The Seal that did not Forget by James Riordan, illustrated by Jon Berkeley Wherever by Kate Thompson, illustrated by Hamilton Sloan The Princess and the Rooster by Carlo Gebler, illustrated by Pauline Bewick Her Mother's Face by Roddy Doyle, illustrated by PJ Lynch The Midnight Horse by Margrit Cruikshank, illustrated by Brigid Collins