The shortlist for the UKLA author award 2009 is announced today. Bookpower Y1 by Jane Bunting (CLPE)Understanding children’s books ed. Prue Goodwin (Sage}Promoting Reading for Pleasure in the Primary School by Michael Lockwood (Sage)Guided reading at Key Stage 2 (CD rom) by Pam Dowson, Kerry Henderson, Emma Poole, Sarah Thrower and Sally Wilkinson, ed. Eve Bearne (UKLA) The award will be presented on July 11th at the conference dinner at the UKLA International Conference at Greenwich