In brief...The animal antics of Chimp and Zee

12 December 2001

The animal antics of Chimp and Zee by Laurence and Catherine Anholt (published by Frances Lincoln) scooped Gold in the Nestle Smarties Book Prize category for children aged five years and under last week. The silver medal went to Kipper's A to Z by Mick Inkpen (Hodder), and Five Little Fiends by Sarah Dyer (Bloomsbury) won the bronze. The Smarties Book Prize is the UK's biggest award for children's fiction and poetry, and more than 20,000 children help pick the winners each year.

The animal antics of Chimp and Zee by Laurence and Catherine Anholt (published by Frances Lincoln) scooped Gold in the Nestle Smarties Book Prize category for children aged five years and under last week. The silver medal went to Kipper's A to Z by Mick Inkpen (Hodder), and Five Little Fiends by Sarah Dyer (Bloomsbury) won the bronze. The Smarties Book Prize is the UK's biggest award for children's fiction and poetry, and more than 20,000 children help pick the winners each year.