MOST people fondly remember their childhood books, and now children and adults alike can cast their vote for their favourite Bisto Children’s Book of the Year winner from the past two decades.

SAD-TO-HAPPY is always a satisfying story for the very young. A Busy day in Tinga Tinga (From the TV animation series, and published by Puffin; €10.10 HB) tells just such a story.

LEGENDARY author Roddy Doyle’s latest tale for young readers, an account of a futuristic Titanic voyage and an old Irish yarn about a warrior are among the treasured reads up for the Irish children’s book of the year award.