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Sat 05 May 2004Classic ingredientsChildren's Literature Prize/The Bisto Shortlist: The winner of the 14th Bisto Book of the Year will be announced on Thursday. Orna Mulcahy assesses the 10 contendersSummer is here, the school year is running out and come June there are going to be those long lazy weeks stretching ahead for children to fill. Teachers will almost certainly be telling them to catch up on their reading over the holidays, and parents will be doing their best to find "good" books for them to read. And without a new instalment of Harry Potter this year, where can they turn?