Attention all Bond fans! Charlie Higson’s fantastic fifth Young Bond adventure, By Royal Command, has been nominated for the 2009 Children's Book of the Year by the Galaxy British Book Awards (“the Oscars of the book trade”), and it’s up to US to make sure it wins!

To vote, all you have to do is visit THIS PAGE on the WHSmith website, tick the bubble under By Royal Command, and submit with your name (this will be used purely to administer the voting and will not be retained). No registration is required. It's as simple as that!

There will be two rounds of voting:

* Round One (from 19th January to 20th February) will decide the winners from each of the five categories to create the shortlist.

* Round Two (from 9th March to 27th March) will choose the winner from the final shortlisted titles.

The winner will be announced in April.

So head on over to WHSmith and VOTE FOR BY ROYAL COMMAND as your favorite Children's Book of 2009.