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Books of the Decade

The Wishing Shelf Book Award has now been running for TEN YEARS. To celebrate this, we have announced SIX Best Books of the Decade from our PAST Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners. You will find the books listed below. The readers in our Reading Groups think they are WONDERFUL!

Best Book from the Last Ten Years

Category 1

The Snark, Justin Davis, ill. by Stephanie Jayne

Category 2


Baby Worries, Frances Mackay, ill by Dotti Colvin

Category 3


Shadow Jumper, J M Forster

Category 4


Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall, Rae Knightly

Category 5


The Poison Keeper, Deborah Swift

Category 6


Henry: A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America, Katrina Shawver

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Naked in the Now
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Sammie and Pumpkin
An adopted dog learns
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Finn's Funny Feelings
Helping children to manage
emotions in a healthy way
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The Stress Book
STRESS MANAGEMENT & PREVENTION
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BEHIND THE PICKLE JAR
A fun, relatable,
emotionally powerful read!
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Samurai's Gift Among Forest
A grieving child's journey
to healing her spirit.
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Drop the Fake Smile
How to stop people-
pleasing in relationships
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It Rains in February
A wife's memoir of love,
suicide, grief and loss
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