
Finalists 2019
Below is a list of the 2019 FINALISTS in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The children's books were read and judged by children in 8 UK primary and secondary schools, the adult books by 2 Reading Groups, 1 in London and 1 in Stockholm. The books were marked according to EDITING, THEME, STYLE, COVER and, in the case of many of the children's books, ILLUSTRATIONS.
The WINNERS will be announced on April 1st, 2020.
Jump straight to:
- Category 1: Pre-school picture books
- Category 2: Books for 6 - 8 year olds
- Category 3: Books for 9 - 12 year olds
- Category 4: Books for Teenagers
- Category 5: Books for adults (fiction)
- Category 6: Books for Adults (non-fiction)
- Red Ribbon Bands
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:

Counting on Ha Ha Island
Author: Noni - Sandra Jackson Ford
Illustrator: Lori Lay and Freddy Miller Santana

Wildlife on Ha Ha Island
Author: Noni - Sandra Jackson Ford
Illustrator: Lori Lay and Freddy Miller Santana

Dash and Victoria Find True Love: Pet and Historical Figures Book 2
Author: Vicki Tashman
Illustrator: Wendy All

Undertakers, Harlots, and Other Odd Bodies: A Novel Inspired by Real Events and Smothered in Blarney
Author: Mege Gardner

Abundant Kids Rock! Creating An Awesome Life Using Positive Thinking
Author: Traci L Clayton PhD, Nathan Clayton, Justin Clayton

Feasible Living - Dealing with Ecological Anxiety While Adapting to Our Changing World
Author: Ken Kroes

Inconvenient Memories: A Personal Account of the Tiananmen Square Incident and the China Before and After
Author: Anna Wang

ParentShift: Ten Universal Truths That Will Change the Way You Raise Your Kids
Author: Wendy Thomas Russell
A Red Ribbon is awarded to a book that did NOT get over 30/40 to be a finalist, but was still very much enjoyed by the readers.

Red Ribbon
Social Media For A New Age: A Digital Self-Care Guide: Book 2: The next phase: 2020 and beyond
Author: Katie Brockhurst
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A Guide to Dinosaurs
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A grieving, fish out of water
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The Boy and the Jaguar
A magical Mayan tale
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Soar: A Soul's Quest
A young eagle on a quest of
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“Later,†Said Gator
Encourage kids to clean up
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Samurai's Gift Among Forest
A grieving child's journey
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A boy's search for family.
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MUMMY TRUMPS
A rhyming flatulent book that
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A Trip From God, Book 1
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REVOLUTION: A NOVEL
Comical misadventures in
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The War Ongoing: Knightfall
Knights embark on adventure
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HUNGRY TRAILS
‘A…culturally rich family
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A SQUEAKY TOY, A LEASH, AND
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THE TRALL SERIES
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I Never Said I Love You
A story of travel, friendship,
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A Bloody Hot Summer
Bloody murders occur in 1920s
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Ian's Realm Saga
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The Secrets of Hawthorne House
An unlikely friendship, clash
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Butterfly with a Broken Wing
Children's mental health story
It's ok NOT to be ok
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Escape From Peconic Bay
A novel of love, impending
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Astounding secrets of life,
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Beyond a World Apart
Story Nazis attempted to burn
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WHINGEY WILLIAMS Term 1
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I’m Going to Have a Sister
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The Princess and the Spy
A witty and heartfelt
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Tales of Witches and Wyverns
Join Enid’s quest to save
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Girl & the Lock on Her Heart
An empowering book to
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A Tree in Time
A fabilious journey into
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Jemma and the Raven
A luminous adventure in
this epic YA fantasy debut
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Secrets of a Social Butterfly
How I unstuck my life
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Pebbles and the Biggest Number
A butterfly’s quest to
find the largest number
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Guiding Kids Through Anger
Parenting chaos
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Building The Beast:
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A foundling rises to
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They found a gem powered by
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RAIN FALLING ON EMBERS
A grieving, fish out of water
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Then We'll Say Goodnight
How would you get your
unruly puppies back to bed?
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Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
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The Shadow and the Scream
Stranger Things meets
Alice in Wonderland.
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Chronicles of MatiLou/PerryAnn
Through it all the girls work
to save Mother Earth.
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Top Psychological Thriller
Two couples befriend each
other with tragic consequences
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Finn's Funny Feelings
Helping children to manage
emotions in a healthy way
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More Future Dreams/Nightmares
Award-winning SF short
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Aunty Jane Knits Up A Storm
Knitting, Friendship, Loss &
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I FEEL YOUR STARE
An Autobiography
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Wild Atlantic Way Anthology
Characters along Ireland’s
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