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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"This happened in 1944 but
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BOBBIN AND THE MAGIC THIEF
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Esme and Griswald
A WITCH in search of a
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The Lonely Lighthouse Bogle
A quirky tale celebrating
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Don't Look Too Tasty
Hungry aliens, missing
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LADY IN RED
Teen sleuths search for
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Writing in a Nutshell
Writing Workshops to
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Anna and the Adders
A rhyming counting book
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The Great Migration
Survive valley. Stop outbreak.
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Adventures of Beryl and Carol
Award winning, clean teen
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Exclusion Zone
The VORKOSIGAN SAGA
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The Ghosts of Nothing
The town of Nothing is haunted
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The Pathology of Graphology
Two citizens of the lower
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Return to Vienna
How SOE worked to free
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You're Gone
Meet Arthur: Widower, Son,
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THE DARK PLACES NOVELS
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Myth brought to life.
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A quirky rhyming tale honoring
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The Shadow of the Volcano
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Jack's 1st Birthday Adventure
Journey to Jingle Jangle:
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Gigglet Goes to School
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A true boys' coming of age
story set during the Holocaust
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MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND
Steve's 2 other personalities
wreak havoc all around him
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What Is the Shape of My Egg?
Introducing children to shape.
"An excellent STEM resource!"
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Irish Famine Novel
My novel Hungry Trails
celebrates family resilience
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Master of Music - Marla Himeda
Book 1 of a unique,
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Literary Historical Fiction
Karma and horses drive one
family through 2500 Years.
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50 SECRETS NOBODY TELLS YOU IN
IN HOLLYWOOD Helping actors
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Forever Boy
Isaac comes to realize his new
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The Gemini Connection
An intriguing thriller that
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Wild Asses of Mojave Desert
“Funny & tender, moving &
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What Death Taught Terrence
A man reviews life from the
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WAYS TO BE EQUALLY HUMAN
A deep dive into being non-
binary,climate activism & love
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An entertaining learning
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5 horror tales link in book 1
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BELIEVING IN HORSES
Ride away with the
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Captain Polo Saving the Planet
"Eco-adventure comics
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Growing up Hadley
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Inspirational Mindset Journey
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The War Ongoing: Knightfall
Knights embark on adventure
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The Pond of Reflection
A Fantasy Adventure - Teamwork
Friendship & Self-Discovery
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Digging Deep by Dexter Hutt
She can cope with murder -
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LIKE A HERO
Being a superhero WITHOUT
powers is never easy!
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HENRY
Inspiring WWII Nonfiction
survival account
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THE FISH TANK - short stories
NARRATIVES ABOUT LIFE, EXILE,
GHOSTS…AND MURDER.
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The Shadow and the Scream
Stranger Things meets
Alice in Wonderland.
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WHINGEY WILLIAMS Term 1
Follow Whingey on her FIRST
adventure on Gower
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Around the Globe
The Adventures of Squishy
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Rainbow Bridge
Ever wondered where your
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The B-17 Tomahawk Warrior
"This happened in 1944 but
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