Winners 2012
Below is a list of the 2012 WINNERS 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.
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)
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
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A Novel about Life...and death
Will a mom's superhuman
efforts save her family?
Amazon/Apple
Butterfly with a Broken Wing
Children's mental health story
It's ok NOT to be ok
Amazon
Ian's Realm Saga
A 7 book adventure fantasy
series for the family.
gardnersart.com
Connecting Threads
A graphic memoir of
resilience and hope
Amazon
Literary Historical Fiction
Karma and horses drive one
family through 2500 Years.
Amazon
SOUL WALK
Unexpected Gifts of Grief and
Connection to Those in Spirit
Amazon
THE UNBROKEN
Love and adventure in
the strange worlds of mind.
Nigel Peace
WHINGEY WILLIAMS Term 1
Follow Whingey on her FIRST
adventure on Gower
Amazon
THE SOCIETY
Elizabeth Grant Thriller-woman
embroiled in a conspiracy
Amazon
The Boy from the Night Sky
Thrilling fantasy adventure
for all ages.
Amazon
Bentley Makes a Dump Cake
A delightful, messy adventure
with joy, teamwork, & color
Miki Taylor
2024... Your Year of More
is a meaningful self-help
book for wise readers.
Amazon
Rider of the Wind
An exultant celebration
of the magic of music
Amazon
Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
THE IMPROBABLE WONDERS OF
MOOJIE LITTLEMAN "Visionary,
magical, rich" -MC WEEKLY
Amazon
A HARD SILENCE
Grief, love, and learning to
speak the unspeakable
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Samurai's Gift Among Forest
A grieving child's journey
to healing her spirit.
books2read
My Year at the Good Bean Cafe
A riveting tale of unlikely
and inexplicable events.
Amazon
Growing up Hadley
A story to shatter your heart
then mend it anew.
danawritesbooks
A Vampire's Tooth Fairy Chase
A vampire with flat teeth
searches for the Tooth Fairy.
Amazon
THE MERMELF
Mystery girl. Mermelves arrive
Dystopian rebellion begins
Amazon
THE TRALL SERIES
Middle-grade portal
fantasies set in Australia.
by Gayle Torrens
Winkle and Aster
Urban fantasy that takes
imagination to its limits
books2read
SKY ICE
Demon hunters. Slow-burn
romance. Hidden world.
Amazon
Around the Globe
The Adventures of Squishy
and Boo, Book 3
Amazon
GOING UNDER THE RADAR
Honest, insightful, battling
autism/mental health - TWSA
Amazon
Out of the Darkness...
A memoir of animal
connections, love, and healing
books2read.com
Naked in the Now
What if presence felt like
being seduced by life?
Amazon
Crossing Borders
American memoir on prospects
for peace in Palestine/Israel
christabruhn.com