Winners 2016
Below is a list of the 2016 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:
Silver
Zak and Jen's Astronomical Adventures: The Petal Planet
Author: Natalie Page, (Illustrator, Chris Rivers Nuttall)
Illustrator:
Bronze
A Fish in Foreign Waters, A Book for Bilingual Children
Author: Laura Caputo-Wickham and Pamela Goodman
Illustrator:
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Cats of the Pyramids
Two autistic kids. Great
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Amazon
May’s Boys
Peace will take her boy
if their plan fails
Amazon
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TWS loved Cooperative Lives
Written with a gold-tipped pen
A literary work of art.
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Meet Nurse Sherlock
ICU nurse uses critical
thinking to solve crimes.
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THE FLOATING UMBRELLA
There could be more
than meets the eye.
www.amazon.com
The Tap-Dancing Pigeon
An inspiring adventure
for 3 to 8 year olds.
www.amazon.com
Cats of the Pyramids
Two autistic kids. Great
adventure. ALIEN CAT PEOPLE!
Amazon
Sven and the Purse of Silver
An exciting Viking story
for 5 to 8 year-olds
Amazon
ICE QUEEN
YA romance about the dangers
of sexting & cyberbullying.
www.amazon.com
CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT
King Arthur uses kids to
create a modern Camelot
www.amazon.com
WHERE ACORNS LANDED
For those who believe in
faeries, angels or ghosts
www.amazon.co.uk
Everything All At Once
Teenage life (with a playlist)
Listen while you read.
Amazon
Inconvenient Memories
An intimate account of a
modern Chinese social tragedy
www.amazon.com
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“Inspirational, motivational
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Dave Explores the Outdoors
Educational book, written in
a fun, rhyming style.
www.amazon.co.uk
SEED BALLS
Simple and fun recipe
to make seed balls
Amazon
BLINK
A driver narrowly avoids
hitting a strange man…
www.amazon.co.uk
Kringleset Chronicles
A magical fantasy adventure,
think Christmas meets Narnia.
Amazon
SOUTH KOREA
The Price of Efficiency
and Success,
Amazon
Fascinating Family Facts
Educational and Entertaining.
Audiobook + Kindle + Paperback
www.amazon.com
GRAY IS THE NEW BLACK
A Memoir of Self-Acceptance
Cracking the code to happiness
www.amazon.com
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Viking Voyager, Iceland Memoir
A lively memoir that captures
the heart and soul of Iceland
Amazon
The Irish bog imp tales
Lock up your donkeys,
the bog imps are coming!
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Kindness, Kale & Kettlebells
A journey to self-awareness
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The Tap-Dancing Pigeon
An inspiring adventure
for 3 to 8 year olds.
www.amazon.com
Inconvenient Memories
An intimate account of a
modern Chinese social tragedy
www.amazon.com
What are You Willing to Risk?
Engaging dystopian novel,
think young adult 1984.
www.amazon.com