Winners 2020
Below is a list of the 2020 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:
Gold
How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss
Author: Sherry Chapman
Bronze
Compassion Mandala: The Odyssey of an American Charity in Contemporary Tibet
Author: Pamela Logan
Bronze
Make Fitness A Priority: 30 tips to elevate your life through fitness, Chad Austin
Author: Chad Austin, Jesse Kepka
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Illustrators, Writers, Blurbs,
Editors, Layout Designs
Metaworx
Nantucket Monsters
Island monsters on the sly,
live in the corner your eye
B. LAWSON HULL
FALSE NEUTRAL
One chance to finally
make sense of it all.
Amazon
Connecting Threads
A graphic memoir of
resilience and hope
Amazon
The Boy from the Night Sky
Thrilling fantasy adventure
for all ages.
Amazon
WELCOME TO OPINE
Homo Sapiens 2.0: Will genetic
blessing be their undoing?
Amazon
The Gates of Dark Death
A gripping, faced-pace,
Tudor-period thriller
by Alan Reynolds
RAVEN'S GRAVE Charlotte Stuart
Betrayal and death in
an Alaskan Tlingit village.
Amazon
One Year, One Night, 2nd Ed.
A beautiful story set in an
English village during WWII.
Amazon
Don't Look Too Tasty
Adventure: 9- to 12-year-olds:
twists & suspense!
by P G H Hannaford
Demons to Champions
A tale of neurodivergent
awakening and triumph.
Amazon
LOOK AWAY NO MORE
A story rich in history & love
at a Georgia college in 1970.
Amazon
SECRET SKY
Everybody wishes they could
fly - until it happens
books2read.com
Dance Along
A curious cat, a magical
mirror & a world of twirls
Amazon
Don't Look Too Tasty
Hungry aliens, missing
friends. Who can you trust?
Amazon
The Book of Wisdom-ish
Adventure begins with
a book. And an A.
Amazon
The Lonely Lighthouse Bogle
A quirky tale celebrating
the magic of friendship.
Amazon
Mirrors & Smoke: A War of 1812
'A smartly plotted, character
novel set in 1800s Canada' WSA
Amazon/Audible
TEMPEST AND THE BRIGHTON
TREASURE - A middle-grade
adventure children will love!
Amazon
The Faraway Mountains
A memorable novel about
growing up under dictatorship
Amazon
WHINGEY WILLIAMS Term 1
Follow Whingey on her FIRST
adventure on Gower
Amazon
SEA CHANGE
Gay romance and adventure
on a yacht at sea
Nick Bamford
Clouds on the Ground
Poems exploring natural beauty
and the realm of dreams
Amazon
The Book Witch
A thrilling, fast paced
fantasy book for MGs
Amazon
Plea to a Frozen God
A desperate trio appeals
to the God of Death.
Amazon
AMAZING WORLD BENEATH THE
WAVES Satisfy your curiosity
about oceans
www.barnettauthor.co.uk
Angry Arthur
and The Run Around Trick
Learn to manage big feelings
Amazon
THE GREAT MOSQUITO HUNT
Hunting the world for
the causes of disease
Amazon
The Beast Keepers
A young vet discovers a
world of mythical creatures
Amazon