Winners 2021
Below is a list of the 2021 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)
- Category 7: Audio Book - Children/Young Adult
- Category 8: Audio Book - Adult
- Category 9: Best Book Cover - Children/Young Adult
- Category 10: Best Book Cover - Adult
If you happen to be looking for a good read, the readers at The Wishing Shelf Awards thoroughly recommend the following:
Bronze
Olive the Worrying Wiener: A Short Tale about a Particularly Long Dog
Author: Ally Arena
Illustrator: Rafaela Sukiyama
Bronze
Sticky Icky Vicky: Courage over Fear
Author: Alysia Ssentamu, Michael Ssentamu
Illustrator: Noor Alshalabi
Bronze
Audacious Goals, Remarkable Results: How an Explorer, an Engineer and a Statesman shaped our Modern World
Author: Brad Borkan and David Hirzel
Gold
The Girl Who Looked Beyond the Stars: Sheena Meyer
Author: L. B. Anne
Performed by: Alaura Howery
Silver
Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy
Author: Paula Berinstein
Performed by: Allan Corduner
Silver
My Memory Told Me a Secret
Author: Jeremy C. Bradley-Silverio Donato
Performed by: Matthew Lyon
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SOUTH KOREA
Where old traditions and
modern change collide.
by John Gonzalez
ULTIMATE OBSESSION
A cracking murder/mystery
packed with twists and turns.
Dai Henley
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DRAGONDAH
The Secret Legacy
of Ottillee Bottomly
Amazon
REVOLUTION: A NOVEL
Comical misadventures in
modern Los Angeles
Amazon
SECRET SKY
Everybody wishes they could
fly - until it happens
books2read.com
THE DARK PLACES NOVELS
Paranormal thrillers to
get your pulse racing
kimgravell.com
Confidently Mindful
Answers to your most asked
mindfulness questions.
Amazon
The Source of The Wind
A powerful & tender women's
fiction novel with soul
by Ella Capek
The One-Year Novelist
Takes You Step-By-Step From
Idea To Finished Draft
Amazon
Gigglet Goes to School
Get your giggle on with
Gigglet. Perfect for 0 - 6 yrs
AMB Kids Books
Lucy Wants To go To School
Perfect for apprehensive
children starting school
Amazon
The Shadow of the Volcano
A thrilling 'time travel'
adventure for 7 - 13 yr olds.
Amazon
FIELDS OF PROSPERIS
"Bingeable space opera, best
complex villains"-ARK Watson
Amazon
Building The Beast:
The Comic Memoir
of a Crazy Idea!
Amazon
Jemma and the Raven
A luminous adventure in
this epic YA fantasy debut
Amazon
Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
It Rains in February
A wife's memoir of love,
suicide, grief and loss
Amazon
THE SHADOW MAN
Spooky Clever Romantic
YA paranormal murder mystery
Amazon
CHARCOAL BOY
Tudor London, boy, entangled
in politics, wins through
Amazon
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Rider of the Wind
An exultant celebration
of the magic of music
Amazon
The Pathology of Graphology
Two citizens of the lower
depths kill an aging DJ.
by David Milnes
THE SAD PRINCESS
Refinding joy with our
children is not a fairy tale
Amazon
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Award-Winning
Spiritual Masterpiece
Truly life changing!
A Portion of Malice
A thought-provoking thrill
ride into the apocalypse
Amazon
The One-Year Novelist
Takes You Step-By-Step From
Idea To Finished Draft
Amazon
The Bardic Isles Series
A thought-provoking fantasy
where music is the magic!
Amazon
Gigglet Goes to School
Get your giggle on with
Gigglet. Perfect for 0 - 6 yrs
AMB Kids Books