The Information Book Award is an annual event, in its third year and is a major development for information books, being designed to support school libraries and to reinforce the importance of non-fiction whilst highlighting the high standard of resources available.

Online voting by schools

The Information Book Award includes an exciting opportunity for schools to take part in the Children’s Choice voting.

From 17th June to 17th September 2013 schools can register with the voting website (www.sla.org.uk/vote) and children can choose their own ‘Children’s Choice’ favourites in each category, plus vote for an overall winner.  Prizes will be awarded for the judges and Children’s Choice winners in each category, as well as for the overall winner(s).

School librarians (or similar professionals) can sign up for their school to take part in the vote. 

• Sign Up Now (you can sign up immediately; voting opens on 17th June)

2013 Shortlist

The judges have looked at a wide field of nominations and have produced a strong and very varied selection of titles for the shortlist. These are:

Under 7s

• Just Ducks by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Salvatore Rubbino, ISBN 9781406327397 Walker Books
• Make With Maisy by Lucy Cousins ISBN 9781406339659 Walker Books
• Your Perfect Pet: Love Your Hamster by Judith Heneghan ISBN 9780750268943 Wayland     

7-12

• Discover More: Penguins by Penelope Arlon and Tory Gordon-Harris ISBN 9781407131528 Scholastic Children’s Books
• Don’t Flush: Lifting the Lid on the Science of Poo and Wee by Richard Platt and Mary Platt, illustrated by John Kelly ISBN 9780753433997 Kingfisher-Macmillan
• Incredible Edibles by Stefan Gates, illustrated by Georgia Glynn ISBN 9781406339062 Walker Books
• Science Crazy by Steve Parker and Raman Prinja ISBN 9781848359338 QED Publishing

12-16

• 100 Ways for Every Girl to Look and Feel Fantastic by Alice Hart-Davis and Beth Hindhaugh ISBN 9781406337549 Walker Books
• Discover More: Technology by Clive Gifford ISBN 9781407131566 Scholastic Children’s Books
• The Story of the Second World War by Paul Dowswell, illustrated by Ian McNee ISBN 9781409523406 Usborne Publishing

See also the brief summaries from the judges on the shortlisted books.

Book Packs

Book Packs

The shortlisted titles are available as three individual packs - under 7s, 7-12 and 12-16 - from children’s book specialists, Peters Books and Furniture.

In support of the awards, Peters will:

• Invoice the packs at 25% discount.
• Deliver free of charge to mainland UK addresses.
• Packs can be ordered at petersbooks.co.uk

Posters will be made available to schools to advertise the shortlist and downloads will also be available for wider use - do contact SLA Office if you would like a poster. 

2012 Results

Read the full results for the SLA Information Book Award 2012 with the announcement of the winners, report of the award ceremony and further information about the 2012 shortlist and judge's comments.

Sponsors

The SLA Information Book Award is run entirely on sponsorship kindly donated by friends and supporters of the Award. No money is taken from the SLA budget so all staff time, the cost of the judging, prizes for the winners and the final award ceremony must be covered by the sponsors' donations.

The SLA Information Book Award is sponsored by Hachette Children's Books and is supported by Peters Bookselling Services.

Other information

To find out more about the SLA Information Book Award, explore:

• Full background to the Information Book Award