Children's Book Award Shortlists Announced

The Children’s Book Award is the only national award voted for solely by children from start to finish.
Any child or young person across the UK can participate in this element of the award and vote on-line. This process takes approximately three months and currently runs from February until May.
The Top 10 have been shortlisted by children from FCBG local testing groups. 
Children and young people to the age of 18 can take part across three age-related categories:

Younger Children (Picture Books)
Younger Readers (age 6 – 11)
Older Readers (age 10 – 18)

The full shortlist is as follows:

Books for Younger Children

A Wild Walk to School, written and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, published by Macmillan

Grotti, written and illustrated by Leonie Lord, published by Walker Books.

My Friend Andy, written and illustrated by Emma Chinnery, published by Little Tiger

The Bridges, written by Tom Percival, published by Simon & Schuster

Books for Younger Readers

I am Rebel, written by Ross Montgomery, published by Walker Books

The Cinderman, written by Alex Atkinson, published by Usborne

Turtle Moon, written by Hannah Gold and illustrated by Levi Pinfold, published by HarperCollins

Books for Older Readers

Ditching Saskia, written by John Moore and illustrated by Neetols, published by Flying Eye

Seven Million Sunflowers, written by Malcolm Duffy, published by Zephyr

The Clockwork Conspiracy, written by Sam Sedgman and illustrated by Stephanie Shaffer, published by Bloomsbury

All titles here