The short list for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019 has been announced.
What a stunning list. We’ve spied some My Book Corner favourites, AND a My Book Corner reviewer has made the list.
We’re jumping for joy here!
HUGE congratulations to all those who made the shortlist…
Illustrated Books
100 Dogs by Micheal Whaite
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Little Leaders: Bold Women in History by Vashti Harrison
Mini Rabbit Not Lost by John Bond
The Girls by Lauren Ace
the King Who Banned The Dark by Emily Haworth-Booth
Younger Fiction
The Boy At The Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
The House With Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
The Mystery of the Colour Thief by Ewa Jozefkowicz
The Train to Impossible Places by P. G. Bell
Older Fiction
A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos
Boy 87 by Ele Fountain
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Me Mam. Me Dad. Me by Malcoolm Duffy
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Truth About Lies by Tracy Darnton (Stripes Publishing) *My Book Corner Team Member!!*