Winners 2014
Below is a list of the 2014 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:
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Homo Sapiens 2.0: Will genetic
blessing be their undoing?
Amazon
Guiding Kids Through Anger
Parenting chaos
meets humor therapy
Amazon
Portraits of a Pandemic
The story of how a microscopic
virus changed our lives.
Amazon
The Shadow of the Volcano
A thrilling 'time travel'
adventure for 7 - 13 yr olds.
Amazon
Chronicles of MatiLou/PerryAnn
Through it all the girls work
to save Mother Earth.
Amazon
DRAGONDAH (9 - 12 year olds)
Solving ancient mysteries and
outwitting scheming villains!
Amazon
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Gigglet Goes to School
Get your giggle on with
Gigglet. Perfect for 0 - 6 yrs
AMB Kids Books
The Power of...
kindness, gratitude,
empathy & positivity
Amazon
MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND
Steve's 2 other personalities
wreak havoc all around him
Amazon
Pebbles and the Biggest Number
A butterfly’s quest to
find the largest number
Amazon
RAIN FALLING ON EMBERS
A grieving, fish out of water
teen struggles to survive.
KatieMcCabeSeries.com
THE GRAVITY OF LIES
WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE
WAS BASED ON LIES?
Amazon
THE SAD PRINCESS
Refinding joy with our
children is not a fairy tale
Amazon
Secrets of a Social Butterfly
How I unstuck my life
and you can too.
Lynn Bruines
More Future Dreams/Nightmares
Award-winning SF short
stories of AIs and robots.
Donald Firesmith
CHARCOAL BOY
Tudor London, boy, entangled
in politics, wins through
Amazon
From Patriarchy to Paradise
The script is flipped:
Women steer back to garden.
expandjoy
The Monarchs
"A thought-provoking spiritual
quest" - Kirkus Reviews
Amazon
The Shadow Deception
Can a pranking pixie and a
grumpy angel save the world?
Amazon
THE MERMELF
Mystery girl. Mermelves arrive
Dystopian rebellion begins
Amazon
The Halloween Candy MONSTER
Jimmy teaches the Halloween
candy monster a lesson
Amazon
THE S.O.U.R.C.E.
Marine Animals, Kids
Miracle Escape, Powerful Messa
Amazon
LoveVortex ... Drakor's Curse
A voyage into the unknown -
and a terrible curse.
Amazon
The Gemini Connection
An intriguing thriller that
will keep you hooked.
Amazon
Rooted and Remembered
An orphaned boy wonders if
home is a place or a feeling.
Goodreads
Life with psychopathic brother
A quirky philosophical novel
about forgiveness.
linnaspen.com
SECRET SKY
Everybody wishes they could
fly - until it happens
books2read.com
Moonshine Mesa
Why are bees, crows, & humans
dying at Moonshine Mesa?
Amazon