Winners 2016
Below is a list of the 2016 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:
Silver
Zak and Jen's Astronomical Adventures: The Petal Planet
Author: Natalie Page, (Illustrator, Chris Rivers Nuttall)
Illustrator:
Bronze
A Fish in Foreign Waters, A Book for Bilingual Children
Author: Laura Caputo-Wickham and Pamela Goodman
Illustrator:
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Literary Historical Fiction
Karma and horses drive one
family through 2500 Years.
Amazon
CLEAR-CUTS
Raw, visceral, unflinching...
ties that bind coming unbound
Amazon
Wild Asses of Mojave Desert
“Funny & tender, moving &
poetic" Recommended US Review
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Clifftop Farm in Wartime
A story of WW2
evacuated children
Amazon
Into The Shadows
Journey from naïve university
student to a great spy.
marinemoments.uk
Alphamind
Embark on a journey into the
depths of the human spirit!
Amazon
NEW TRAILS
One step changed his world.
One man changed his heart.
Amazon
Gollogans of Carrickgollogan
An exciting woodland
adventure story for 7-9s
Amazon
SKY ICE
Demon hunters. Slow-burn
romance. Hidden world.
Amazon
Hanna’s Ascent
A lyrical story of transgender
history and triumph
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THE JEWEL OF WENZLO
An epic conflict
between rodent kings
Amazon
My Therapy Assistant
Self-Care Journal
& Mood Tracker
YouTube
The Halloween Candy MONSTER
Jimmy teaches the Halloween
candy monster a lesson
Amazon
My Year at the Good Bean Cafe
A riveting tale of unlikely
and inexplicable events.
Amazon
MaryLou
"An engaging, well-crafted
family drama" TWSA
Amazon
S.O.S. by Sue C Dugan
An exciting, time-travel
adventure for middle graders
Amazon
Inspirational Mindset Journey
This book, therapy by power of
fiction, can alter your life.
Amazon
More Future Dreams/Nightmares
Award-winning SF short
stories of AIs and robots.
Donald Firesmith
THE COIN
CAN FINDING A COIN
GET YOU KILLED?
books2read
Secrets of a Social Butterfly
How I unstuck my life
and you can too.
Lynn Bruines
MUMMY TRUMPS
A rhyming flatulent book that
is fun for all of the family.
Amazon
The Stranger of Ul Darak BK 1
A new intriguing epic
high fantasy series
sceston.com
Dinosaur Symphony
A Guide to Dinosaurs
and Classical Music
Amazon
50 SECRETS NOBODY TELLS YOU IN
IN HOLLYWOOD Helping actors
avoid pitfalls & find success
Amazon
Millie’s Magic
The little mouse
with a big heart.
Amazon
THEY'RE ALL BARKING
Springer Spaniel's eye-opening
view of human behaviour
Amazon
Growing up Hadley
A story to shatter your heart
then mend it anew.
danawritesbooks
Soar: A Soul's Quest
A young eagle on a quest of
self-discovery & enlightenment
Amazon
GOING UNDER THE RADAR
Honest, insightful, battling
autism/mental health - TWSA
Amazon