Winners 2012
Below is a list of the 2012 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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MATTER PRESS
Compressed fiction
with a bang
Matter Press
From Patriarchy to Paradise
The script is flipped:
Women steer back to garden.
expandjoy
Gollogans of Carrickgollogan
An exciting woodland
adventure story for 7-9s
Amazon
Crossing Borders
American memoir on prospects
for peace in Palestine/Israel
christabruhn.com
Arctic Dinosaurs
Her first Arctic year -
middle grade - free activities
Fathom Publishing
I’m Going to Have a Sister
For new siblings teaching
patience & understanding
thegreatbritishbookshop
Naked in the Now
What if presence felt like
being seduced by life?
Amazon
Arni's Adventures
Pet dinosaur, bear, cat story
for the young reader.
Ashok
DON'T DOUBT THE RAINBOW series
Crime-busting teen
detective adventures!
www.crownhouse.co.uk
TREACHERY!
A WW2 child
evacuee thriller
Amazon
HABITAT MAN
Midlife crisis meets eco-
fiction in heartwarming romcom
Amazon
An Enemy Like Me
A story not only of war but of
love & what we will do for it.
Amazon
Anna and the Adders
A rhyming counting book
to get little ones learning
Amazon
MEMOIR OF A MANGLED MIND
Three minds. One body.
And nobody is safe.
Amazon
Terracolina-A Place to Belong
A fantasy to delight middle-
graders and nature lovers.
Amazon
Pebbles and the Biggest Number
A butterfly’s quest to
find the largest number
Amazon
TEMPEST AND THE BRIGHTON
TREASURE - A middle-grade
adventure children will love!
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
Master of Music - Marla Himeda
Book 1 of a unique,
inspirational fantasy series!
Amazon
A Vampire's Tooth Fairy Chase
A vampire with flat teeth
searches for the Tooth Fairy.
Amazon
Momma Llama World
Free coloring sheets,
animated stories & more.
Meet Momma Llama
Sea Change by Nick Bamford
'A gay romance and adventure
on a yacht at sea'
nickbamford.com
Glitching Souls
Award-winning, Mind-bending,
Technothriller
Amazon
Jack's 1st Birthday Adventure
Journey to Jingle Jangle:
A fun story with activities!
Amazon
The Last Lumenian
Most princesses need saving.
This one saves you.
Amazon
The Putaway Monster
A delightful mystery to
solve as toys disappear.
Amazon
The Ghosts of Nothing
The town of Nothing is haunted
...and fairies are to blame.
Amazon
One Year, One Night, 2nd Ed.
A beautiful story set in an
English village during WWII.
Amazon